Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Gambia
Gambia: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 142,584 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Gambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Gambia is 142,584 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Gambia peaked at 157,975 An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 60,000 An, in 1963.
Gambia ranks 118th 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.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Gambia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 69,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 70,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 60,000 An | -14.3% |
| 1964 | 63,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 65,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 67,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 67,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 63,000 An | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 64,800 An | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 67,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 69,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 72,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 74,500 An | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 76,500 An | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 78,500 An | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 80,200 An | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 82,700 An | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 85,200 An | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 87,400 An | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 89,600 An | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 91,200 An | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 93,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 94,800 An | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 96,600 An | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 110,700 An | +14.6% |
| 1986 | 113,100 An | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 115,200 An | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 106,000 An | -8.0% |
| 1989 | 105,000 An | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 90,200 An | -14.1% |
| 1991 | 88,900 An | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 85,997 An | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 82,614 An | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 79,372 An | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 76,255 An | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 73,288 An | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 70,434 An | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 67,700 An | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 65,078 An | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 62,564 An | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 89,300 An | +42.7% |
| 2002 | 101,900 An | +14.1% |
| 2003 | 125,000 An | +22.7% |
| 2004 | 124,000 An | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 127,750 An | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 131,500 An | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 138,500 An | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 143,500 An | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 147,500 An | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 140,000 An | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 118,000 An | -15.7% |
| 2012 | 115,000 An | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 118,000 An | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 115,006 An | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 108,199 An | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 107,960 An | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 117,847 An | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 125,657 An | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 134,417 An | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 149,180 An | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 153,521 An | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 157,975 An | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 137,975 An | -12.7% |
| 2024 | 142,584 An | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65,422 An | 60,000 An | 70,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 77,300 An | 67,000 An | 87,400 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 101,520 An | 89,600 An | 115,200 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 77,984 An | 65,078 An | 90,200 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 119,151 An | 62,564 An | 147,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 120,009 An | 107,960 An | 140,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 148,247 An | 137,975 An | 157,975 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 25.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2385 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 219.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2766 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3501 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Gambia?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Gambia was 142,584 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 157,975 An in 2022.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,000 An in 1963.
- How does Gambia rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Gambia ranks 118th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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.