Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs): Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 2.37 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) stood at 2.37 million t.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) peaked at 2.41 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 267,323 t, in 1961.
That places Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 7th out of 29 groups 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 Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 267,323 t | — |
| 1962 | 271,343 t | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 282,653 t | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 286,284 t | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 295,486 t | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 311,660 t | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 334,455 t | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 360,368 t | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 373,521 t | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 382,409 t | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 382,641 t | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 362,574 t | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 354,471 t | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 383,891 t | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 423,930 t | +10.4% |
| 1976 | 437,663 t | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 449,966 t | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 492,841 t | +9.5% |
| 1979 | 491,146 t | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 502,593 t | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 528,730 t | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 540,153 t | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 525,799 t | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 483,448 t | -8.1% |
| 1985 | 450,742 t | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 471,592 t | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 481,860 t | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 499,269 t | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 531,440 t | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 553,605 t | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 519,781 t | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 989,285 t | +90.3% |
| 1993 | 1.10 million t | +11.6% |
| 1994 | 1.08 million t | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 1.03 million t | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 1.02 million t | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 985,565 t | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 1.04 million t | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 1.05 million t | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1.01 million t | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 995,141 t | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 993,699 t | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1.02 million t | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 1.08 million t | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 1.12 million t | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 1.16 million t | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 1.24 million t | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 1.31 million t | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 1.44 million t | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 1.53 million t | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 1.59 million t | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 1.67 million t | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 1.74 million t | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 1.81 million t | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 1.94 million t | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 1.97 million t | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 2.08 million t | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 2.16 million t | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 2.24 million t | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 2.35 million t | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 2.27 million t | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 2.40 million t | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 2.41 million t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2.37 million t | -1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +90.3% | 519,781 t | 989,285 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 309,233 t | 267,323 t | 373,521 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 416,153 t | 354,471 t | 492,841 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 501,563 t | 450,742 t | 540,153 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 936,999 t | 519,781 t | 1.10 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.14 million t | 993,699 t | 1.44 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.87 million t | 1.53 million t | 2.24 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.36 million t | 2.27 million t | 2.41 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
- 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
- 7 Pakistan 817,144 t compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 181,600 t compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 42,411 t compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 485,500 t compare
- 9 Nigeria 455,157 t compare
- 10 New Zealand 450,737 t compare
- 10 Viet Nam 24,593 t compare
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- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 0.3266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.3266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate 3.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) was 2.37 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 Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.41 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 267,323 t in 1961.
- How does Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 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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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.