Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 35.62 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 35.62 million An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.2% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in European Union (27) peaked at 82.05 million An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 35.62 million An, in 2024.
European Union (27) ranks 14th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51.50 million An | — |
| 1962 | 52.40 million An | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 51.03 million An | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 52.69 million An | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 51.73 million An | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 52.47 million An | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 54.03 million An | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 53.18 million An | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 55.04 million An | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 56.96 million An | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 57.26 million An | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 56.71 million An | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 57.07 million An | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 58.44 million An | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 57.70 million An | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 59.01 million An | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 60.19 million An | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 60.79 million An | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 60.60 million An | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 66.16 million An | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 65.24 million An | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 68.76 million An | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 70.48 million An | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 71.98 million An | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 74.21 million An | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 72.55 million An | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 74.89 million An | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 76.06 million An | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 77.83 million An | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 82.05 million An | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 80.22 million An | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 81.47 million An | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 80.87 million An | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 75.84 million An | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 74.88 million An | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 75.36 million An | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 73.13 million An | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 73.26 million An | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 72.28 million An | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 72.52 million An | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 70.50 million An | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 68.91 million An | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 70.21 million An | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 69.17 million An | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 68.24 million An | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 67.12 million An | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 65.92 million An | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 60.78 million An | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 57.94 million An | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 57.48 million An | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 56.50 million An | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 55.40 million An | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 52.27 million An | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 47.02 million An | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 45.19 million An | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 46.62 million An | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 44.22 million An | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 43.56 million An | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 43.13 million An | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 41.97 million An | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 42.25 million An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 41.69 million An | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 39.67 million An | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 35.62 million An | -10.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52.67 million An | 51.03 million An | 55.04 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 58.47 million An | 56.71 million An | 60.79 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 71.82 million An | 65.24 million An | 77.83 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 76.94 million An | 72.28 million An | 82.05 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.13 million An | 57.94 million An | 72.52 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 49.14 million An | 43.13 million An | 57.48 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.24 million An | 35.62 million An | 42.25 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 11 Sudan 28.05 million An compare
- 11 Viet Nam 1.64 million An compare
- 12 Chad 24.68 million An compare
- 13 New Zealand 22.37 million An compare
- 14 Algeria 20.59 million An compare
- 15 Ethiopia PDR 16.11 million An compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 42,336 An compare
- 16 Yemen 15.03 million An compare
- 17 Bangladesh 14.61 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in European Union (27)?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in European Union (27) was 35.62 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 82.05 million An in 1990.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.62 million An in 2024.
- How does European Union (27) rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- European Union (27) ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.