Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 290,465 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
290,465 t
Change on year
down 1.7%
Rank
19th
of 29 groups
All-time high
1.26 million t
in 1963
All-time low
234,663 t
in 2001
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024

250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M196119922024

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

Analysis

In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in Eastern Europe stood at 290,465 t.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Eastern Europe peaked at 1.26 million t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 234,663 t, in 2001.

That places Eastern Europe 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Eastern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Eastern Europe, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 1.15 million t
1962 1.22 million t +5.6%
1963 1.26 million t +3.6%
1964 1.20 million t -5.1%
1965 1.16 million t -2.7%
1966 1.09 million t -6.5%
1967 1.20 million t +9.9%
1968 1.20 million t +0.0%
1969 1.15 million t -4.1%
1970 1.19 million t +3.6%
1971 1.16 million t -2.4%
1972 1.10 million t -5.2%
1973 1.14 million t +3.5%
1974 1.16 million t +1.9%
1975 1.14 million t -1.2%
1976 1.05 million t -8.3%
1977 1.06 million t +1.3%
1978 1.09 million t +2.4%
1979 1.04 million t -4.3%
1980 1.02 million t -1.8%
1981 1.02 million t -0.7%
1982 996,509 t -1.9%
1983 1.02 million t +2.4%
1984 1.08 million t +5.8%
1985 1.05 million t -2.6%
1986 1.11 million t +5.8%
1987 1.12 million t +0.2%
1988 1.19 million t +7.0%
1989 1.20 million t +0.8%
1990 1.22 million t +1.6%
1991 1.13 million t -7.6%
1992 570,542 t -49.5%
1993 575,073 t +0.8%
1994 512,106 t -10.9%
1995 442,241 t -13.6%
1996 408,918 t -7.5%
1997 355,471 t -13.1%
1998 324,171 t -8.8%
1999 295,012 t -9.0%
2000 282,652 t -4.2%
2001 234,663 t -17.0%
2002 237,917 t +1.4%
2003 247,743 t +4.1%
2004 263,458 t +6.3%
2005 255,443 t -3.0%
2006 248,524 t -2.7%
2007 267,827 t +7.8%
2008 271,985 t +1.6%
2009 297,639 t +9.4%
2010 301,852 t +1.4%
2011 303,361 t +0.5%
2012 312,905 t +3.1%
2013 307,665 t -1.7%
2014 318,525 t +3.5%
2015 319,583 t +0.3%
2016 335,723 t +5.1%
2017 338,378 t +0.8%
2018 309,541 t -8.5%
2019 305,745 t -1.2%
2020 297,194 t -2.8%
2021 304,276 t +2.4%
2022 299,098 t -1.7%
2023 295,418 t -1.2%
2024 290,465 t -1.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.18 million t 1.09 million t 1.26 million t 9
1970s 1.11 million t 1.04 million t 1.19 million t 10
1980s 1.08 million t 996,509 t 1.20 million t 10
1990s 583,767 t 295,012 t 1.22 million t 10
2000s 260,785 t 234,663 t 297,639 t 10
2010s 315,328 t 301,852 t 338,378 t 10
2020s 297,290 t 290,465 t 304,276 t 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Europe

  1. 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 265,500 t compare
  2. 17 Bangladesh 250,148 t compare
  3. 18 Saudi Arabia 217,857 t compare
  4. 19 Russian Federation 204,950 t compare
  5. 20 Mongolia 197,077 t compare
  6. 21 South Africa 180,440 t compare
  7. 22 Yemen 159,682 t compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Europe

All data for Eastern Europe →

Frequently asked questions

What is sheep and goat meat — production in Eastern Europe?
Sheep and goat meat — production in Eastern Europe was 290,465 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Eastern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 1.26 million t in 1963.
What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Eastern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 234,663 t in 2001.
How does Eastern Europe rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
Eastern Europe ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Eastern Europe 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Eastern Europe. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 25 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/sheep-and-goat-meat-production/eastern-europe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/sheep-and-goat-meat-production/eastern-europe/">Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Eastern Europe</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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.