Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 217.80 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) is 217.80 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 217.80 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49.82 million An, in 1961.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49.82 million An | — |
| 1962 | 51.63 million An | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 51.97 million An | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 53.25 million An | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 54.58 million An | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 56.03 million An | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 57.84 million An | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 59.29 million An | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 59.06 million An | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 59.82 million An | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 60.28 million An | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 59.05 million An | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 58.86 million An | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 60.05 million An | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 62.13 million An | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 65.45 million An | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 68.38 million An | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 70.82 million An | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 73.09 million An | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 75.64 million An | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 76.77 million An | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 76.94 million An | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 77.22 million An | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 77.35 million An | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 77.62 million An | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 76.31 million An | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 78.98 million An | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 83.27 million An | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 86.73 million An | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 88.72 million An | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 83.00 million An | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 92.17 million An | +11.0% |
| 1993 | 87.12 million An | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 90.23 million An | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 93.28 million An | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 96.66 million An | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 101.32 million An | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 110.58 million An | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 117.18 million An | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 115.05 million An | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 117.96 million An | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 119.77 million An | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 124.46 million An | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 128.82 million An | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 134.18 million An | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 144.43 million An | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 148.38 million An | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 154.39 million An | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 158.28 million An | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 165.90 million An | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 166.46 million An | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 163.21 million An | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 168.66 million An | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 173.91 million An | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 176.06 million An | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 179.47 million An | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 182.89 million An | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 190.73 million An | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 203.50 million An | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 206.90 million An | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 208.37 million An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 210.21 million An | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 215.51 million An | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 217.80 million An | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54.83 million An | 49.82 million An | 59.29 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 63.79 million An | 58.86 million An | 73.09 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 78.68 million An | 75.64 million An | 86.73 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 96.03 million An | 83.00 million An | 117.18 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 134.57 million An | 115.05 million An | 158.28 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 177.08 million An | 163.21 million An | 203.50 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 211.76 million An | 206.90 million An | 217.80 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 3 India 237.70 million An compare
- 4 Türkiye 27.69 million An compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 63.99 million An compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.84 million An compare
- 5 Pakistan 63.63 million An compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 6.96 million An compare
- 6 USSR 59.57 million An compare
- 7 Nigeria 48.18 million An compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 4.39 million An compare
- 8 Australia 41.62 million An compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.90 million An compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 38.72 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 7.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3601 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 2.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 5.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 4.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 217.80 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 217.80 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.82 million An in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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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.