Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Europe
Europe: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 1.06 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — production in Europe is 1.06 million t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Europe peaked at 2.57 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.06 million t, in 2024.
That places Europe 11th out of 29 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.96 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.03 million t | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 2.04 million t | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 2.00 million t | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 1.98 million t | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 1.94 million t | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 2.05 million t | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 2.03 million t | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 1.95 million t | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 2.02 million t | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 2.01 million t | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 1.95 million t | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 2.01 million t | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 2.08 million t | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 2.09 million t | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 2.01 million t | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 2.01 million t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2.05 million t | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 2.01 million t | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 2.11 million t | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 2.08 million t | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 2.09 million t | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 2.15 million t | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 2.21 million t | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 2.21 million t | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 2.25 million t | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 2.29 million t | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 2.40 million t | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 2.47 million t | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 2.57 million t | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 2.47 million t | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 1.90 million t | -23.2% |
| 1993 | 1.91 million t | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 1.83 million t | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 1.75 million t | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 1.70 million t | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 1.60 million t | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 1.61 million t | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 1.59 million t | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 1.58 million t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.41 million t | -10.8% |
| 2002 | 1.43 million t | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 1.43 million t | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1.46 million t | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 1.46 million t | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1.44 million t | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 1.44 million t | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 1.37 million t | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 1.34 million t | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 1.30 million t | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 1.32 million t | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.29 million t | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 1.28 million t | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 1.23 million t | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 1.24 million t | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.25 million t | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1.25 million t | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.22 million t | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 1.23 million t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.19 million t | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 1.18 million t | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1.20 million t | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.14 million t | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 1.06 million t | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.00 million t | 1.94 million t | 2.05 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.02 million t | 1.95 million t | 2.09 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.23 million t | 2.08 million t | 2.47 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.89 million t | 1.59 million t | 2.57 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.44 million t | 1.34 million t | 1.58 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 million t | 1.22 million t | 1.32 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 million t | 1.06 million t | 1.20 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Europe?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Europe was 1.06 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.57 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.06 million t in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Europe ranks 11th out of 29 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.
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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.