Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity in Türkiye

Türkiye: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity was 8.13 kg CO2eq/kg in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
8.13 kg CO2eq/kg
Change on year
down 26.9%
World rank
15th
of 16 countries
All-time high
34.3 kg CO2eq/kg
in 1995
All-time low
8.13 kg CO2eq/kg
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity in Türkiye, 1961–2023

102030196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg CO2eq/kg.

Analysis

In 2023, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — emissions intensity in Türkiye stood at 8.13 kg CO2eq/kg. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of down 26.9% on the previous year and down 31.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — emissions intensity in Türkiye peaked at 34.3 kg CO2eq/kg in 1995 and was at its lowest, 8.13 kg CO2eq/kg, in 2023.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity in Türkiye, year by year

Annual values for Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity in Türkiye, 1961 to 2023.
Year kg CO2eq/kg Change
1961 15.63 kg CO2eq/kg
1962 15.82 kg CO2eq/kg +1.2%
1963 13.97 kg CO2eq/kg -11.7%
1964 14.83 kg CO2eq/kg +6.1%
1965 14.7 kg CO2eq/kg -0.8%
1966 14.24 kg CO2eq/kg -3.2%
1967 15.19 kg CO2eq/kg +6.7%
1968 15.86 kg CO2eq/kg +4.4%
1969 14.9 kg CO2eq/kg -6.0%
1970 14.35 kg CO2eq/kg -3.7%
1971 13.68 kg CO2eq/kg -4.6%
1972 13.47 kg CO2eq/kg -1.5%
1973 14.07 kg CO2eq/kg +4.5%
1974 14.56 kg CO2eq/kg +3.5%
1975 12.68 kg CO2eq/kg -12.9%
1976 13.66 kg CO2eq/kg +7.7%
1977 12.98 kg CO2eq/kg -4.9%
1978 12.99 kg CO2eq/kg +0.1%
1979 18.93 kg CO2eq/kg +45.7%
1980 19.62 kg CO2eq/kg +3.7%
1981 17.94 kg CO2eq/kg -8.6%
1982 18.31 kg CO2eq/kg +2.1%
1983 17.58 kg CO2eq/kg -4.0%
1984 18.77 kg CO2eq/kg +6.8%
1985 12.16 kg CO2eq/kg -35.2%
1986 13.08 kg CO2eq/kg +7.5%
1987 14.21 kg CO2eq/kg +8.6%
1988 13.27 kg CO2eq/kg -6.6%
1989 15.14 kg CO2eq/kg +14.1%
1990 14.03 kg CO2eq/kg -7.4%
1991 28.8 kg CO2eq/kg +105.3%
1992 31.37 kg CO2eq/kg +8.9%
1993 33.89 kg CO2eq/kg +8.0%
1994 28.83 kg CO2eq/kg -14.9%
1995 34.3 kg CO2eq/kg +19.0%
1996 32.46 kg CO2eq/kg -5.4%
1997 29.28 kg CO2eq/kg -9.8%
1998 19.89 kg CO2eq/kg -32.1%
1999 20.91 kg CO2eq/kg +5.2%
2000 27.57 kg CO2eq/kg +31.8%
2001 12.93 kg CO2eq/kg -53.1%
2002 13 kg CO2eq/kg +0.5%
2003 13.28 kg CO2eq/kg +2.1%
2004 17.44 kg CO2eq/kg +31.4%
2005 16.87 kg CO2eq/kg -3.3%
2006 17.19 kg CO2eq/kg +1.9%
2007 17.32 kg CO2eq/kg +0.7%
2008 17.55 kg CO2eq/kg +1.4%
2009 16.52 kg CO2eq/kg -5.9%
2010 12.88 kg CO2eq/kg -22.1%
2011 11.73 kg CO2eq/kg -8.9%
2012 11.6 kg CO2eq/kg -1.0%
2013 11.89 kg CO2eq/kg +2.5%
2014 13.22 kg CO2eq/kg +11.2%
2015 13.5 kg CO2eq/kg +2.1%
2016 13.11 kg CO2eq/kg -2.9%
2017 10.96 kg CO2eq/kg -16.4%
2018 12.02 kg CO2eq/kg +9.6%
2019 11.79 kg CO2eq/kg -1.9%
2020 13.44 kg CO2eq/kg +14.0%
2021 14.43 kg CO2eq/kg +7.4%
2022 11.12 kg CO2eq/kg -22.9%
2023 8.13 kg CO2eq/kg -26.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 15.02 kg CO2eq/kg 13.97 kg CO2eq/kg 15.86 kg CO2eq/kg 9
1970s 14.14 kg CO2eq/kg 12.68 kg CO2eq/kg 18.93 kg CO2eq/kg 10
1980s 16.01 kg CO2eq/kg 12.16 kg CO2eq/kg 19.62 kg CO2eq/kg 10
1990s 27.37 kg CO2eq/kg 14.03 kg CO2eq/kg 34.3 kg CO2eq/kg 10
2000s 16.97 kg CO2eq/kg 12.93 kg CO2eq/kg 27.57 kg CO2eq/kg 10
2010s 12.27 kg CO2eq/kg 10.96 kg CO2eq/kg 13.5 kg CO2eq/kg 10
2020s 11.78 kg CO2eq/kg 8.13 kg CO2eq/kg 14.43 kg CO2eq/kg 4

Countries ranked near Türkiye

  1. 12 Madagascar 138.55 kg CO2eq/kg compare
  2. 13 South Sudan 128.71 kg CO2eq/kg compare
  3. 14 Qatar 127.72 kg CO2eq/kg compare
  4. 15 Niger 122.8 kg CO2eq/kg compare
  5. 16 Suriname 117.36 kg CO2eq/kg compare
  6. 17 Sierra Leone 105.16 kg CO2eq/kg compare
  7. 18 French Guiana 104.4 kg CO2eq/kg compare

See the full ranking of 223 places →

More climate change data for Türkiye

All data for Türkiye →

Frequently asked questions

What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — emissions intensity in Türkiye?
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — emissions intensity in Türkiye was 8.13 kg CO2eq/kg in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — emissions intensity recorded in Türkiye?
The highest recorded value was 34.3 kg CO2eq/kg in 1995.
What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — emissions intensity recorded in Türkiye?
The lowest recorded value was 8.13 kg CO2eq/kg in 2023.
How does Türkiye rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — emissions intensity?
Türkiye ranks 15th out of 16 countries with data for 2023.
Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — emissions intensity rising or falling in Türkiye?
Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Türkiye data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity in Türkiye. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 31 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/meat-of-sheep-fresh-or-chilled-emissions-intensity/turkiye-2/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/meat-of-sheep-fresh-or-chilled-emissions-intensity/turkiye-2/">Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity in Türkiye</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity
Unit
kg CO2eq/kg
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
223 places, 12,606 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat, milk, eggs), by country, with global coverage.