Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa
Western Africa: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 79.17 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa, 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 Western Africa stood at 79.17 million An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa peaked at 79.24 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.18 million An, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.18 million An | — |
| 1962 | 9.50 million An | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 10.18 million An | +7.2% |
| 1964 | 10.73 million An | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 11.25 million An | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 11.92 million An | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 12.41 million An | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 13.12 million An | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 13.90 million An | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 14.50 million An | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 14.73 million An | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 15.12 million An | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 14.03 million An | -7.2% |
| 1974 | 14.52 million An | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 15.53 million An | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 17.05 million An | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 19.28 million An | +13.1% |
| 1978 | 20.48 million An | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 21.26 million An | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 22.46 million An | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 23.41 million An | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 24.40 million An | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 24.94 million An | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 23.92 million An | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 24.15 million An | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 25.94 million An | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 26.86 million An | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 28.19 million An | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 30.05 million An | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 30.91 million An | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 28.71 million An | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 28.78 million An | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 29.70 million An | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 32.10 million An | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 33.90 million An | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 36.04 million An | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 39.36 million An | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 41.70 million An | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 44.40 million An | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 43.29 million An | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 46.27 million An | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 46.92 million An | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 47.78 million An | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 49.02 million An | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 50.45 million An | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 51.93 million An | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 53.16 million An | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 54.27 million An | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 56.06 million An | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 59.60 million An | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 61.07 million An | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 61.89 million An | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 62.77 million An | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 64.72 million An | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 66.35 million An | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 68.03 million An | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 68.31 million An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 71.67 million An | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 74.46 million An | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 76.49 million An | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 77.05 million An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 78.38 million An | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 79.24 million An | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 79.17 million An | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.35 million An | 9.18 million An | 13.90 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.65 million An | 14.03 million An | 21.26 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.43 million An | 22.46 million An | 30.05 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 34.56 million An | 28.71 million An | 44.40 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.91 million An | 43.29 million An | 56.06 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.89 million An | 59.60 million An | 74.46 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.06 million An | 76.49 million An | 79.24 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa was 79.17 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 79.24 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.18 million An in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Western Africa ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.