Sheep and Goat Meat — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 5.18 million t in China; the lowest is 4 t in French Guiana.
The median across all reporting countries is 9,650 t, and the mean is 135,799 t.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 335.5%), and the largest decrease in French Guiana (down 86.2%).
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 5.18 million t | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 5.18 million t | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 3.01 million t | 2024 | up 108.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.43 million t | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 981,652 t | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 6 | USSR | 915,500 t | 1991 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 817,144 t | 2024 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Türkiye | 609,072 t | 2024 | up 101.4% | rising |
| 9 | Sudan (former) | 485,500 t | 2011 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Nigeria | 455,157 t | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 11 | New Zealand | 450,737 t | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 12 | Chad | 424,654 t | 2024 | up 97.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Algeria | 403,045 t | 2024 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Sudan | 385,931 t | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 285,391 t | 2024 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 16 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 273,558 t | 2024 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 266,110 t | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 265,500 t | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 250,148 t | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 217,857 t | 2024 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Syrian Arab Republic | 206,557 t | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 204,950 t | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 23 | Mongolia | 197,077 t | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 24 | United Republic of Tanzania | 181,600 t | 2024 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Yemen | 159,682 t | 2024 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Kenya | 153,964 t | 2024 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Brazil | 151,427 t | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 28 | Morocco | 151,200 t | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 29 | Ethiopia PDR | 149,180 t | 1992 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 148,772 t | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 31 | Turkmenistan | 139,348 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 32 | Afghanistan | 132,321 t | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 33 | Indonesia | 113,708 t | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 34 | Mexico | 110,033 t | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 35 | Spain | 107,240 t | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 89,548 t | 2024 | up 81.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Nepal | 89,042 t | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 87,882 t | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 84,101 t | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 40 | Malawi | 79,694 t | 2024 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Egypt | 75,000 t | 2024 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 42 | France | 73,790 t | 2024 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 43 | Somalia | 70,039 t | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 44 | Tunisia | 65,124 t | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 45 | Ghana | 65,087 t | 2024 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Mauritania | 64,757 t | 2024 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 64,237 t | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Senegal | 63,445 t | 2024 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Ireland | 62,970 t | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 50 | Greece | 57,090 t | 2024 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 51 | Yugoslav SFR | 56,850 t | 1991 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 52 | Romania | 55,950 t | 2024 | down 27.2% | flat |
| 53 | Iraq | 54,370 t | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 54 | Oman | 52,222 t | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Kuwait | 51,621 t | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Niger | 47,489 t | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 44,539 t | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Cameroon | 44,401 t | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 59 | Argentina | 44,370 t | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 60 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 42,411 t | 2024 | up 130.7% | rising |
| 61 | Libya | 41,142 t | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 62 | Peru | 38,577 t | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 63 | South Sudan | 36,004 t | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 64 | Uganda | 35,773 t | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 65 | Guinea | 33,965 t | 2024 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Israel | 33,875 t | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33,260 t | 2024 | up 176.7% | rising |
| 68 | Serbia | 31,207 t | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 69 | Philippines | 31,136 t | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 31,013 t | 2024 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Caribbean | 30,319 t | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 30,070 t | 2024 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Germany | 29,320 t | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 74 | Benin | 29,048 t | 2024 | up 235.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Bahrain | 28,694 t | 2024 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Italy | 25,510 t | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 77 | Viet Nam | 24,593 t | 2024 | up 143.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Serbia and Montenegro | 22,645 t | 2005 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 79 | Mali | 22,518 t | 2024 | up 103.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Albania | 21,964 t | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 81 | Norway | 21,934 t | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 82 | Angola | 21,228 t | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 21,151 t | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 84 | Cuba | 20,239 t | 2024 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Uruguay | 19,994 t | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 86 | Zambia | 17,960 t | 2024 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 17,220 t | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 88 | Canada | 17,138 t | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 89 | Togo | 16,256 t | 2024 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Palestine | 15,444 t | 2022 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 91 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 15,410 t | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Portugal | 14,850 t | 2024 | up 35.8% | falling |
