Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 61.95 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 61.95 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Nicaragua peaked at 66.8 t in 2000 and was at its lowest, 33.6 t, in 1961.
That places Nicaragua 167th out of 185 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33.6 t | — |
| 1962 | 34.2 t | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 34.2 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 34.8 t | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 34.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 36.2 t | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 36.68 t | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 37.44 t | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 37.6 t | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 37.56 t | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 40.4 t | +7.6% |
| 1972 | 41.8 t | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 43.2 t | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 42.2 t | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 39.6 t | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 41 t | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 42.4 t | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 43 t | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 43.8 t | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 42.4 t | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 41.6 t | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 42 t | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 42.96 t | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 45.04 t | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 45.52 t | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 47.6 t | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 48.08 t | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 45.24 t | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 38.16 t | -15.6% |
| 1990 | 44.6 t | +16.9% |
| 1991 | 45.2 t | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 48.4 t | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 53.6 t | +10.7% |
| 1994 | 46.8 t | -12.7% |
| 1995 | 51.2 t | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 48 t | -6.3% |
| 1997 | 49.2 t | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 49.2 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 50 t | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 66.8 t | +33.6% |
| 2001 | 50.08 t | -25.0% |
| 2002 | 50.4 t | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 53.96 t | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 52.6 t | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 54 t | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 54.8 t | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 56.4 t | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 56.4 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 56.4 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 59.6 t | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 61.8 t | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 64 t | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 60.16 t | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 59.86 t | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 59.41 t | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 59.64 t | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 60.33 t | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 60.3 t | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 60.57 t | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 60.99 t | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 61.6 t | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 61.7 t | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 61.95 t | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35.5 t | 33.6 t | 37.6 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 41.5 t | 37.56 t | 43.8 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 43.86 t | 38.16 t | 48.08 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 48.62 t | 44.6 t | 53.6 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.18 t | 50.08 t | 66.8 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.57 t | 59.41 t | 64 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.56 t | 60.99 t | 61.95 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 164 China, Hong Kong SAR 74.83 t compare
- 165 French Polynesia 70.24 t compare
- 166 Dominica 67.31 t compare
- 168 Luxembourg 60 t compare
- 169 Mauritius 59.97 t compare
- 170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1448 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 459.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8714 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4056 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 14.48 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.48 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Nicaragua?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Nicaragua was 61.95 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 66.8 t in 2000.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.6 t in 1961.
- How does Nicaragua rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Nicaragua ranks 167th out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.