Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 64,757 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in Mauritania stood at 64,757 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Mauritania peaked at 64,757 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13,500 t, in 1961.
Mauritania ranks 43rd of 185 countries 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 Mauritania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 13,800 t | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 14,145 t | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 14,070 t | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 14,295 t | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 14,550 t | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 15,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 15,750 t | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 16,050 t | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 16,200 t | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 16,050 t | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 14,700 t | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 15,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 13,500 t | -10.0% |
| 1975 | 14,550 t | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 16,500 t | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 17,250 t | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 18,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 18,300 t | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 18,525 t | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 17,325 t | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 17,850 t | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 17,400 t | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 17,100 t | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 17,250 t | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 17,616 t | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 17,655 t | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 17,830 t | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 19,785 t | +11.0% |
| 1990 | 20,565 t | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 21,225 t | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 20,025 t | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 20,217 t | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 21,000 t | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 21,165 t | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 25,500 t | +20.5% |
| 1997 | 26,400 t | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 29,700 t | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 32,550 t | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 34,200 t | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 36,000 t | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 38,100 t | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 38,400 t | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 39,300 t | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 39,300 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 39,300 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 39,300 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 37,500 t | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 37,800 t | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 43,800 t | +15.9% |
| 2011 | 45,000 t | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 48,000 t | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 49,559 t | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 46,808 t | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 53,987 t | +15.3% |
| 2016 | 54,795 t | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 54,078 t | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 55,298 t | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 56,132 t | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 59,070 t | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 60,466 t | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 61,692 t | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 63,197 t | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 64,757 t | +2.5% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 64,757 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25,138 t, 2.6× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 64,757 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 19,594 t, 3.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,573 t | 13,500 t | 16,050 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,005 t | 13,500 t | 18,300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,834 t | 17,100 t | 19,785 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,835 t | 20,025 t | 32,550 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,920 t | 34,200 t | 39,300 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,746 t | 43,800 t | 56,132 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,836 t | 59,070 t | 64,757 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3851 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Mauritania?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Mauritania was 64,757 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 64,757 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,500 t in 1961.
- How does Mauritania rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Mauritania ranks 43rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.