Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 6.96 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Republic of Tanzania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
United Republic of Tanzania recorded 6.96 million An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 6.96 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.48 million An, in 1964.
United Republic of Tanzania ranks 6th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.62 million An | — |
| 1962 | 1.65 million An | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 1.69 million An | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 1.48 million An | -12.2% |
| 1965 | 1.52 million An | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 1.64 million An | +7.8% |
| 1967 | 1.64 million An | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 1.65 million An | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 1.66 million An | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 1.67 million An | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 1.68 million An | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 1.77 million An | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 1.68 million An | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 1.71 million An | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 1.75 million An | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 2.01 million An | +15.2% |
| 1977 | 2.05 million An | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 2.09 million An | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 2.14 million An | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 2.13 million An | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 2.22 million An | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 2.26 million An | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 2.24 million An | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 2.23 million An | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 2.43 million An | +9.4% |
| 1986 | 2.45 million An | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 2.47 million An | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 2.49 million An | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 2.55 million An | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 2.61 million An | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 2.67 million An | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 2.76 million An | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 2.85 million An | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 2.91 million An | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 3.11 million An | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 3.10 million An | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 3.13 million An | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 3.16 million An | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 3.28 million An | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 3.49 million An | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 3.58 million An | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 3.67 million An | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 3.87 million An | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 3.81 million An | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 3.83 million An | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 4.01 million An | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 4.18 million An | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 4.26 million An | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 4.36 million An | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 4.46 million An | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 5.70 million An | +27.9% |
| 2012 | 6.02 million An | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 6.36 million An | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 6.89 million An | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 6.15 million An | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 5.95 million An | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 5.18 million An | -12.9% |
| 2018 | 5.42 million An | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 5.74 million An | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 6.05 million An | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 6.39 million An | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 6.58 million An | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 6.77 million An | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 6.96 million An | +2.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Republic of Tanzania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +27.9% | 4.46 million An | 5.70 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.62 million An | 1.48 million An | 1.69 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.86 million An | 1.67 million An | 2.14 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.35 million An | 2.13 million An | 2.55 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.96 million An | 2.61 million An | 3.28 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.91 million An | 3.49 million An | 4.36 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.79 million An | 4.46 million An | 6.89 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.55 million An | 6.05 million An | 6.96 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Republic of Tanzania
- 3 India 237.70 million An compare
- 4 Türkiye 27.69 million An compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 63.99 million An compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.84 million An compare
- 5 Pakistan 63.63 million An compare
- 6 USSR 59.57 million An compare
- 7 Nigeria 48.18 million An compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 4.39 million An compare
- 8 Australia 41.62 million An compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.90 million An compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 38.72 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in United Republic of Tanzania was 6.96 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 United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 6.96 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.48 million An in 1964.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 6th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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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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.