Sheep meat (mutton and lamb) production over time (1961–2024)

Follow sheep meat (mutton and lamb) production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1961 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Sheep meat (mutton and lamb) production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1961 to 2024. Last values: China 2.64M t, India 1.29M t, Australia 927K t, Türkiye 510K t, New Zealand 450K t, Japan 226 t.01M2M3M1961197019801990200020102024ChinaChinaIndiaIndiaAustraliaAustraliaTürkiyeTürkiyeNew ZealandNew ZealandJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
China55K t115K t250K t548K t1.35M t2.07M t2.51M t2.64M t
India122K t143K t154K t181K t223K t367K t883K t1.29M t
Australia584K t755K t549K t628K t680K t555K t658K t927K t
Türkiye243K t267K t239K t304K t111K t186K t346K t510K t
New Zealand457K t554K t560K t530K t538K t474K t460K t450K t
Japan2.37K t154 t41 t249 t112 t150 t184 t226 t
Countries with data142142142143167169171171

Biggest changes, 1961–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1961 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19612024ChangeRank
China55K t2.64M tup 2.59M t#14 → #1
India122K t1.29M tup 1.17M t#7 → #2
Australia584K t927K tup 344K t#1 → #3
Algeria29.9K t364K tup 334K t#25 → #6
Türkiye243K t510K tup 267K t#5 → #4
Biggest decreases
Country19612024ChangeRank
United States377K t63K tdown 314K t#3 → #32
Argentina166K t37.4K tdown 129K t#6 → #45
Bulgaria46.9K t8.35K tdown 38.5K t#17 → #76
Uruguay56K t20K tdown 36K t#13 → #60
France99K t68K tdown 31K t#11 → #31

