Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Malta
Malta: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 180 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Malta recorded 180 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.3% on the previous year and up 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Malta peaked at 412 t in 1965 and was at its lowest, 26 t, in 1989.
That places Malta 155th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Malta, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 332 t | — |
| 1962 | 292 t | -12.0% |
| 1963 | 283 t | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 353 t | +24.7% |
| 1965 | 412 t | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 399 t | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 321 t | -19.5% |
| 1968 | 300 t | -6.5% |
| 1969 | 237 t | -21.0% |
| 1970 | 232 t | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 211 t | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 174 t | -17.5% |
| 1973 | 178 t | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 190 t | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 137 t | -27.9% |
| 1976 | 135 t | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 163 t | +20.7% |
| 1978 | 149 t | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 102 t | -31.5% |
| 1980 | 100 t | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 55 t | -45.0% |
| 1982 | 33 t | -40.0% |
| 1983 | 47 t | +42.4% |
| 1984 | 27 t | -42.6% |
| 1985 | 32 t | +18.5% |
| 1986 | 30 t | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 28 t | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 27 t | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 26 t | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 26 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 32 t | +23.1% |
| 1992 | 35 t | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 35 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 37 t | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 41 t | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 52 t | +26.8% |
| 1997 | 73.47 t | +41.3% |
| 1998 | 92.44 t | +25.8% |
| 1999 | 111.26 t | +20.4% |
| 2000 | 135 t | +21.3% |
| 2001 | 122 t | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 118 t | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 135 t | +14.4% |
| 2004 | 131 t | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 131 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 134 t | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 142 t | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 135 t | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 133 t | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 143 t | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 132 t | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 139 t | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 137 t | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 125.83 t | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 136.65 t | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 138.6 t | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 146.51 t | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 150 t | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 180 t | +20.0% |
| 2020 | 180 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 170 t | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 180 t | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 190 t | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 180 t | -5.3% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 180 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,310 t, 4% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Malta's 180 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 52,222 t, 0% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 325.44 t | 237 t | 412 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 167.1 t | 102 t | 232 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 40.5 t | 26 t | 100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 53.52 t | 26 t | 111.26 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 131.6 t | 118 t | 142 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 142.86 t | 125.83 t | 180 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 180 t | 170 t | 190 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 152 Estonia 230 t compare
- 153 Bhutan 229.32 t compare
- 154 Trinidad and Tobago 197 t compare
- 156 Saint Lucia 164.97 t compare
- 157 Equatorial Guinea 157.53 t compare
- 158 Belize 127.94 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Malta?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Malta was 180 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 412 t in 1965.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 26 t in 1989.
- How does Malta rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Malta ranks 155th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta 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.