Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Americas
Americas: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 564,833 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Americas recorded 564,833 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Americas peaked at 816,755 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 510,936 t, in 2004.
That places Americas 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 816,755 t | — |
| 1962 | 810,851 t | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 771,383 t | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 732,639 t | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 743,066 t | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 776,623 t | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 771,259 t | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 779,461 t | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 734,859 t | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 745,884 t | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 739,591 t | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 684,334 t | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 647,789 t | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 616,418 t | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 601,424 t | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 582,149 t | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 569,336 t | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 536,530 t | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 528,567 t | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 518,562 t | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 550,090 t | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 563,846 t | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 567,052 t | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 558,825 t | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 558,943 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 569,757 t | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 558,273 t | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 581,994 t | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 597,909 t | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 616,584 t | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 626,736 t | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 610,883 t | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 609,362 t | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 615,506 t | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 597,134 t | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 541,902 t | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 537,914 t | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 527,288 t | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 534,372 t | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 541,636 t | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 572,899 t | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 524,962 t | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 522,519 t | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 510,936 t | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 515,470 t | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 524,095 t | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 522,402 t | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 525,932 t | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 525,140 t | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 541,351 t | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 534,566 t | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 526,266 t | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 531,576 t | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 529,733 t | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 518,144 t | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 518,122 t | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 520,649 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 536,839 t | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 558,846 t | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 564,035 t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 564,267 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 559,931 t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 563,317 t | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 564,833 t | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 770,766 t | 732,639 t | 816,755 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 625,202 t | 528,567 t | 745,884 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 562,525 t | 518,562 t | 597,909 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 581,768 t | 527,288 t | 626,736 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 528,599 t | 510,936 t | 572,899 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 531,609 t | 518,122 t | 558,846 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 563,277 t | 559,931 t | 564,833 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 12 Algeria 403,045 t compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 15,410 t compare
- 13 Sudan 385,931 t compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9,650 t compare
- 14 Ethiopia 285,391 t compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,383 t compare
- 15 Uzbekistan 266,110 t compare
- 15 Melanesia 881.74 t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 705 t compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 265,500 t compare
- 17 Bangladesh 250,148 t compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 428.54 t compare
- 18 Saudi Arabia 217,857 t compare
- 18 Polynesia 107.08 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Americas?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Americas was 564,833 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 816,755 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 510,936 t in 2004.
- How does Americas rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Americas ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas 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.