Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Sudan
Sudan: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 385,931 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 385,931 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Sudan peaked at 387,012 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 360,000 t, in 2012.
Sudan ranks 13th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Sudan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 360,000 t | — |
| 2013 | 364,000 t | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 366,000 t | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 369,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 378,000 t | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 381,000 t | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 383,000 t | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 385,000 t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 387,012 t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 381,037 t | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 376,102 t | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 378,537 t | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 385,931 t | +2.0% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 385,931 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 30,063 t, 12.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 385,931 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 19,594 t, 19.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 373,250 t | 360,000 t | 385,000 t | 8 |
| 2020s | 381,724 t | 376,102 t | 387,012 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 10 New Zealand 450,737 t compare
- 10 Viet Nam 24,593 t compare
- 11 Chad 424,654 t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 21,151 t compare
- 12 Algeria 403,045 t compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 15,410 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
- 15 Melanesia 881.74 t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 705 t compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 265,500 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 60.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2936 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 341.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6507 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Sudan?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Sudan was 385,931 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 387,012 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 360,000 t in 2012.
- How does Sudan rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Sudan ranks 13th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.