Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 432 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica is 432 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.5% on the previous year and down 43.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Jamaica peaked at 2,487 t in 1962 and was at its lowest, 415 t, in 1992.
Jamaica ranks 146th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,476 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,487 t | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 2,162 t | -13.1% |
| 1964 | 1,949 t | -9.9% |
| 1965 | 1,904 t | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 1,837 t | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 2,450 t | +33.4% |
| 1968 | 2,336 t | -4.7% |
| 1969 | 1,578 t | -32.4% |
| 1970 | 1,503 t | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 1,411 t | -6.1% |
| 1972 | 1,226 t | -13.1% |
| 1973 | 1,098 t | -10.4% |
| 1974 | 1,017 t | -7.4% |
| 1975 | 941 t | -7.5% |
| 1976 | 904 t | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 723 t | -20.0% |
| 1978 | 694 t | -4.0% |
| 1979 | 517 t | -25.5% |
| 1980 | 469 t | -9.3% |
| 1981 | 417 t | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 441 t | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 480 t | +8.8% |
| 1984 | 472 t | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 465 t | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 484 t | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 436 t | -9.9% |
| 1988 | 439 t | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 455 t | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 456 t | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 432 t | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 415 t | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 426 t | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 455 t | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 477 t | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 523 t | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 532 t | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 546 t | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 586 t | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 559 t | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 586 t | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 568 t | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 565 t | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 634 t | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 775 t | +22.2% |
| 2006 | 689 t | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 655 t | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 693 t | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 884 t | +27.6% |
| 2010 | 948 t | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 1,115 t | +17.6% |
| 2012 | 938 t | -15.9% |
| 2013 | 802.99 t | -14.4% |
| 2014 | 770 t | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 746 t | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 901 t | +20.8% |
| 2017 | 779 t | -13.5% |
| 2018 | 634 t | -18.6% |
| 2019 | 644 t | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 532 t | -17.4% |
| 2021 | 486 t | -8.6% |
| 2022 | 496 t | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 488 t | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 432 t | -11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,131 t | 1,578 t | 2,487 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,003 t | 517 t | 1,503 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 455.8 t | 417 t | 484 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 484.8 t | 415 t | 586 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 660.8 t | 559 t | 884 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 827.8 t | 634 t | 1,115 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 486.8 t | 432 t | 532 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Jamaica?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Jamaica was 432 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,487 t in 1962.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 415 t in 1992.
- How does Jamaica rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Jamaica ranks 146th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.