Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Caribbean

Caribbean: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 30,319 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
30,319 t
Change on year
up 7.3%
Rank
71st
of 201 regions
All-time high
34,511 t
in 2021
All-time low
8,949 t
in 1965
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in Caribbean stood at 30,319 t.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.3% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Caribbean peaked at 34,511 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8,949 t, in 1965.

Caribbean ranks 71st of 201 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 9,428 t 8,949 t 10,192 t 9
1970s 9,719 t 9,378 t 9,917 t 10
1980s 10,842 t 9,849 t 14,381 t 10
1990s 14,019 t 11,640 t 15,307 t 10
2000s 20,871 t 18,227 t 23,837 t 10
2010s 24,729 t 22,829 t 29,694 t 10
2020s 30,588 t 28,257 t 34,511 t 5

Countries ranked near Caribbean

  1. 68 Serbia 31,207 t compare
  2. 69 Philippines 31,136 t compare
  3. 70 Zimbabwe 31,013 t compare
  4. 72 Jordan 30,070 t compare
  5. 73 Germany 29,320 t compare
  6. 74 Benin 29,048 t compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sheep and goat meat — production in Caribbean?
Sheep and goat meat — production in Caribbean was 30,319 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Caribbean?
The highest recorded value was 34,511 t in 2021.
What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Caribbean?
The lowest recorded value was 8,949 t in 1965.
How does Caribbean rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
Caribbean ranks 71st out of 201 regions with data for 2024.
Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Caribbean 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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Indicator
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
234 places, 13,572 data points, 1961–2024
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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.