Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Italy
Italy: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2.15 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Italy, 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 Italy is 2.15 million An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 23.7% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Italy peaked at 9.66 million An in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2.15 million An, in 2024.
That places Italy 63rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.15 million An | 4.62 million An | 6.01 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.60 million An | 5.78 million An | 7.63 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.20 million An | 7.53 million An | 9.13 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.69 million An | 7.81 million An | 9.66 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.89 million An | 6.42 million An | 7.45 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.75 million An | 2.65 million An | 5.99 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.76 million An | 2.15 million An | 3.00 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Italy?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Italy was 2.15 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 9.66 million An in 1992.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.15 million An in 2024.
- How does Italy rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Italy ranks 63rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.