Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, per square kilometre by country

Sheep and Goat Meat — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
163
Highest
35.93 t per square kilometre
Bahrain
Lowest
0.0001 t per square kilometre
Papua New Guinea
Median
0.0874 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,373

What the numbers show

Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, per square kilometre is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 35.93 t per square kilometre in Bahrain; the lowest is 0.0001 t per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0874 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.4603 t per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 221.7%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 86.2%).

Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bahrain 35.93 t per square kilometre 2023 up 62.0% volatile
2 Kuwait 2.98 t per square kilometre 2023 up 39.6% volatile
3 Palestine, State of 2.56 t per square kilometre 2022 down 6.9% falling
4 Israel 1.93 t per square kilometre 2023 up 27.1% volatile
5 Bangladesh 1.9 t per square kilometre 2023 up 24.9% volatile
6 New Zealand 1.64 t per square kilometre 2023 down 10.5% falling
7 Azerbaijan 1.08 t per square kilometre 2023 up 25.4% rising
8 Pakistan 1.04 t per square kilometre 2023 up 24.3% volatile
9 Ireland 1.01 t per square kilometre 2023 up 21.0% rising
10 India 0.9183 t per square kilometre 2023 up 107.3% volatile
11 Grenada 0.9143 t per square kilometre 2023 up 61.4% volatile
12 United Arab Emirates 0.8907 t per square kilometre 2023 up 41.8% volatile
13 Albania 0.8445 t per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% rising
14 Malawi 0.7977 t per square kilometre 2023 up 122.4% volatile
15 Tajikistan 0.7578 t per square kilometre 2023 up 146.7% volatile
16 Lebanon 0.6932 t per square kilometre 2023 down 36.2% falling
17 Qatar 0.6111 t per square kilometre 2023 down 33.3% volatile
18 Malta 0.5938 t per square kilometre 2023 up 38.7% volatile
19 Rwanda 0.5673 t per square kilometre 2023 down 38.5% volatile
20 China 0.566 t per square kilometre 2023 up 29.6% volatile
21 Greece 0.5651 t per square kilometre 2023 down 47.9% rising
22 Uzbekistan 0.5526 t per square kilometre 2023 up 25.3% volatile
23 Nepal 0.5513 t per square kilometre 2023 up 35.6% rising
24 Cyprus 0.5152 t per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% flat
25 Nigeria 0.4976 t per square kilometre 2023 up 21.0% volatile
26 Faroe Islands 0.455 t per square kilometre 2023 up 15.5% rising
27 Kyrgyzstan 0.4521 t per square kilometre 2023 up 67.1% rising
28 Jordan 0.4513 t per square kilometre 2023 up 111.5% volatile
29 Tunisia 0.4417 t per square kilometre 2023 up 18.5% rising
30 Morocco 0.4289 t per square kilometre 2023 up 32.9% rising
31 Serbia 0.3892 t per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% rising
32 Armenia 0.3875 t per square kilometre 2023 up 22.8% rising
33 Senegal 0.3447 t per square kilometre 2023 up 48.1% volatile
34 Chad 0.3148 t per square kilometre 2023 up 97.0% volatile
35 Turkmenistan 0.2999 t per square kilometre 2023 up 7.2% rising
36 Togo 0.2976 t per square kilometre 2023 up 49.9% volatile
37 Yemen 0.2888 t per square kilometre 2023 up 30.9% volatile
38 Barbados 0.2831 t per square kilometre 2023 down 7.1% falling
39 Ghana 0.278 t per square kilometre 2023 up 53.8% volatile
40 Saint Lucia 0.2693 t per square kilometre 2023 up 6.7% rising
41 Romania 0.2564 t per square kilometre 2023 down 23.0% flat
42 Comoros 0.2549 t per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% rising
43 Haiti 0.252 t per square kilometre 2023 up 8.3% rising
44 Benin 0.2453 t per square kilometre 2023 up 221.7% volatile
45 Spain 0.2285 t per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% rising
46 Afghanistan 0.2227 t per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% rising
47 Kenya 0.2224 t per square kilometre 2023 up 26.7% rising
48 Ethiopia 0.2144 t per square kilometre 2023 up 49.8% rising
49 Uganda 0.2124 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16.1% rising
50 Sudan 0.2026 t per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
51 Djibouti 0.1972 t per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% rising
