Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 135,488 t in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 135,488 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.0% on the previous year and down 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Western Europe peaked at 279,734 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 135,488 t, in 2024.
Western Europe ranks 23rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 165,212 t | — |
| 1962 | 158,475 t | -4.1% |
| 1963 | 145,662 t | -8.1% |
| 1964 | 146,814 t | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 157,228 t | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 159,280 t | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 157,047 t | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 156,623 t | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 159,632 t | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 162,396 t | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 173,949 t | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 175,167 t | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 173,734 t | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 189,147 t | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 203,676 t | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 223,501 t | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 219,523 t | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 224,854 t | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 243,191 t | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 261,131 t | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 256,826 t | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 262,619 t | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 254,416 t | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 255,098 t | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 258,149 t | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 251,122 t | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 257,077 t | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 247,021 t | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 249,608 t | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 279,734 t | +12.1% |
| 1991 | 264,094 t | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 250,767 t | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 242,956 t | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 236,531 t | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 235,447 t | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 239,287 t | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 235,185 t | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 234,527 t | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 234,956 t | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 242,342 t | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 242,279 t | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 232,001 t | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 230,948 t | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 232,382 t | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 231,618 t | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 225,354 t | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 222,622 t | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 210,281 t | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 205,463 t | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 199,628 t | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 197,843 t | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 192,776 t | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 186,476 t | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 183,354 t | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 182,377 t | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 178,300 t | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 173,254 t | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 152,296 t | -12.1% |
| 2019 | 154,902 t | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 160,824 t | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 156,484 t | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 151,535 t | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 145,740 t | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 135,488 t | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 156,219 t | 145,662 t | 165,212 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 198,914 t | 162,396 t | 243,191 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 255,307 t | 247,021 t | 262,619 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 245,348 t | 234,527 t | 279,734 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 227,529 t | 205,463 t | 242,342 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 180,121 t | 152,296 t | 199,628 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 150,014 t | 135,488 t | 160,824 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Western Europe?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Western Europe was 135,488 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 279,734 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 135,488 t in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Western Europe ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.