Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 5.18 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 5.18 million t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in China, mainland peaked at 5.31 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 100,000 t, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 2nd of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 100,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 120,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 140,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 160,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 190,000 t | +18.8% |
| 1967 | 197,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 202,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 206,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 210,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 235,000 t | +11.9% |
| 1972 | 255,000 t | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 280,000 t | +9.8% |
| 1974 | 290,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 309,000 t | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 290,000 t | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 305,000 t | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 320,000 t | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 377,000 t | +17.8% |
| 1980 | 450,000 t | +19.4% |
| 1981 | 475,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 525,000 t | +10.5% |
| 1983 | 545,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 586,000 t | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 593,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 622,000 t | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 719,000 t | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 802,000 t | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 962,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 1.07 million t | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 1.18 million t | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 1.25 million t | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 1.37 million t | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 1.48 million t | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 1.75 million t | +17.9% |
| 1996 | 1.81 million t | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 2.13 million t | +17.6% |
| 1998 | 2.35 million t | +10.2% |
| 1999 | 2.51 million t | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 2.64 million t | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 2.72 million t | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 2.83 million t | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 3.09 million t | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 3.33 million t | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 3.50 million t | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 3.68 million t | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 3.86 million t | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 3.93 million t | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 3.99 million t | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 4.06 million t | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 3.98 million t | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 4.04 million t | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 4.10 million t | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 4.28 million t | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 4.40 million t | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 4.60 million t | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 4.71 million t | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 4.75 million t | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 4.88 million t | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 4.92 million t | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 5.14 million t | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 5.25 million t | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 5.31 million t | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 5.18 million t | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 157,222 t | 100,000 t | 206,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 287,100 t | 210,000 t | 377,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 627,900 t | 450,000 t | 962,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.69 million t | 1.07 million t | 2.51 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.36 million t | 2.64 million t | 3.99 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.38 million t | 3.98 million t | 4.88 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.16 million t | 4.92 million t | 5.31 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in China, mainland?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in China, mainland was 5.18 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 5.31 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 100,000 t in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.