| 93 | Rwanda | 14,308 t | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Chile | 13,896 t | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 95 | Namibia | 13,725 t | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 96 | Eritrea | 13,217 t | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 97 | Myanmar | 12,800 t | 2024 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Ukraine | 11,450 t | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 99 | Armenia | 11,117 t | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 9,670 t | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 9,650 t | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 102 | Czechoslovakia | 8,173 t | 1992 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 103 | Iceland | 7,966 t | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 104 | Austria | 7,640 t | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 105 | Lebanon | 7,145 t | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 106 | Haiti | 6,991 t | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 107 | Qatar | 6,914 t | 2024 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Croatia | 6,110 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 109 | Ecuador | 6,074 t | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 110 | Switzerland | 5,438 t | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 111 | Madagascar | 5,203 t | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 112 | Botswana | 4,849 t | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 113 | Sweden | 4,590 t | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 114 | Djibouti | 4,574 t | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 115 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 4,500 t | 1999 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 116 | Mozambique | 4,452 t | 2024 | up 79.0% | falling |
| 117 | Georgia | 4,400 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 118 | Cyprus | 4,310 t | 2024 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 119 | Malaysia | 4,269 t | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 3,645 t | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Burundi | 3,505 t | 2024 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 122 | North Macedonia | 3,418 t | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 123 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3,383 t | 2024 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Eswatini | 3,356 t | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 125 | Paraguay | 3,041 t | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 126 | Czechia | 3,040 t | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 127 | Sri Lanka | 2,660 t | 2024 | up 137.5% | falling |
| 128 | Guatemala | 2,198 t | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,103 t | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 130 | Thailand | 2,043 t | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Belgium | 2,020 t | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 132 | Liberia | 1,881 t | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 133 | Republic of Korea | 1,787 t | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Slovenia | 1,730 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 135 | Gambia | 1,660 t | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 136 | Poland | 1,590 t | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Hungary | 1,560 t | 2024 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Dominican Republic | 1,545 t | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 139 | Congo | 1,514 t | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 140 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,426 t | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Gabon | 1,176 t | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,081 t | 2024 | down 27.2% | flat |
| 143 | Finland | 1,050 t | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 144 | Colombia | 940.82 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Montenegro | 918.1 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 146 | Belarus | 900 t | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Melanesia | 881.74 t | 2024 | up 124.8% | flat |
| 148 | Lithuania | 880 t | 2024 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 149 | Guyana | 837.03 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 150 | Fiji | 814.7 t | 2024 | up 168.0% | rising |
| 151 | Denmark | 810 t | 2024 | down 51.3% | rising |
| 151 | Latvia | 810 t | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Cabo Verde | 759.29 t | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Republic of Moldova | 705 t | 2024 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 155 | Slovakia | 650 t | 2024 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 156 | Faroe Islands | 631.46 t | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 157 | Lesotho | 629.43 t | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Comoros | 474.99 t | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 159 | Jamaica | 432 t | 2024 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Timor-Leste | 428.54 t | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 161 | Grenada | 327.93 t | 2024 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Costa Rica | 275.39 t | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Honduras | 253.99 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 164 | Japan | 253.31 t | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Guadeloupe | 236 t | 2006 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 166 | Estonia | 230 t | 2024 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Bhutan | 229.32 t | 2024 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 168 | Trinidad and Tobago | 197 t | 2024 | up 80.7% | falling |
| 169 | Malta | 180 t | 2024 | up 43.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Lucia | 164.97 t | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | 157.53 t | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 172 | Belize | 127.94 t | 2024 | up 335.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Barbados | 120.14 t | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 174 | El Salvador | 113.4 t | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 175 | Polynesia | 107.08 t | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 176 | Bahamas | 104.5 t | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 177 | Martinique | 103 t | 2006 | down 68.3% | rising |
| 178 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 74.83 t | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 70.24 t | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 180 | Dominica | 67.31 t | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 181 | Nicaragua | 61.95 t | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 182 | Luxembourg | 60 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 183 | Mauritius | 59.97 t | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57 t | 2024 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 185 | Brunei Darussalam | 55.42 t | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Papua New Guinea | 41.57 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Puerto Rico | 41.02 t | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Singapore | 29.6 t | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Tonga | 29.33 t | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 190 | China, Macao SAR | 27.51 t | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 22.19 t | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Seychelles | 22.19 t | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 193 | Suriname | 19.63 t | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 194 | Vanuatu | 19.04 t | 2024 | down 45.3% | rising |
| 195 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 196 | Micronesia | 13.32 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 196 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 13.32 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.27 t | 2024 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 199 | Cook Islands | 7.52 t | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 200 | New Caledonia | 6.43 t | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 201 | French Guiana | 4 t | 2006 | down 86.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 19.28 million t
- Asia 12.53 million t
- Eastern Asia 5.39 million t
- Southern Asia 4.58 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.24 million t
- Africa 3.69 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3.20 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.62 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.37 million t
- Western Asia 1.64 million t
- Oceania 1.43 million t
- Northern Africa 1.12 million t
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.