Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Paraguay
Paraguay: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 238,847 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 238,847 An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.3% on the previous year and down 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Paraguay peaked at 301,613 An in 2016 and was at its lowest, 109,950 An, in 1971.
That places Paraguay 109th 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 | 115,645 An | 113,300 An | 120,300 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 137,510 An | 109,950 An | 196,910 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 226,676 An | 204,786 An | 247,488 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 238,183 An | 225,275 An | 251,200 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 252,805 An | 236,700 An | 290,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 260,701 An | 200,023 An | 301,613 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 241,202 An | 204,418 An | 291,377 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 106 Switzerland 265,654 An compare
- 107 Cyprus 256,250 An compare
- 108 Mozambique 250,270 An compare
- 110 Guinea-Bissau 231,935 An compare
- 111 Belgium-Luxembourg 220,000 An compare
- 112 Sweden 219,010 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Paraguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 817.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5603 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2961 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 11.64 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 11.64 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Paraguay?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Paraguay was 238,847 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 301,613 An in 2016.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 109,950 An in 1971.
- How does Paraguay rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Paraguay ranks 109th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.