Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Belize
Belize: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 127.94 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Belize, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — production in Belize is 127.94 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 335.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Belize peaked at 129.94 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.87 t, in 1990.
That places Belize 158th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Belize, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8.88 t | — |
| 1962 | 9.36 t | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 9.99 t | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 9.12 t | -8.7% |
| 1965 | 6.84 t | -25.0% |
| 1966 | 7.8 t | +14.0% |
| 1967 | 8.55 t | +9.6% |
| 1968 | 9.9 t | +15.8% |
| 1969 | 10.2 t | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 12.12 t | +18.8% |
| 1971 | 12.63 t | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 13.26 t | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 14.04 t | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 11.94 t | -15.0% |
| 1975 | 12.72 t | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 13.5 t | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 14.04 t | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 14.28 t | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 14.52 t | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 13.8 t | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 13.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 14.58 t | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 14.88 t | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 15.18 t | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 16.19 t | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 16.26 t | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 16.26 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16.26 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 14.04 t | -13.7% |
| 1990 | 5.87 t | -58.2% |
| 1991 | 8.12 t | +38.3% |
| 1992 | 8.87 t | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 6.02 t | -32.1% |
| 1994 | 11.16 t | +85.4% |
| 1995 | 9.66 t | -13.4% |
| 1996 | 8.91 t | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 9.66 t | +8.4% |
| 1998 | 9.96 t | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 10.86 t | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 11.71 t | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 10.77 t | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 17.82 t | +65.5% |
| 2003 | 19.72 t | +10.7% |
| 2004 | 22.84 t | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 27.84 t | +21.9% |
| 2006 | 26.84 t | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 29.86 t | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 30.91 t | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 18.91 t | -38.8% |
| 2010 | 27.92 t | +47.6% |
| 2011 | 29.94 t | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 35.88 t | +19.8% |
| 2013 | 43.9 t | +22.4% |
| 2014 | 29.38 t | -33.1% |
| 2015 | 49.87 t | +69.7% |
| 2016 | 52.93 t | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 45.92 t | -13.2% |
| 2018 | 54.92 t | +19.6% |
| 2019 | 34.92 t | -36.4% |
| 2020 | 28.93 t | -17.2% |
| 2021 | 124.94 t | +331.9% |
| 2022 | 125.94 t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 129.94 t | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 127.94 t | -1.5% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 127.94 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,335 t, 3% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Belize's 127.94 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 327.93 t, 39% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Belize 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +331.9% | 28.93 t | 124.94 t |
| 1994 | +85.4% | 6.02 t | 11.16 t |
| 2015 | +69.7% | 29.38 t | 49.87 t |
| 1990 | -58.2% | 14.04 t | 5.87 t |
| 2002 | +65.5% | 10.77 t | 17.82 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.96 t | 6.84 t | 10.2 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.31 t | 11.94 t | 14.52 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.12 t | 13.8 t | 16.26 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.91 t | 5.87 t | 11.16 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.72 t | 10.77 t | 30.91 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.56 t | 27.92 t | 54.92 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 107.54 t | 28.93 t | 129.94 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 155 Malta 180 t compare
- 156 Saint Lucia 164.97 t compare
- 157 Equatorial Guinea 157.53 t compare
- 159 Barbados 120.14 t compare
- 160 El Salvador 113.4 t compare
- 161 Bahamas 104.5 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belize
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0795 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 610.5 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5844 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Belize?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Belize was 127.94 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 129.94 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.87 t in 1990.
- How does Belize rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Belize ranks 158th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 335.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belize 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.