Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Guyana
Guyana: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 837.03 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 837.03 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Guyana peaked at 837.03 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 265 t, in 1961.
Guyana ranks 138th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Guyana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 265 t | — |
| 1962 | 321 t | +21.1% |
| 1963 | 334 t | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 407 t | +21.9% |
| 1965 | 442 t | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 447 t | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 424.6 t | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 527 t | +24.1% |
| 1969 | 504.8 t | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 511 t | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 507 t | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 520 t | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 558 t | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 530 t | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 550 t | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 570 t | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 590 t | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 610 t | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 630 t | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 650 t | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 670 t | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 690 t | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 710 t | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 710 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 730 t | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 730 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 740 t | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 750 t | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 760 t | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 765 t | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 770 t | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 780 t | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 780 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 820 t | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 820 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 821 t | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 820 t | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 823 t | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 836 t | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 836 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 828.66 t | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 825.58 t | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 825.11 t | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 826.16 t | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 828.2 t | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 829.09 t | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 830.42 t | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 832.03 t | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 833.6 t | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 835.32 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 837.03 t | +0.2% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 837.03 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,310 t, 19% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 837.03 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 327.93 t, 2.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 408.04 t | 265 t | 527 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 557.6 t | 507 t | 630 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 714 t | 650 t | 760 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 777.5 t | 765 t | 780 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 792.1 t | 780 t | 821 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 827.78 t | 820 t | 836 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 833.68 t | 830.42 t | 837.03 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Guyana?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Guyana was 837.03 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 837.03 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 265 t in 1961.
- How does Guyana rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Guyana ranks 138th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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.