Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Morocco
Morocco: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 151,200 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in Morocco stood at 151,200 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.0% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Morocco peaked at 210,888 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 48,800 t, in 1963.
That places Morocco 25th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Morocco, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 65,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 54,800 t | -16.0% |
| 1963 | 48,800 t | -10.9% |
| 1964 | 51,160 t | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 57,660 t | +12.7% |
| 1966 | 60,000 t | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 64,700 t | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 71,000 t | +9.7% |
| 1969 | 69,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 70,800 t | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 74,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 76,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 76,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 75,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 66,300 t | -11.6% |
| 1976 | 53,570 t | -19.2% |
| 1977 | 61,150 t | +14.1% |
| 1978 | 68,000 t | +11.2% |
| 1979 | 69,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 71,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 80,000 t | +12.7% |
| 1982 | 59,000 t | -26.2% |
| 1983 | 58,690 t | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 61,030 t | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 66,540 t | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 67,030 t | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 84,200 t | +25.6% |
| 1988 | 110,995 t | +31.8% |
| 1989 | 126,520 t | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 121,835 t | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 120,014 t | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 128,305 t | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 122,459 t | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 124,570 t | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 132,000 t | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 112,000 t | -15.2% |
| 1997 | 142,000 t | +26.8% |
| 1998 | 137,000 t | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 146,000 t | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 147,000 t | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 145,500 t | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 132,000 t | -9.3% |
| 2003 | 127,000 t | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 128,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 137,000 t | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 142,500 t | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 142,000 t | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 143,000 t | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 155,670 t | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 162,000 t | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 167,021 t | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 171,868 t | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 144,000 t | -16.2% |
| 2014 | 146,879 t | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 185,430 t | +26.2% |
| 2016 | 190,762 t | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 204,636 t | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 209,844 t | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 210,888 t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 210,000 t | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 210,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 190,700 t | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 191,400 t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 151,200 t | -21.0% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 151,200 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25,138 t, 6.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 151,200 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 52,222 t, 2.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60,258 t | 48,800 t | 71,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 68,982 t | 53,570 t | 76,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 78,500 t | 58,690 t | 126,520 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 128,618 t | 112,000 t | 146,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 139,967 t | 127,000 t | 155,670 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 179,333 t | 144,000 t | 210,888 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 190,660 t | 151,200 t | 210,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 22 Yemen 159,682 t compare
- 23 Kenya 153,964 t compare
- 24 Brazil 151,427 t compare
- 26 Ethiopia PDR 149,180 t compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 33,260 t compare
- 27 Kazakhstan 148,772 t compare
- 28 Turkmenistan 139,348 t compare
- 28 Caribbean 30,319 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Morocco?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Morocco was 151,200 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 210,888 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,800 t in 1963.
- How does Morocco rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Morocco ranks 25th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.