Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Central Asia
Central Asia: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 731,660 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Central Asia recorded 731,660 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Central Asia peaked at 731,660 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 294,838 t, in 1999.
That places Central Asia 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 435,400 t | — |
| 1993 | 488,700 t | +12.2% |
| 1994 | 457,900 t | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 403,700 t | -11.8% |
| 1996 | 361,700 t | -10.4% |
| 1997 | 319,890 t | -11.6% |
| 1998 | 319,610 t | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 294,838 t | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 301,005 t | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 304,620 t | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 320,517 t | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 329,889 t | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 338,542 t | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 349,974 t | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 373,542 t | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 418,518 t | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 435,352 t | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 451,933 t | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 516,126 t | +14.2% |
| 2011 | 539,102 t | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 552,827 t | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 574,876 t | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 614,702 t | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 639,162 t | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 663,211 t | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 699,848 t | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 693,361 t | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 661,144 t | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 668,321 t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 687,063 t | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 709,894 t | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 730,221 t | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 731,660 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 385,217 t | 294,838 t | 488,700 t | 8 |
| 2000s | 362,389 t | 301,005 t | 451,933 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 615,436 t | 516,126 t | 699,848 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 705,432 t | 668,321 t | 731,660 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
- 11 Chad 424,654 t compare
- 12 Algeria 403,045 t compare
- 13 Sudan 385,931 t compare
- 14 Ethiopia 285,391 t compare
- 15 Uzbekistan 266,110 t compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 265,500 t compare
- 17 Bangladesh 250,148 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central Asia
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,894 g/An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 955,568 t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 76,867 1000 An (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested 972,023 ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 13,501 kg/ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 13.12 million t (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 3.89 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 21.74 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,709 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Central Asia?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Central Asia was 731,660 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 731,660 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 294,838 t in 1999.
- How does Central Asia rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Central Asia ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central Asia 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.