Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mauritius
Mauritius: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2,986 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 2,986 An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and down 64.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Mauritius peaked at 38,000 An in 1994 and was at its lowest, 2,216 An, in 2021.
Mauritius ranks 186th of 202 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 | 22,738 An | 20,597 An | 24,881 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,190 An | 15,000 An | 21,382 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,534 An | 14,746 An | 29,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,340 An | 28,500 An | 38,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,810 An | 8,762 An | 27,900 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,472 An | 2,552 An | 9,841 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,806 An | 2,216 An | 3,405 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 183 China, Macao SAR 3,745 An compare
- 184 Puerto Rico 3,607 An compare
- 185 Brunei Darussalam 3,028 An compare
- 187 Papua New Guinea 2,788 An compare
- 188 Luxembourg 2,600 An compare
- 189 Sao Tome and Principe 2,475 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture share gdp 4.62 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.62 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
- Rural population 61.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 758,222 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 745.90 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 10,843 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Mauritius?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Mauritius was 2,986 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 38,000 An in 1994.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,216 An in 2021.
- How does Mauritius rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Mauritius ranks 186th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.