Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Morocco
Morocco: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 13.40 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 13.40 million An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is down 7.8% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Morocco peaked at 15.60 million An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.25 million An, in 1963.
That places Morocco 20th out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.36 million An | 4.25 million An | 6.45 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.20 million An | 4.72 million An | 7.41 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.89 million An | 5.05 million An | 7.45 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.39 million An | 6.48 million An | 8.25 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.55 million An | 8.45 million An | 11.32 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.91 million An | 11.77 million An | 14.61 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.71 million An | 13.40 million An | 15.60 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 17 Yemen 15.03 million An compare
- 18 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.84 million An compare
- 19 Bangladesh 14.61 million An compare
- 21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.87 million An compare
- 22 Mongolia 12.46 million An compare
- 23 Russian Federation 11.67 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture share gdp 10.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 36.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 14.17 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 19.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 310,110 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Morocco?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Morocco was 13.40 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 15.60 million An in 2021.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.25 million An in 1963.
- How does Morocco rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Morocco ranks 20th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.