Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 4,385 An in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
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 Nicaragua is 4,385 An, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Nicaragua peaked at 4,600 An in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2,200 An, in 1961.
That places Nicaragua 168th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,200 An | — |
| 1962 | 2,250 An | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 2,250 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,300 An | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 2,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,400 An | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 2,430 An | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 2,490 An | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 2,500 An | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 2,480 An | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 2,700 An | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 2,800 An | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 2,900 An | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 2,850 An | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 2,700 An | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 2,800 An | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 2,900 An | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 2,950 An | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 3,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 2,900 An | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 2,850 An | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 2,900 An | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 2,980 An | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 3,120 An | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 3,160 An | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 3,300 An | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 3,340 An | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 3,170 An | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 2,580 An | -18.6% |
| 1990 | 3,150 An | +22.1% |
| 1991 | 3,200 An | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 3,500 An | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 3,800 An | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 3,300 An | -13.2% |
| 1995 | 3,600 An | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 3,400 An | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 3,500 An | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 3,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 3,550 An | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 4,600 An | +29.6% |
| 2001 | 3,580 An | -22.2% |
| 2002 | 3,600 An | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 3,830 An | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 3,750 An | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 3,850 An | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 3,900 An | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 4,000 An | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 4,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4,200 An | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 4,350 An | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 4,500 An | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 4,260 An | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 4,253 An | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 4,212 An | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 4,227 An | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 4,278 An | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 4,273 An | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 4,291 An | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 4,321 An | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 4,364 An | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 4,369 An | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 4,385 An | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,347 An | 2,200 An | 2,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,808 An | 2,480 An | 3,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,030 An | 2,580 An | 3,340 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,450 An | 3,150 An | 3,800 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,911 An | 3,580 An | 4,600 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,284 An | 4,200 An | 4,500 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,360 An | 4,321 An | 4,385 An | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 165 Dominica 5,257 An compare
- 166 Barbados 4,710 An compare
- 167 French Polynesia 4,681 An compare
- 169 China, Macao SAR 3,745 An compare
- 170 Puerto Rico 3,607 An compare
- 171 Brunei Darussalam 3,028 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1448 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 459.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8714 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4056 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 14.48 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.48 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Nicaragua?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Nicaragua was 4,385 An in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 4,600 An in 2000.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,200 An in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Nicaragua ranks 168th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.