Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production by country
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Countries reporting
183
Highest
2.81 million t
China
Lowest
0.25 t
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
4,982 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,749
What the numbers show
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 2.81 million t in China; the lowest is 0.25 t in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,982 t, and the mean is 89,860 t.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 492.8%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 89.0%).
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2.81 million t | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 2.81 million t | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.29 million t | 2023 | up 13.2% | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 569,066 t | 2023 | up 140.9% | rising |
| 4 | India | 1.14 million t | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 5 | USSR | 885,000 t | 1991 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 6 | Australia | 849,249 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 7 | New Zealand | 442,115 t | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 8 | Algeria | 360,039 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Sudan (former) | 330,000 t | 2011 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 10 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 286,000 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 11 | Sudan | 266,263 t | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,849 t | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 253,000 t | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 243,500 t | 2023 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Chad | 240,023 t | 2023 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 189,380 t | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 15 | Timor-Leste | 35.08 t | 2023 | down 66.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Mongolia | 180,112 t | 2023 | up 94.9% | rising |
| 17 | Morocco | 162,250 t | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 155,391 t | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Nigeria | 154,737 t | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 20 | South Africa | 140,000 t | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 137,061 t | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 22 | Turkmenistan | 126,830 t | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 122,983 t | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 24 | Brazil | 109,974 t | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 104,660 t | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 100,793 t | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 88,946 t | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 28 | Ethiopia PDR | 81,600 t | 1992 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 76,200 t | 2023 | up 74.0% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 87.58 t | 2023 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 30 | France | 72,830 t | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 31 | Ireland | 69,720 t | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 32 | Mexico | 68,451 t | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 33 | Tajikistan | 65,928 t | 2023 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Tunisia | 57,452 t | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 35 | Yugoslav SFR | 56,850 t | 1991 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 36 | Romania | 54,520 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 37 | Greece | 53,890 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 38 | Indonesia | 52,999 t | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Kuwait | 52,108 t | 2023 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Kenya | 51,691 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 41 | Iraq | 47,316 t | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 42 | Egypt | 46,787 t | 2023 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 44,381 t | 2023 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Mauritania | 43,671 t | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Senegal | 43,146 t | 2023 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Yemen | 42,270 t | 2023 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Somalia | 40,405 t | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 48 | Israel | 38,351 t | 2023 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Oman | 33,831 t | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Peru | 33,690 t | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 51 | Germany | 30,360 t | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 52 | Libya | 30,119 t | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 53 | Serbia | 29,956 t | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 54 | Italy | 26,960 t | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 55 | Bahrain | 26,455 t | 2023 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Ghana | 26,391 t | 2023 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 23,972 t | 2023 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Norway | 22,370 t | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 59 | Jordan | 22,329 t | 2023 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Uruguay | 22,285 t | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 61 | Serbia and Montenegro | 21,205 t | 2005 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 62 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 18,000 t | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 63 | Niger | 17,829 t | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 64 | Canada | 17,647 t | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 65 | Cameroon | 17,022 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 66 | Albania | 15,596 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 67 | South Sudan | 13,938 t | 2023 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 68 | Guinea | 13,360 t | 2023 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Benin | 12,865 t | 2023 | up 308.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Portugal | 12,370 t | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 71 | Cuba | 12,036 t | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Palestine, State of | 11,554 t | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 73 | Armenia | 10,900 t | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 74 | Togo | 9,994 t | 2023 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Namibia | 8,804 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 76 | Iceland | 8,403 t | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 77 | Chile | 8,221 t | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 8,110 t | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Czechoslovakia | 7,792 t | 1992 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 80 | Ecuador | 7,153 t | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 81 | Austria | 6,800 t | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Mali | 6,754 t | 2023 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Eritrea | 6,721 t | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 84 | Croatia | 6,570 t | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 85 | Ukraine | 6,500 t | 2023 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Bangladesh | 6,200 t | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Uganda | 5,309 t | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 88 | Switzerland | 5,158 t | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 89 | Sweden | 5,120 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 90 | Georgia | 5,000 t | 2023 | up 78.6% | falling |
