Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Japan
Japan: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 9,271 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Japan, 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 Japan stood at 9,271 An.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan peaked at 262,247 An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 5,713 An, in 1981.
That places Japan 156th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 159,815 An | 111,567 An | 262,247 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,905 An | 6,492 An | 105,356 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,242 An | 5,713 An | 14,291 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,872 An | 9,823 An | 17,086 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,744 An | 6,052 An | 9,797 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,580 An | 7,800 An | 8,917 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,965 An | 8,785 An | 9,271 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 153 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 14,318 An compare
- 154 Estonia 11,350 An compare
- 155 St. Lucia 10,081 An compare
- 157 Martinique 9,220 An compare
- 158 Bahamas, The 8,468 An compare
- 159 Réunion 8,150 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.9583 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.9583 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan was 9,271 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 262,247 An in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,713 An in 1981.
- How does Japan rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Japan ranks 156th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Japan 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.