Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Yemen
Yemen: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 159,682 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 159,682 t for sheep and goat meat — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Yemen peaked at 159,682 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21,890 t, in 1969.
Yemen ranks 22nd of 185 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Yemen, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,870 t | — |
| 1962 | 25,740 t | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 26,120 t | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 26,710 t | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 27,450 t | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 25,300 t | -7.8% |
| 1967 | 26,010 t | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 25,040 t | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 21,890 t | -12.6% |
| 1970 | 22,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 24,780 t | +12.6% |
| 1972 | 23,180 t | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 23,350 t | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 25,530 t | +9.3% |
| 1975 | 28,000 t | +9.7% |
| 1976 | 26,970 t | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 28,340 t | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 28,510 t | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 28,980 t | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 30,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 31,220 t | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 32,270 t | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 34,420 t | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 35,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 36,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 35,490 t | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 35,060 t | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 37,000 t | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 37,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 38,140 t | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 40,190 t | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 41,020 t | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 39,970 t | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 37,960 t | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 37,990 t | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 39,250 t | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 42,500 t | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 44,600 t | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 45,900 t | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 46,840 t | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 49,000 t | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 50,100 t | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 44,314 t | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 45,200 t | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 46,345 t | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 47,848 t | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 52,868 t | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 58,492 t | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 62,333 t | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 69,330 t | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 85,028 t | +22.6% |
| 2012 | 97,663 t | +14.9% |
| 2013 | 116,522 t | +19.3% |
| 2014 | 135,132 t | +16.0% |
| 2015 | 127,624 t | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 117,284 t | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 117,070 t | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 116,056 t | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 131,213 t | +13.1% |
| 2020 | 145,816 t | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 144,663 t | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 151,896 t | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 152,486 t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 159,682 t | +4.7% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 159,682 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 30,063 t, 5.3× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 159,682 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 52,222 t, 3.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,459 t | 21,890 t | 27,450 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,964 t | 22,000 t | 28,980 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,346 t | 30,000 t | 37,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,752 t | 37,960 t | 45,900 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,334 t | 44,314 t | 62,333 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 111,292 t | 69,330 t | 135,132 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 150,909 t | 144,663 t | 159,682 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 13.32 t compare
- 19 Russian Federation 204,950 t compare
- 19 Micronesia 13.32 t compare
- 20 Mongolia 197,077 t compare
- 21 South Africa 180,440 t compare
- 23 Kenya 153,964 t compare
- 24 Brazil 151,427 t compare
- 25 Morocco 151,200 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -14.18 % change on previous year (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 182.21 current US$ per person (2018)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6297 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 28.7% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — production in Yemen?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Yemen was 159,682 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 159,682 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,890 t in 1969.
- How does Yemen rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Yemen ranks 22nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen 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.