52 Eswatini 0.195 t per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% rising
53 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1897 t per square kilometre 2023 down 20.2% rising
54 Burkina Faso 0.1863 t per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% volatile
55 Mongolia 0.183 t per square kilometre 2023 up 82.1% rising
56 Cuba 0.1747 t per square kilometre 2023 up 31.9% volatile
57 Burundi 0.1679 t per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% volatile
58 Oman 0.1667 t per square kilometre 2023 up 10.5% volatile
59 Algeria 0.1661 t per square kilometre 2023 up 27.3% volatile
60 Gambia 0.1577 t per square kilometre 2023 up 23.0% rising
61 North Macedonia 0.1543 t per square kilometre 2023 down 17.7% falling
62 Portugal 0.147 t per square kilometre 2023 down 29.4% falling
63 France 0.146 t per square kilometre 2023 down 36.2% falling
64 Switzerland 0.144 t per square kilometre 2023 up 7.4% rising
65 South Africa 0.1358 t per square kilometre 2023 down 12.6% rising
66 Saudi Arabia 0.1284 t per square kilometre 2023 up 112.0% volatile
67 Uruguay 0.1274 t per square kilometre 2023 down 18.8% falling
68 Iraq 0.1264 t per square kilometre 2023 up 12.0% rising
69 Croatia 0.1263 t per square kilometre 2023 up 8.8% rising
70 Guinea 0.1247 t per square kilometre 2023 up 63.7% volatile
71 Somalia 0.117 t per square kilometre 2023 down 13.8% rising
72 Australia 0.115 t per square kilometre 2023 up 27.6% rising
73 Cameroon 0.1127 t per square kilometre 2023 up 38.2% rising
74 Eritrea 0.1088 t per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% flat
75 Philippines 0.1085 t per square kilometre 2023 down 40.8% volatile
76 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1038 t per square kilometre 2023 up 123.1% volatile
77 Italy 0.0985 t per square kilometre 2023 down 17.9% falling
78 Zimbabwe 0.0974 t per square kilometre 2023 up 43.6% volatile
79 Austria 0.092 t per square kilometre 2023 down 4.4% rising
80 Dominica 0.0895 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
81 Germany 0.0881 t per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% rising
82 Slovenia 0.0874 t per square kilometre 2023 up 9.8% rising
83 Bulgaria 0.0849 t per square kilometre 2023 down 28.1% volatile
84 Iceland 0.0833 t per square kilometre 2023 down 15.5% falling
85 Guinea-Bissau 0.076 t per square kilometre 2023 down 10.4% rising
86 Egypt 0.0753 t per square kilometre 2023 down 41.4% rising
87 Belgium 0.0751 t per square kilometre 2023 down 5.3% falling
88 Montenegro 0.0736 t per square kilometre 2023 down 45.2% falling
89 Georgia 0.072 t per square kilometre 2023 up 78.6% falling
90 Indonesia 0.0692 t per square kilometre 2023 up 21.8% rising
91 Norway 0.0624 t per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% rising
92 Mauritania 0.0613 t per square kilometre 2023 up 27.5% volatile
93 South Sudan 0.0603 t per square kilometre 2023 down 28.6% falling
94 Kazakhstan 0.057 t per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% falling
95 Mexico 0.0563 t per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% rising
96 Sierra Leone 0.051 t per square kilometre 2023 down 7.1% volatile
97 Seychelles 0.048 t per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
98 Jamaica 0.0451 t per square kilometre 2023 down 39.2% volatile
99 Sri Lanka 0.0445 t per square kilometre 2023 up 116.1% falling
100 Singapore 0.0411 t per square kilometre 2023 down 25.5% volatile
101 Tonga 0.0403 t per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
102 Fiji 0.0403 t per square kilometre 2023 up 108.5% rising
103 Central African Republic 0.0395 t per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% volatile
104 Czechia 0.0393 t per square kilometre 2023 down 8.7% rising
105 Niger 0.0368 t per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
106 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0337 t per square kilometre 2023 down 33.5% falling
107 Dominican Republic 0.0331 t per square kilometre 2023 down 15.9% rising
108 Denmark 0.0302 t per square kilometre 2023 down 21.2% rising
109 Peru 0.0302 t per square kilometre 2023 down 6.6% rising
110 Ecuador 0.03 t per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% rising
111 Zambia 0.029 t per square kilometre 2023 up 117.8% volatile
