Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Suriname
Suriname: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 19.63 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 19.63 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Suriname peaked at 79.5 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 14.7 t, in 2011.
That places Suriname 179th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Suriname, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 62.2 t | — |
| 1962 | 74.2 t | +19.3% |
| 1963 | 67.04 t | -9.6% |
| 1964 | 59 t | -12.0% |
| 1965 | 53 t | -10.2% |
| 1966 | 46.36 t | -12.5% |
| 1967 | 43.6 t | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 42.36 t | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 34 t | -19.7% |
| 1970 | 31.8 t | -6.5% |
| 1971 | 33.6 t | +5.7% |
| 1972 | 34 t | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 35.8 t | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 39.76 t | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 39.4 t | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 40.4 t | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 39.56 t | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 32 t | -19.1% |
| 1979 | 33.8 t | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 42 t | +24.3% |
| 1981 | 42.58 t | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 30.44 t | -28.5% |
| 1983 | 29.3 t | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 38.4 t | +31.1% |
| 1985 | 35.7 t | -7.0% |
| 1986 | 42.5 t | +19.0% |
| 1987 | 51.2 t | +20.5% |
| 1988 | 71.4 t | +39.5% |
| 1989 | 73.2 t | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 79.5 t | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 73.5 t | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 71.95 t | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 68.4 t | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 62.3 t | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 52.38 t | -15.9% |
| 1996 | 64.1 t | +22.4% |
| 1997 | 60.4 t | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 58.1 t | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 61.4 t | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 42.88 t | -30.2% |
| 2001 | 43.72 t | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 44.32 t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 39.45 t | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 38.1 t | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 35.1 t | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 33.88 t | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 29.28 t | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 29.88 t | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 35.12 t | +17.5% |
| 2010 | 32.84 t | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 14.7 t | -55.2% |
| 2012 | 15.2 t | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 15.7 t | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 18 t | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 18 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 23 t | +27.8% |
| 2017 | 20 t | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 20 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 20 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 19 t | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 20 t | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 19.68 t | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 20.35 t | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 19.63 t | -3.5% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 19.63 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,335 t, 0% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 19.63 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 327.93 t, 6% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53.53 t | 34 t | 74.2 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 36.01 t | 31.8 t | 40.4 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 45.67 t | 29.3 t | 73.2 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 65.2 t | 52.38 t | 79.5 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.17 t | 29.28 t | 44.32 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.74 t | 14.7 t | 32.84 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.73 t | 19 t | 20.35 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 176 China, Macao SAR 27.51 t compare
- 177 Saint Kitts and Nevis 22.19 t compare
- 177 Seychelles 22.19 t compare
- 180 Vanuatu 19.04 t compare
- 181 Sao Tome and Principe 15 t compare
- 182 Antigua and Barbuda 9.27 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Suriname?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Suriname was 19.63 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 79.5 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.7 t in 2011.
- How does Suriname rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Suriname ranks 179th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname 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.