Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Australia
Australia: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 981,652 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia recorded 981,652 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.0% on the previous year and up 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Australia peaked at 981,652 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 465,316 t, in 1984.
That places Australia 5th 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, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 583,775 t | — |
| 1962 | 596,526 t | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 603,234 t | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 595,377 t | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 594,473 t | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 608,689 t | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 596,671 t | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 664,747 t | +11.4% |
| 1969 | 679,987 t | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 755,175 t | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 825,518 t | +9.3% |
| 1972 | 956,703 t | +15.9% |
| 1973 | 713,770 t | -25.4% |
| 1974 | 467,847 t | -34.5% |
| 1975 | 527,523 t | +12.8% |
| 1976 | 588,095 t | +11.5% |
| 1977 | 549,636 t | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 513,995 t | -6.5% |
| 1979 | 491,775 t | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 548,875 t | +11.6% |
| 1981 | 578,600 t | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 511,316 t | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 530,617 t | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 465,316 t | -12.3% |
| 1985 | 515,992 t | +10.9% |
| 1986 | 582,933 t | +13.0% |
| 1987 | 588,769 t | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 592,706 t | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 549,548 t | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 635,673 t | +15.7% |
| 1991 | 678,133 t | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 678,391 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 654,877 t | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 658,520 t | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 631,558 t | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 584,298 t | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 575,431 t | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 624,314 t | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 636,875 t | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 690,625 t | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 725,433 t | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 658,756 t | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 612,466 t | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 578,178 t | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 613,626 t | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 644,214 t | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 699,806 t | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 676,875 t | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 660,790 t | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 581,658 t | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 544,976 t | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 584,243 t | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 692,100 t | +18.5% |
| 2014 | 753,513 t | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 753,338 t | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 745,855 t | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 702,604 t | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 759,945 t | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 753,662 t | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 673,311 t | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 684,436 t | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 739,142 t | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 884,510 t | +19.7% |
| 2024 | 981,652 t | +11.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 981,652 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,310 t, 227.8× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Australia's 981,652 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,043 t, 480.4× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 613,720 t | 583,775 t | 679,987 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 639,004 t | 467,847 t | 956,703 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 546,467 t | 465,316 t | 592,706 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 635,807 t | 575,431 t | 678,391 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 656,077 t | 578,178 t | 725,433 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 687,189 t | 544,976 t | 759,945 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 792,610 t | 673,311 t | 981,652 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 2 China, mainland 5.18 million t compare
- 3 India 3.01 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 609,072 t compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 1.43 million 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
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 42,411 t compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 485,500 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Australia?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Australia was 981,652 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?
- The highest recorded value was 981,652 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 465,316 t in 1984.
- How does Australia rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Australia ranks 5th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.