Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 1.43 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in Australia and New Zealand stood at 1.43 million t.
That represents a change of up 8.9% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1.53 million t in 1972 and was at its lowest, 966,297 t, in 1974.
That places Australia and New Zealand 4th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.04 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.07 million t | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 1.07 million t | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 1.08 million t | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 1.07 million t | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 1.08 million t | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 1.11 million t | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 1.22 million t | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 1.23 million t | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 1.31 million t | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 1.39 million t | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 1.53 million t | +10.2% |
| 1973 | 1.27 million t | -17.0% |
| 1974 | 966,297 t | -24.0% |
| 1975 | 1.02 million t | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 1.10 million t | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 1.05 million t | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 1.02 million t | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 1.01 million t | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 1.11 million t | +10.2% |
| 1981 | 1.21 million t | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 1.13 million t | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 1.21 million t | +6.8% |
| 1984 | 1.13 million t | -6.4% |
| 1985 | 1.24 million t | +9.8% |
| 1986 | 1.20 million t | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 1.20 million t | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 1.21 million t | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 1.16 million t | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 1.17 million t | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 1.20 million t | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 1.26 million t | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 1.14 million t | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 1.18 million t | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 1.16 million t | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 1.09 million t | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 1.12 million t | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 1.17 million t | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 1.14 million t | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 1.23 million t | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 1.30 million t | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 1.18 million t | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 1.16 million t | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 1.10 million t | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 1.15 million t | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 1.19 million t | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.28 million t | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 1.28 million t | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.17 million t | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 1.06 million t | -9.9% |
| 2011 | 998,276 t | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 1.04 million t | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 1.17 million t | +12.7% |
| 2014 | 1.24 million t | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 1.24 million t | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.23 million t | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.15 million t | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 1.23 million t | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 1.20 million t | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 1.13 million t | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 1.13 million t | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1.17 million t | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 1.32 million t | +12.7% |
| 2024 | 1.43 million t | +8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.11 million t | 1.04 million t | 1.23 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.17 million t | 966,297 t | 1.53 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.18 million t | 1.11 million t | 1.24 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.16 million t | 1.09 million t | 1.26 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.20 million t | 1.10 million t | 1.30 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.16 million t | 998,276 t | 1.24 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.24 million t | 1.13 million t | 1.43 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 1 China 5.18 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 5.18 million t compare
- 3 India 3.01 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 609,072 t compare
- 5 Australia 981,652 t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 273,558 t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 206,557 t compare
- 6 USSR 915,500 t compare
- 7 Pakistan 817,144 t compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 181,600 t compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.0721 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.9752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 8.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.8937 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 31.49 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Australia and New Zealand was 1.43 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.53 million t in 1972.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 966,297 t in 1974.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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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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.