Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 41.02 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 41.02 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024.
The figure is down 20.6% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Puerto Rico peaked at 337.4 t in 1992 and was at its lowest, 26.2 t, in 2004.
That places Puerto Rico 173rd 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 153.68 t | — |
| 1962 | 153.92 t | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 156.04 t | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 162.28 t | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 164.4 t | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 201.64 t | +22.7% |
| 1967 | 200.76 t | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 208.48 t | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 204.2 t | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 210.92 t | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 210 t | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 216.72 t | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 219.08 t | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 219.44 t | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 255.8 t | +16.6% |
| 1976 | 277.4 t | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 288.4 t | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 285.4 t | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 294.4 t | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 282.4 t | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 262.6 t | -7.0% |
| 1982 | 190.6 t | -27.4% |
| 1983 | 207.6 t | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 209.6 t | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 203.2 t | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 197.28 t | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 207.36 t | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 222.08 t | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 261.2 t | +17.6% |
| 1990 | 279.2 t | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 310.4 t | +11.2% |
| 1992 | 337.4 t | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 312.8 t | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 305.4 t | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 247 t | -19.1% |
| 1996 | 227.2 t | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 184 t | -19.0% |
| 1998 | 189.2 t | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 54.53 t | -71.2% |
| 2000 | 53.2 t | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 57.8 t | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 61.14 t | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 32.5 t | -46.8% |
| 2004 | 26.2 t | -19.4% |
| 2005 | 28.1 t | +7.3% |
| 2006 | 30 t | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 31.01 t | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 34.89 t | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 36.22 t | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 37.59 t | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 38.93 t | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 40.87 t | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 40.26 t | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 40.29 t | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 40.33 t | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 40.39 t | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 40.46 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 41.41 t | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 43.17 t | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 44.79 t | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 47.56 t | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 52.34 t | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 51.68 t | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 41.02 t | -20.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178.38 t | 153.68 t | 208.48 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 247.76 t | 210 t | 294.4 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 224.39 t | 190.6 t | 282.4 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 244.71 t | 54.53 t | 337.4 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.11 t | 26.2 t | 61.14 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.37 t | 37.59 t | 43.17 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.48 t | 41.02 t | 52.34 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57 t compare
- 171 Brunei Darussalam 55.42 t compare
- 172 Papua New Guinea 41.57 t compare
- 174 Singapore 29.6 t compare
- 175 Tonga 29.33 t compare
- 176 China, Macao SAR 27.51 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Puerto Rico?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Puerto Rico was 41.02 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 337.4 t in 1992.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.2 t in 2004.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Puerto Rico ranks 173rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.