Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 132,321 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 132,321 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024.
The figure is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Afghanistan peaked at 192,100 t in 1999 and was at its lowest, 72,375 t, in 1962.
That places Afghanistan 29th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 73,220 t | — |
| 1962 | 72,375 t | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 75,530 t | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 79,750 t | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 84,375 t | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 89,690 t | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 100,312 t | +11.8% |
| 1968 | 111,312 t | +11.0% |
| 1969 | 106,312 t | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 106,200 t | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 107,312 t | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 88,000 t | -18.0% |
| 1973 | 99,550 t | +13.1% |
| 1974 | 106,550 t | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 113,500 t | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 136,500 t | +20.3% |
| 1977 | 137,260 t | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 141,260 t | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 138,040 t | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 145,940 t | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 152,500 t | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 154,280 t | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 144,461 t | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 133,681 t | -7.5% |
| 1985 | 118,000 t | -11.7% |
| 1986 | 106,700 t | -9.6% |
| 1987 | 113,780 t | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 120,860 t | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 127,940 t | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 135,012 t | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 137,300 t | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 132,980 t | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 131,600 t | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 134,200 t | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 133,600 t | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 144,800 t | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 159,600 t | +10.2% |
| 1998 | 174,100 t | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 192,100 t | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 169,700 t | -11.7% |
| 2001 | 146,100 t | -13.9% |
| 2002 | 118,800 t | -18.7% |
| 2003 | 121,700 t | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 131,000 t | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 133,500 t | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 119,400 t | -10.6% |
| 2007 | 100,860 t | -15.5% |
| 2008 | 128,480 t | +27.4% |
| 2009 | 137,380 t | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 157,200 t | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 160,500 t | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 155,200 t | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 150,200 t | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 154,113 t | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 155,194 t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 152,125 t | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 158,190 t | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 156,048 t | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 157,270 t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 156,338 t | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 152,148 t | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 148,924 t | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 145,238 t | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 132,321 t | -8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88,097 t | 72,375 t | 111,312 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 117,417 t | 88,000 t | 141,260 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 131,814 t | 106,700 t | 154,280 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 147,529 t | 131,600 t | 192,100 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 130,692 t | 100,860 t | 169,700 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 155,604 t | 150,200 t | 160,500 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 146,994 t | 132,321 t | 156,338 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 26 Ethiopia PDR 149,180 t compare
- 27 Kazakhstan 148,772 t compare
- 28 Turkmenistan 139,348 t compare
- 30 Indonesia 113,708 t compare
- 31 Mexico 110,033 t compare
- 32 Spain 107,240 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Afghanistan?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Afghanistan was 132,321 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 192,100 t in 1999.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,375 t in 1962.
- How does Afghanistan rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Afghanistan ranks 29th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goat Meat — Production. 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.