Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 55,910 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Faroe Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Faroe Islands recorded 55,910 An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Faroe Islands peaked at 55,910 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 An, in 1961.
Faroe Islands ranks 136th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,879 An | 0 An | 45,800 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,334 An | 30,853 An | 47,254 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,487 An | 40,916 An | 46,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,138 An | 46,000 An | 47,400 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,540 An | 47,000 An | 48,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,508 An | 48,000 An | 53,664 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,011 An | 54,368 An | 55,910 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 133 Belarus 65,512 An compare
- 134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 63,718 An compare
- 135 Colombia 57,882 An compare
- 137 China, Taiwan Province of 50,550 An compare
- 138 Finland 49,970 An compare
- 139 Slovak Republic 48,190 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -6.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2009)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.1% (2009)
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 651.17 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.07 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.07 (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0936 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Faroe Islands?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Faroe Islands was 55,910 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 Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 55,910 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 An in 1961.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Faroe Islands ranks 136th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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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About this data
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.