Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 3,607 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 3,607 An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of down 20.0% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Puerto Rico peaked at 49,790 An in 1968 and was at its lowest, 2,459 An, in 2004.
Puerto Rico ranks 170th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,140 An | — |
| 1962 | 15,160 An | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 15,370 An | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 15,990 An | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 16,200 An | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 19,220 An | +18.6% |
| 1967 | 19,230 An | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 49,790 An | +158.9% |
| 1969 | 19,350 An | -61.1% |
| 1970 | 19,910 An | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 20,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 20,360 An | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 20,590 An | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 20,620 An | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 22,650 An | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 23,700 An | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 24,700 An | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 24,700 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 25,200 An | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 24,700 An | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 23,800 An | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 17,300 An | -27.3% |
| 1983 | 18,300 An | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 18,300 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 18,465 An | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 17,253 An | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 18,788 An | +8.9% |
| 1988 | 19,482 An | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 23,840 An | +22.4% |
| 1990 | 25,600 An | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 28,195 An | +10.1% |
| 1992 | 29,700 An | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 27,900 An | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 27,450 An | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 22,250 An | -18.9% |
| 1996 | 20,350 An | -8.5% |
| 1997 | 16,300 An | -19.9% |
| 1998 | 15,700 An | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 4,585 An | -70.8% |
| 2000 | 4,457 An | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 4,879 An | +9.5% |
| 2002 | 5,181 An | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 2,824 An | -45.5% |
| 2004 | 2,459 An | -12.9% |
| 2005 | 2,780 An | +13.1% |
| 2006 | 2,934 An | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 2,717 An | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 3,083 An | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 3,192 An | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 3,303 An | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 3,410 An | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 3,589 An | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 3,511 An | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 3,507 An | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 3,505 An | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 3,503 An | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 3,503 An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,583 An | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 3,739 An | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 3,926 An | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 4,160 An | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 4,538 An | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 4,506 An | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 3,607 An | -20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,606 An | 15,140 An | 49,790 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,243 An | 19,910 An | 25,200 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,023 An | 17,253 An | 24,700 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,803 An | 4,585 An | 29,700 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,451 An | 2,459 An | 5,181 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,515 An | 3,303 An | 3,739 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,147 An | 3,607 An | 4,538 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 167 French Polynesia 4,681 An compare
- 168 Nicaragua 4,385 An compare
- 169 China, Macao SAR 3,745 An compare
- 171 Brunei Darussalam 3,028 An compare
- 172 Mauritius 2,986 An compare
- 173 Papua New Guinea 2,788 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Puerto Rico?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Puerto Rico was 3,607 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 49,790 An in 1968.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,459 An in 2004.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Puerto Rico ranks 170th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.