Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Cuba
Cuba: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 20,239 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in Cuba stood at 20,239 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.6% on the previous year and up 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Cuba peaked at 24,500 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,074 t, in 1964.
Cuba ranks 77th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Cuba, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,132 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,134 t | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 1,097 t | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 1,074 t | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 1,108 t | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 1,152 t | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 1,180 t | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 1,231 t | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 1,267 t | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 1,310 t | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 1,343 t | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 1,379 t | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 1,426 t | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 1,470 t | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 1,512 t | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 1,530 t | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 1,560 t | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 1,590 t | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 1,608 t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 1,626 t | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 1,644 t | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 1,662 t | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 1,692 t | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 1,818 t | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 1,884 t | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 1,926 t | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 1,956 t | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 1,956 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,964 t | +204.9% |
| 1990 | 6,180 t | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 6,360 t | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 6,504 t | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 6,102 t | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 6,024 t | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 3,840 t | -36.3% |
| 1996 | 3,552 t | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 4,200 t | +18.2% |
| 1998 | 5,130 t | +22.1% |
| 1999 | 5,760 t | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 7,826 t | +35.9% |
| 2001 | 8,049 t | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 9,500 t | +18.0% |
| 2003 | 9,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10,050 t | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 10,150 t | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 9,450 t | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 11,650 t | +23.3% |
| 2008 | 12,400 t | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 12,500 t | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 12,750 t | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 14,250 t | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 14,700 t | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 13,800 t | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 13,650 t | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 12,100 t | -11.4% |
| 2016 | 12,655 t | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 13,436 t | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 15,345 t | +14.2% |
| 2019 | 19,731 t | +28.6% |
| 2020 | 20,801 t | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 24,500 t | +17.8% |
| 2022 | 18,792 t | -23.3% |
| 2023 | 18,135 t | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 20,239 t | +11.6% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 20,239 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,335 t, 4.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 20,239 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 327.93 t, 61.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +204.9% | 1,956 t | 5,964 t |
| 1995 | -36.3% | 6,024 t | 3,840 t |
| 2000 | +35.9% | 5,760 t | 7,826 t |
| 2019 | +28.6% | 15,345 t | 19,731 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,153 t | 1,074 t | 1,267 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,473 t | 1,310 t | 1,608 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,213 t | 1,626 t | 5,964 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,365 t | 3,552 t | 6,504 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,108 t | 7,826 t | 12,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,242 t | 12,100 t | 19,731 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,493 t | 18,135 t | 24,500 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Cuba?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Cuba was 20,239 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 24,500 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,074 t in 1964.
- How does Cuba rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Cuba ranks 77th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba 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.