Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 24,576 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
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 Trinidad and Tobago is 24,576 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 37.5% on the previous year and up 131.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 33,200 An in 1983 and was at its lowest, 8,932 An, in 2019.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 147th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,300 An | — |
| 1962 | 16,700 An | -13.5% |
| 1963 | 18,500 An | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 19,400 An | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 21,100 An | +8.8% |
| 1966 | 20,000 An | -5.2% |
| 1967 | 19,900 An | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 20,500 An | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 22,200 An | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 21,100 An | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 22,100 An | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 22,600 An | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 23,800 An | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 26,000 An | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 27,200 An | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 28,900 An | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 30,200 An | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 30,500 An | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 31,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 31,284 An | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 32,421 An | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 32,026 An | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 33,200 An | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 32,000 An | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 32,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 32,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 30,500 An | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 31,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 28,000 An | -9.7% |
| 1990 | 26,500 An | -5.4% |
| 1991 | 27,800 An | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 27,000 An | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 25,890 An | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 25,890 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 25,890 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 25,890 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 25,930 An | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 25,890 An | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 25,890 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 25,900 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 26,050 An | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 26,500 An | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 26,450 An | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 26,550 An | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 26,850 An | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 30,505 An | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 26,447 An | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 18,142 An | -31.4% |
| 2009 | 20,797 An | +14.6% |
| 2010 | 18,928 An | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 11,615 An | -38.6% |
| 2012 | 10,199 An | -12.2% |
| 2013 | 14,060 An | +37.9% |
| 2014 | 10,636 An | -24.4% |
| 2015 | 12,813 An | +20.5% |
| 2016 | 12,431 An | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 12,447 An | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 10,917 An | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 8,932 An | -18.2% |
| 2020 | 25,107 An | +181.1% |
| 2021 | 15,474 An | -38.4% |
| 2022 | 15,773 An | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 17,876 An | +13.3% |
| 2024 | 24,576 An | +37.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,733 An | 16,700 An | 22,200 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,340 An | 21,100 An | 31,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,443 An | 28,000 An | 33,200 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,257 An | 25,890 An | 27,800 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,419 An | 18,142 An | 30,505 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,298 An | 8,932 An | 18,928 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,761 An | 15,474 An | 25,107 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Trinidad and Tobago was 24,576 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 33,200 An in 1983.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,932 An in 2019.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 147th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 131.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.