| 91 | Lebanon | 4,982 t | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 92 | Angola | 4,801 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 4,500 t | 1999 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 3,891 t | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 3,824 t | 2023 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Zimbabwe | 3,463 t | 2023 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Czechia | 2,820 t | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 98 | Cyprus | 2,640 t | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 99 | Rwanda | 2,597 t | 2023 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Central African Republic | 2,542 t | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Djibouti | 2,249 t | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 2,085 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 103 | Guatemala | 2,024 t | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 104 | Myanmar | 2,000 t | 2023 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Haiti | 1,927 t | 2023 | up 124.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Nepal | 1,874 t | 2023 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 107 | Paraguay | 1,839 t | 2023 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 108 | Malawi | 1,772 t | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Belgium | 1,770 t | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 110 | Malaysia | 1,710 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Madagascar | 1,498 t | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 112 | Botswana | 1,483 t | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 113 | Slovenia | 1,420 t | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,365 t | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 115 | Poland | 1,340 t | 2023 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Hungary | 1,300 t | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,266 t | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Denmark | 1,210 t | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 119 | Finland | 1,110 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 120 | Belarus | 1,000 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Qatar | 988.8 t | 2023 | down 89.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Lithuania | 930 t | 2023 | up 98.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Liberia | 917.19 t | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 124 | Zambia | 910.64 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 905.83 t | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Montenegro | 904.51 t | 2023 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 127 | Gabon | 858.96 t | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 128 | Latvia | 800 t | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Faroe Islands | 619.99 t | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 130 | Gambia | 587.66 t | 2023 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 131 | Lesotho | 584.38 t | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Mozambique | 582 t | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 133 | Fiji | 580 t | 2023 | up 191.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Burundi | 567.38 t | 2023 | down 61.4% | flat |
| 135 | Guyana | 565.19 t | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 136 | Colombia | 558 t | 2023 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Slovakia | 460 t | 2023 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Congo | 452.53 t | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Estonia | 270 t | 2023 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Japan | 218.78 t | 2023 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Malta | 170 t | 2023 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Grenada | 164.75 t | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 160 t | 1990 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 144 | Eswatini | 153.29 t | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 145 | Thailand | 142.01 t | 2023 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Belize | 129 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Philippines | 116.6 t | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 108 t | 2023 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 107.55 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 150 | Honduras | 101.85 t | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 151 | Comoros | 98.17 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 96.31 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 153 | Barbados | 94.09 t | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 154 | Martinique | 77 t | 2006 | down 69.2% | rising |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 50 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 48.4 t | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 157 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 47 t | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 158 | El Salvador | 37.81 t | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 159 | Brunei Darussalam | 36.23 t | 2023 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Guadeloupe | 36 t | 2006 | up 140.0% | falling |
| 161 | Mauritius | 33.91 t | 2023 | up 492.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea | 33.62 t | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Bahamas | 30.33 t | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Dominica | 26.81 t | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 165 | Nicaragua | 24.63 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 166 | Bhutan | 22.5 t | 2023 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16 t | 2023 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Costa Rica | 15.56 t | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 169 | Singapore | 13.29 t | 2023 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Suriname | 11.64 t | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 171 | New Caledonia | 8.7 t | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Réunion | 8 t | 2006 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Jamaica | 6 t | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Republic of Korea | 5.37 t | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.39 t | 2023 | up 69.5% | falling |
| 176 | French Polynesia | 3.03 t | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 177 | French Guiana | 3 t | 2006 | down 87.0% | rising |
| 178 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.26 t | 2023 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 179 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.25 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 11.53 million t
- Asia 6.76 million t
- Eastern Asia 2.99 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.08 million t
- Africa 2.00 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.93 million t
- Middle Africa 268,659 t
- Southern Asia 1.74 million t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 237,479 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.72 million t
- Syrian Arab Republic 197,798 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.52 million t
- United Republic of Tanzania 34,140 t
- Western Asia 1.31 million t
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 32,826 t
- Oceania 1.29 million t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 18,378 t
- Europe 1.06 million t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,689 t
- Northern Africa 922,911 t
- Central Asia 649,519 t
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,021 t
- European Union (27) 486,200 t
- Melanesia 622.32 t
- Americas 430,412 t
- Republic of Moldova 507.6 t
- Northern Europe 396,553 t
- Western Africa 368,537 t
- Polynesia 3.03 t
- Eastern Africa 288,959 t
- Eastern Europe 265,938 t
- South America 265,193 t
- Southern Europe 257,753 t
- Southern Africa 151,025 t
- Western Europe 134,968 t
- Northern America 78,927 t
- Central America 70,784 t
- United States of America 61,280 t
- South-Eastern Asia 57,052 t
- Caribbean 15,509 t
About this data
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.