Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in India
India: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 3.01 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in India stood at 3.01 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.4% on the previous year and up 108.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in India peaked at 3.01 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 357,400 t, in 1961.
That places India 3rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 India, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 357,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 378,600 t | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 382,800 t | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 385,200 t | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 386,400 t | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 388,640 t | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 388,760 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 388,400 t | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 386,000 t | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 384,800 t | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 382,000 t | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 378,000 t | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 381,200 t | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 385,400 t | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 397,700 t | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 404,100 t | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 411,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 424,640 t | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 438,900 t | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 456,240 t | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 471,360 t | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 513,600 t | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 518,600 t | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 525,100 t | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 533,300 t | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 543,100 t | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 589,400 t | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 597,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 604,600 t | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 611,200 t | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 624,796 t | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 634,054 t | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 645,575 t | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 658,157 t | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 670,788 t | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 682,444 t | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 696,630 t | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 701,573 t | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 706,777 t | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 712,000 t | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 717,244 t | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 722,930 t | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 729,537 t | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 755,195 t | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 781,516 t | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 809,919 t | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 838,750 t | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 923,702 t | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 959,638 t | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 1.06 million t | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 1.12 million t | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 1.18 million t | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 1.32 million t | +11.4% |
| 2014 | 1.44 million t | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 1.52 million t | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 1.62 million t | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 1.72 million t | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 1.78 million t | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 1.95 million t | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 2.10 million t | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 2.23 million t | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 2.44 million t | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 2.73 million t | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 3.01 million t | +10.4% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 3.01 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25,138 t, 119.9× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- India's 3.01 million t is above the median for South Asia, which is 89,042 t, 33.9× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 382,467 t | 357,400 t | 388,760 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 398,774 t | 378,000 t | 438,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 535,230 t | 456,240 t | 604,600 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 663,199 t | 611,200 t | 706,777 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 795,043 t | 712,000 t | 959,638 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.47 million t | 1.06 million t | 1.95 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.50 million t | 2.10 million t | 3.01 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 China 5.18 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 5.18 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 609,072 t compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 1.43 million t compare
- 5 Australia 981,652 t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 273,558 t compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 206,557 t compare
- 6 USSR 915,500 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in India?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in India was 3.01 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 3.01 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 357,400 t in 1961.
- How does India rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- India ranks 3rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.