Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 197 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — production in Trinidad and Tobago is 197 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.9% on the previous year and up 80.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 536.5 t in 1983 and was at its lowest, 82 t, in 2019.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 154th of 185 countries on this measure, 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 Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 314.5 t | — |
| 1962 | 269 t | -14.5% |
| 1963 | 301.5 t | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 317 t | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 348 t | +9.8% |
| 1966 | 327.5 t | -5.9% |
| 1967 | 322.5 t | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 333.5 t | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 365.5 t | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 337.5 t | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 356.5 t | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 365.5 t | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 386 t | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 420 t | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 439 t | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 470.5 t | +7.2% |
| 1977 | 494 t | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 498.5 t | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 505 t | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 508.18 t | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 527.42 t | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 515.52 t | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 536.5 t | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 515 t | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 515 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 515 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 485 t | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 495 t | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 435 t | -12.1% |
| 1990 | 405 t | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 431 t | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 415 t | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 392.8 t | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 392.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 392.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 392.8 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 393.6 t | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 392.8 t | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 392.8 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 393 t | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 396 t | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 404.25 t | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 403.25 t | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 405 t | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 409.5 t | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 490.42 t | +19.8% |
| 2007 | 374 t | -23.7% |
| 2008 | 247 t | -34.0% |
| 2009 | 337 t | +36.4% |
| 2010 | 355 t | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 218 t | -38.6% |
| 2012 | 130 t | -40.4% |
| 2013 | 260 t | +100.0% |
| 2014 | 109 t | -58.1% |
| 2015 | 131 t | +20.2% |
| 2016 | 106 t | -19.1% |
| 2017 | 145.32 t | +37.1% |
| 2018 | 103 t | -29.1% |
| 2019 | 82 t | -20.4% |
| 2020 | 210 t | +156.1% |
| 2021 | 146 t | -30.5% |
| 2022 | 127 t | -13.0% |
| 2023 | 173 t | +36.2% |
| 2024 | 197 t | +13.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 322.11 t | 269 t | 365.5 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 427.25 t | 337.5 t | 505 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 504.76 t | 435 t | 536.5 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 400.14 t | 392.8 t | 431 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 385.94 t | 247 t | 490.42 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 163.93 t | 82 t | 355 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 170.6 t | 127 t | 210 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 151 Guadeloupe 236 t compare
- 152 Estonia 230 t compare
- 153 Bhutan 229.32 t compare
- 155 Malta 180 t compare
- 156 Saint Lucia 164.97 t compare
- 157 Equatorial Guinea 157.53 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Trinidad and Tobago was 197 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 536.5 t in 1983.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 82 t in 2019.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 154th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.