Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in South Sudan
South Sudan: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 36,004 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in South Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in South Sudan stood at 36,004 t. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and down 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in South Sudan peaked at 55,391 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 36,004 t, in 2024.
That places South Sudan 59th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 54,513 t | — |
| 2013 | 53,322 t | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 52,734 t | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 51,202 t | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 53,455 t | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 49,065 t | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 50,212 t | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 55,391 t | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 44,401 t | -19.8% |
| 2021 | 39,363 t | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 42,572 t | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 38,096 t | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 36,004 t | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 52,487 t | 49,065 t | 55,391 t | 8 |
| 2020s | 40,087 t | 36,004 t | 44,401 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.13 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1036 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 111.85 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7832 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.36 (2015)
- Rural population 9.55 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.24 billion current US$ (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in South Sudan?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in South Sudan was 36,004 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 55,391 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,004 t in 2024.
- How does South Sudan rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- South Sudan ranks 59th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.