112 Mauritius 0.0273 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.0% falling
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0267 t per square kilometre 2023 down 7.0% rising
114 Libya 0.0237 t per square kilometre 2023 down 8.3% rising
115 Luxembourg 0.0233 t per square kilometre 2023 up 13.2% falling
116 Lesotho 0.0213 t per square kilometre 2023 down 31.1% volatile
117 Ukraine 0.0205 t per square kilometre 2023 down 36.4% falling
118 Guatemala 0.0205 t per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% falling
119 French Polynesia 0.0204 t per square kilometre 2023 down 8.9% rising
120 Myanmar 0.0196 t per square kilometre 2023 down 80.7% volatile
121 Liberia 0.0195 t per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% rising
122 Chile 0.0192 t per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% falling
123 Brazil 0.0179 t per square kilometre 2023 up 29.1% rising
124 Namibia 0.0174 t per square kilometre 2023 down 15.9% falling
125 Angola 0.0171 t per square kilometre 2023 down 6.3% volatile
126 Argentina 0.017 t per square kilometre 2023 down 30.5% falling
127 Lithuania 0.0157 t per square kilometre 2023 up 47.5% falling
128 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0156 t per square kilometre 2023 up 150.0% rising
129 Hungary 0.015 t per square kilometre 2023 up 32.2% volatile
130 Slovakia 0.0146 t per square kilometre 2023 down 44.3% falling
131 Mali 0.0138 t per square kilometre 2023 up 54.2% volatile
132 Latvia 0.0138 t per square kilometre 2023 up 27.4% volatile
133 Malaysia 0.0133 t per square kilometre 2023 down 6.8% volatile
134 Sweden 0.0126 t per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% rising
135 Bahamas 0.0104 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% falling
136 Madagascar 0.0095 t per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% falling
137 Botswana 0.009 t per square kilometre 2023 down 23.8% rising
138 Paraguay 0.0083 t per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% rising
139 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0083 t per square kilometre 2023 down 86.2% falling
140 Bhutan 0.0066 t per square kilometre 2023 up 180.1% rising
141 Estonia 0.0066 t per square kilometre 2023 down 44.6% volatile
142 Puerto Rico 0.0058 t per square kilometre 2023 up 28.4% volatile
143 Belize 0.0057 t per square kilometre 2023 up 196.0% volatile
144 Equatorial Guinea 0.0056 t per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
145 El Salvador 0.0055 t per square kilometre 2023 down 11.2% rising
146 Costa Rica 0.0054 t per square kilometre 2023 down 9.2% volatile
147 Mozambique 0.005 t per square kilometre 2023 up 57.3% volatile
148 Belarus 0.0049 t per square kilometre 2023 down 9.1% volatile
149 Poland 0.0046 t per square kilometre 2023 up 55.5% volatile
150 Gabon 0.0045 t per square kilometre 2023 up 6.5% rising
151 Congo 0.0044 t per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% volatile
152 Thailand 0.004 t per square kilometre 2023 down 6.0% volatile
153 Guyana 0.004 t per square kilometre 2023 down 6.8% rising
154 Finland 0.0037 t per square kilometre 2023 up 13.2% falling
155 Honduras 0.0023 t per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% rising
156 Canada 0.002 t per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
157 Colombia 0.0008 t per square kilometre 2023 up 28.3% volatile
158 Vanuatu 0.0008 t per square kilometre 2023 down 71.9% rising
159 Japan 0.0007 t per square kilometre 2023 up 15.2% volatile
160 Nicaragua 0.0005 t per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% rising
161 New Caledonia 0.0005 t per square kilometre 2023 down 29.2% volatile
162 Suriname 0.0001 t per square kilometre 2023 up 29.6% falling
163 Papua New Guinea 0.0001 t per square kilometre 2023 down 2.1% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Sheep and Goat Meat — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Sheep and Goat Meat — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, per square kilometre
Unit
t per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
164 places, 9,373 data points, 1961–2023
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Sheep and Goat Meat — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.