Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 25,733 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jamaica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica stood at 25,733 An. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica peaked at 212,122 An in 1967 and was at its lowest, 25,733 An, in 2024.
Jamaica ranks 146th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 183,252 An | 136,764 An | 212,122 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 76,411 An | 38,026 An | 126,775 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,751 An | 30,692 An | 35,732 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,377 An | 30,273 An | 42,662 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,482 An | 37,235 An | 48,046 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,783 An | 42,208 An | 60,676 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,260 An | 25,733 An | 38,164 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 143 Denmark 41,950 An compare
- 144 Montenegro 29,753 An compare
- 145 Fiji 28,041 An compare
- 147 Trinidad and Tobago 24,576 An compare
- 148 Costa Rica 22,658 An compare
- 149 Bhutan 21,923 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica was 25,733 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 212,122 An in 1967.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,733 An in 2024.
- How does Jamaica rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Jamaica ranks 146th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.