Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 3.20 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 3.20 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 3.20 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 587,964 t, in 1961.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 587,964 t | — |
| 1962 | 608,035 t | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 615,676 t | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 631,426 t | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 648,746 t | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 669,301 t | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 695,911 t | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 716,702 t | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 716,905 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 725,579 t | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 724,044 t | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 700,187 t | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 698,050 t | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 706,120 t | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 751,807 t | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 803,156 t | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 850,368 t | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 886,321 t | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 918,335 t | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 953,290 t | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 968,504 t | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 957,094 t | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 959,197 t | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 948,958 t | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 944,548 t | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 933,237 t | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 975,280 t | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 1.04 million t | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 1.08 million t | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 1.11 million t | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 1.09 million t | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 1.24 million t | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 1.19 million t | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 1.25 million t | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 1.29 million t | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 1.33 million t | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 1.39 million t | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 1.52 million t | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 1.61 million t | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 1.60 million t | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 1.63 million t | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 1.59 million t | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 1.67 million t | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 1.72 million t | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 1.84 million t | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 1.87 million t | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 1.91 million t | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 1.98 million t | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 2.03 million t | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 2.19 million t | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 2.32 million t | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 2.30 million t | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 2.37 million t | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 2.48 million t | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 2.51 million t | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 2.54 million t | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 2.54 million t | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 2.60 million t | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 2.75 million t | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 2.88 million t | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 2.88 million t | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2.95 million t | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 3.09 million t | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 3.20 million t | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 654,518 t | 587,964 t | 716,905 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 776,397 t | 698,050 t | 918,335 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 976,042 t | 933,237 t | 1.08 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.30 million t | 1.09 million t | 1.61 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.78 million t | 1.59 million t | 2.03 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.46 million t | 2.19 million t | 2.75 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.00 million t | 2.88 million t | 3.20 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 3 India 3.01 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
- 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
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3601 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 5.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 7.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 2.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 3.20 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 3.20 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 587,964 t in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.