Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 881.74 t in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 881.74 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 10.7% on the previous year and up 124.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Melanesia peaked at 1,266 t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 242.12 t, in 2016.
That places Melanesia 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 599.98 t | — |
| 1962 | 596.66 t | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 642.71 t | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 629.96 t | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 634.77 t | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 620.2 t | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 520 t | -16.2% |
| 1968 | 574.62 t | +10.5% |
| 1969 | 586.88 t | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 485.77 t | -17.2% |
| 1971 | 502.23 t | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 495.28 t | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 492.2 t | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 487.3 t | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 477.14 t | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 455.28 t | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 447.43 t | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 428.15 t | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 459.46 t | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 560.01 t | +21.9% |
| 1981 | 611.49 t | +9.2% |
| 1982 | 658.47 t | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 738.53 t | +12.2% |
| 1984 | 797.25 t | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 822.95 t | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 862.9 t | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 882.03 t | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 867.6 t | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 856.57 t | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 825.26 t | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 882.15 t | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 944.15 t | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 805.88 t | -14.6% |
| 1994 | 898.35 t | +11.5% |
| 1995 | 955.35 t | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 905.3 t | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 936.05 t | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 972.7 t | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 1,004 t | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 1,036 t | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 1,073 t | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 867 t | -19.2% |
| 2003 | 914.25 t | +5.4% |
| 2004 | 1,266 t | +38.5% |
| 2005 | 1,039 t | -17.9% |
| 2006 | 1,060 t | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 1,082 t | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 1,097 t | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 426.67 t | -61.1% |
| 2010 | 378.95 t | -11.2% |
| 2011 | 341.23 t | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 367.47 t | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 443.65 t | +20.7% |
| 2014 | 392.27 t | -11.6% |
| 2015 | 255.91 t | -34.8% |
| 2016 | 242.12 t | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 349.16 t | +44.2% |
| 2018 | 394.91 t | +13.1% |
| 2019 | 360.72 t | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 364.03 t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 401.98 t | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 482.09 t | +19.9% |
| 2023 | 796.64 t | +65.2% |
| 2024 | 881.74 t | +10.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | -61.1% | 1,097 t | 426.67 t |
| 2023 | +65.2% | 482.09 t | 796.64 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 600.64 t | 520 t | 642.71 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 473.02 t | 428.15 t | 502.23 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 765.78 t | 560.01 t | 882.03 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 912.89 t | 805.88 t | 1,004 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 986.07 t | 426.67 t | 1,266 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 352.64 t | 242.12 t | 443.65 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 585.3 t | 364.03 t | 881.74 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 12 Algeria 403,045 t compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 15,410 t compare
- 13 Sudan 385,931 t compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9,650 t compare
- 14 Ethiopia 285,391 t compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,383 t compare
- 15 Uzbekistan 266,110 t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 705 t compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 265,500 t compare
- 17 Bangladesh 250,148 t compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 428.54 t compare
- 18 Saudi Arabia 217,857 t compare
- 18 Polynesia 107.08 t compare
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- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -19.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4201 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Melanesia?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Melanesia was 881.74 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,266 t in 2004.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 242.12 t in 2016.
- How does Melanesia rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Melanesia ranks 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 124.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.