Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Kenya
Kenya: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 153,964 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 153,964 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.2% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Kenya peaked at 160,418 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 23,660 t, in 1973.
That places Kenya 23rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Kenya, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,587 t | — |
| 1962 | 29,575 t | -3.3% |
| 1963 | 30,518 t | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 31,777 t | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 31,568 t | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 31,199 t | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 32,085 t | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 31,118 t | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 28,271 t | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 25,825 t | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 25,525 t | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 24,505 t | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 23,660 t | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 25,200 t | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 29,350 t | +16.5% |
| 1976 | 31,980 t | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 36,840 t | +15.2% |
| 1978 | 43,470 t | +18.0% |
| 1979 | 42,798 t | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 35,511 t | -17.0% |
| 1981 | 36,942 t | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 37,732 t | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 33,061 t | -12.4% |
| 1984 | 42,463 t | +28.4% |
| 1985 | 48,986 t | +15.4% |
| 1986 | 41,055 t | -16.2% |
| 1987 | 41,341 t | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 50,523 t | +22.2% |
| 1989 | 52,115 t | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 56,432 t | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 59,480 t | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 59,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 59,450 t | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 58,850 t | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 59,450 t | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 57,100 t | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 58,700 t | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 53,100 t | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 65,852 t | +24.0% |
| 2000 | 64,651 t | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 75,705 t | +17.1% |
| 2002 | 77,518 t | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 77,060 t | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 75,719 t | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 75,618 t | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 80,100 t | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 84,750 t | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 83,870 t | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 87,121 t | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 88,376 t | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 96,929 t | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 96,635 t | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 99,928 t | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 108,893 t | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 97,859 t | -10.1% |
| 2016 | 78,368 t | -19.9% |
| 2017 | 51,443 t | -34.4% |
| 2018 | 62,404 t | +21.3% |
| 2019 | 106,738 t | +71.0% |
| 2020 | 160,418 t | +50.3% |
| 2021 | 123,905 t | -22.8% |
| 2022 | 95,247 t | -23.1% |
| 2023 | 129,212 t | +35.7% |
| 2024 | 153,964 t | +19.2% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 153,964 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25,138 t, 6.1× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 153,964 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 19,594 t, 7.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Kenya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +71.0% | 62,404 t | 106,738 t |
| 2020 | +50.3% | 106,738 t | 160,418 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,744 t | 28,271 t | 32,085 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,915 t | 23,660 t | 43,470 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,973 t | 33,061 t | 52,115 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 58,791 t | 53,100 t | 65,852 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,211 t | 64,651 t | 87,121 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,757 t | 51,443 t | 108,893 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 132,549 t | 95,247 t | 160,418 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Kenya?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Kenya was 153,964 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 160,418 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,660 t in 1973.
- How does Kenya rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Kenya ranks 23rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya 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.