Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Argentina
Argentina: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 44,370 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in Argentina stood at 44,370 t. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and down 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Argentina peaked at 219,370 t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 44,370 t, in 2024.
Argentina ranks 56th of 185 countries on this measure, 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 Argentina, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 176,976 t | — |
| 1962 | 176,036 t | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 160,529 t | -8.8% |
| 1964 | 145,297 t | -9.5% |
| 1965 | 173,064 t | +19.1% |
| 1966 | 197,896 t | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 214,276 t | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 219,370 t | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 203,603 t | -7.2% |
| 1970 | 186,768 t | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 185,833 t | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 142,946 t | -23.1% |
| 1973 | 138,396 t | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 120,946 t | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 131,281 t | +8.5% |
| 1976 | 134,971 t | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 139,921 t | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 136,617 t | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 136,609 t | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 117,816 t | -13.8% |
| 1981 | 120,048 t | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 117,118 t | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 116,526 t | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 115,270 t | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 104,376 t | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 104,270 t | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 96,270 t | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 89,689 t | -6.8% |
| 1989 | 90,784 t | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 91,600 t | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 91,532 t | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 72,684 t | -20.6% |
| 1993 | 72,191 t | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 92,480 t | +28.1% |
| 1995 | 88,259 t | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 71,259 t | -19.3% |
| 1997 | 65,259 t | -8.4% |
| 1998 | 56,896 t | -12.8% |
| 1999 | 54,002 t | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 59,002 t | +9.3% |
| 2001 | 91,101 t | +54.4% |
| 2002 | 59,539 t | -34.6% |
| 2003 | 61,269 t | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 54,269 t | -11.4% |
| 2005 | 61,270 t | +12.9% |
| 2006 | 59,069 t | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 58,799 t | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 55,899 t | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 54,899 t | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 84,311 t | +53.6% |
| 2011 | 75,846 t | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 69,065 t | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 67,044 t | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 68,719 t | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 66,115 t | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 58,937 t | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 57,849 t | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 56,667 t | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 61,261 t | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 61,989 t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 53,426 t | -13.8% |
| 2022 | 47,439 t | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 46,564 t | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 44,370 t | -4.7% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 44,370 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,335 t, 10.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 44,370 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 327.93 t, 135.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Argentina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +54.4% | 59,002 t | 91,101 t |
| 2010 | +53.6% | 54,899 t | 84,311 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 185,227 t | 145,297 t | 219,370 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 145,429 t | 120,946 t | 186,768 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 107,217 t | 89,689 t | 120,048 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,616 t | 54,002 t | 92,480 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,512 t | 54,269 t | 91,101 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,581 t | 56,667 t | 84,311 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,758 t | 44,370 t | 61,989 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Argentina?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Argentina was 44,370 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 219,370 t in 1968.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,370 t in 2024.
- How does Argentina rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Argentina ranks 56th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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.