Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Norway
Norway: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.10 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Norway, 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 Norway stood at 1.10 million An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Norway peaked at 1.40 million An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 811,203 An, in 1976.
That places Norway 80th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 951,417 An | 888,170 An | 1.03 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 880,218 An | 811,203 An | 1.04 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.24 million An | 1.01 million An | 1.37 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.23 million An | 1.17 million An | 1.32 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.23 million An | 1.17 million An | 1.31 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 million An | 1.15 million An | 1.40 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.18 million An | 1.10 million An | 1.24 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Norway
- Agriculture share gdp 1.64 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.64 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 16.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 921,833 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.72 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 15,100 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Norway?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Norway was 1.10 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 1.40 million An in 2017.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 811,203 An in 1976.
- How does Norway rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Norway ranks 80th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.