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

Open the table (countries with data)
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
China55K t115K t250K t548K t1.35M t2.07M t2.51M t2.64M t
India122K t143K t154K t181K t223K t367K t883K t1.29M t
Australia584K t755K t549K t628K t680K t555K t658K t927K t
Türkiye243K t267K t239K t304K t111K t186K t346K t510K t
New Zealand457K t554K t560K t530K t538K t474K t460K t450K t
Algeria29.9K t41K t62.2K t134K t164K t205K t335K t364K t
Sudan––––––266K t272K t
Uzbekistan––––79.4K t151K t221K t266K t
United Kingdom268K t228K t277K t370K t383K t287K t296K t266K t
Chad5.12K t6.98K t9.05K t19.4K t41.6K t89.2K t191K t259K t
Pakistan52.4K t67K t118K t188K t157K t217K t244K t256K t
Iran117K t125K t152K t238K t326K t271K t152K t236K t
Syria29.3K t39.6K t81.6K t114K t184K t153K t148K t195K t
Russia––––119K t167K t196K t188K t
South Africa103K t158K t133K t133K t102K t156K t161K t168K t
Saudi Arabia16.7K t17.2K t33K t59.8K t76K t78K t181K t167K t
Nigeria6.82K t12.1K t28.1K t44K t115K t171K t154K t163K t
Ethiopia––––36K t86K t128K t136K t
Mongolia46K t70K t92K t108K t90K t77.4K t214K t133K t
Kazakhstan––––91.2K t123K t132K t133K t
Morocco45.2K t46.3K t52K t100K t125K t139K t179K t129K t
Turkmenistan––––66K t122K t127K t124K t
Brazil24.8K t35.2K t28.8K t77.6K t71.5K t82.4K t102K t109K t
Spain104K t127K t168K t217K t232K t131K t115K t98.5K t
Tajikistan––––12.9K t39.2K t80K t89.5K t
Afghanistan61K t88K t128K t115K t122K t113K t110K t84.8K t
Azerbaijan––––35K t74.3K t87.1K t84.1K t
Kyrgyzstan––––39.4K t42.6K t67K t78.4K t
Yemen13.8K t12.1K t16.5K t20.5K t24.3K t34.3K t65.2K t70.1K t
Mexico20.7K t20.8K t22.3K t24.7K t33.4K t55K t64.8K t69.3K t
France99K t110K t174K t185K t147K t119K t80.3K t68K t
United States377K t250K t144K t165K t106K t76.3K t64.9K t63K t
Ireland37.2K t39.7K t42K t86K t82.9K t47.7K t66.2K t63K t
Kenya15.5K t12.9K t17.9K t25.6K t27K t41.5K t79.7K t56.5K t
Egypt21.6K t30K t22K t54.5K t73K t75.1K t54K t55K t
Tunisia23.4K t18.5K t24.3K t39K t54K t50K t55.7K t54.6K t
Tanzania7.07K t7.79K t10.2K t9.82K t10.6K t26K t30.6K t54.5K t
Romania50.6K t75.9K t74.1K t102K t49.2K t62.6K t50.6K t51.7K t
Kuwait6.8K t8.18K t21.3K t17K t33.6K t35.7K t51.6K t50.2K t
Iraq35.2K t38.6K t31.7K t28K t24K t42K t46.7K t47.3K t
Mauritania8.1K t10.2K t11K t12.8K t21.8K t29.3K t41.5K t45.7K t
Indonesia15K t13.4K t17.6K t31.7K t33.4K t44.9K t54.2K t43.2K t
Senegal6.38K t5.77K t6.48K t11.3K t13.2K t20.5K t38.9K t43K t
Greece44.9K t59.9K t81K t89.7K t93.4K t94.8K t60.6K t42.7K t
Argentina166K t176K t112K t85K t50K t74.4K t53.5K t37.4K t
Oman450 t510 t1.39K t10.8K t12.9K t19.7K t31.7K t34.6K t
Bolivia11.9K t13.7K t19.6K t14.7K t15.7K t12.5K t29.7K t33.7K t
Peru24.4K t23.8K t20.7K t23.8K t31.1K t33.7K t32.4K t33.6K t
Somalia9.62K t15.6K t26.8K t33.8K t35.1K t43.6K t40.2K t31.1K t
Israel1.35K t2.52K t2.69K t4.88K t5.4K t17.4K t39.8K t30.5K t
Libya5.13K t23.4K t54K t23.6K t24.2K t32K t30.5K t28.9K t
Serbia–––––22.7K t29.5K t28.9K t
Germany37K t20.6K t45.4K t50.1K t47.8K t38.3K t40K t28.9K t
Bahrain72 t63 t2.11K t6.48K t6.58K t16.6K t27.1K t28.5K t
Ghana3.25K t3.8K t5.39K t6.11K t9.47K t16.9K t24.9K t27.7K t
Jordan5.1K t6.3K t3.83K t9K t11.9K t13.7K t28.4K t24.9K t
Italy36.1K t51.1K t66.6K t80.8K t65.4K t52.2K t29.2K t23.8K t
Burkina Faso2.6K t3.84K t5.2K t11.8K t16.4K t19.9K t22.9K t23.7K t
Norway14.7K t17K t18.8K t24.5K t23.3K t24.4K t24.6K t21.6K t
Uruguay56K t87.2K t33K t61.2K t51K t20.6K t23.6K t20K t
Niger5.4K t17.3K t21.8K t22K t13.4K t15.9K t19.6K t18.5K t
Canada15.7K t7.5K t5.25K t9.29K t12.5K t16.2K t16.8K t17.1K t
Cameroon5.72K t7.2K t7.78K t14.4K t16.2K t16.5K t17K t16.5K t
Côte d’Ivoire2.43K t4.2K t4.75K t5.95K t7.47K t8.3K t9.81K t16K t
Guinea732 t864 t1.07K t1.63K t3.42K t6.39K t10.8K t15K t
Albania7.8K t7.8K t8.7K t8K t12.3K t13.4K t15.5K t14.8K t
Netherlands7.25K t11.1K t20.5K t16.2K t18.2K t13.2K t15.9K t14.5K t
Portugal18.9K t19.2K t20.1K t24.9K t24.2K t18.3K t14.6K t13.9K t
Benin750 t1.57K t2.93K t2.61K t2.36K t2.98K t16.8K t13.7K t
South Sudan––––––16K t13.1K t
Cuba840 t1.01K t1.27K t5.52K t6.18K t9.28K t11.9K t12.9K t
Togo1.01K t1.49K t1.32K t3.03K t3.51K t5.61K t5.07K t11.3K t
Armenia––––8.03K t8.13K t10.8K t11.1K t
Namibia9.6K t12K t15.7K t9.84K t12.8K t12.2K t7K t10.2K t
Mali11.1K t18.8K t23.9K t22.9K t2.06K t4.72K t7.8K t9.18K t
Bulgaria46.9K t67K t60.4K t60.2K t51.3K t13.3K t6.45K t8.35K t
Iceland13K t12.2K t14.5K t9.45K t9.74K t9.17K t9.48K t7.97K t
Chile21.2K t22.4K t15.5K t14.9K t11.1K t10.5K t9K t7.74K t
Austria1.76K t1.22K t2.81K t5.44K t7.5K t6.12K t6.55K t6.9K t
Eritrea––––6.38K t6.4K t6.75K t6.79K t
Bangladesh900 t740 t752 t1.53K t2.6K t4.89K t5.84K t6.32K t
Ukraine––––9.2K t10.4K t6.4K t6.15K t
Qatar1.49K t2.03K t6K t10.5K t5.82K t8.55K t10.9K t5.8K t
Ecuador5.88K t6.58K t3.92K t3.28K t9.29K t5.6K t6.31K t5.78K t
Croatia––––2.03K t2.2K t4.96K t5.71K t
Lebanon12.7K t14K t5.97K t5.43K t6.03K t10.7K t5.1K t5.13K t
Switzerland2.52K t2.9K t3.82K t4.48K t5.54K t5.47K t5.15K t4.93K t
Zimbabwe757 t1.7K t694 t580 t672 t2.16K t2.63K t4.92K t
Uganda2.59K t3.89K t5.72K t3.82K t4.52K t5.47K t5.12K t4.74K t
Angola350 t399 t515 t550 t1.28K t3.68K t4.18K t4.65K t
Sweden1.25K t3.44K t4.8K t4.98K t3.91K t4.99K t5.28K t4.58K t
United Arab Emirates288 t1.22K t8.73K t21.2K t16K t7.02K t4.08K t4.44K t
Georgia––––8.85K t4.9K t4.9K t4.4K t
North Macedonia––––4.5K t5K t3.18K t3.42K t
Venezuela795 t800 t1.74K t1.59K t2.27K t4.11K t3.07K t3.21K t
Democratic Republic of the Congo2.05K t2.2K t2.4K t2.83K t2.86K t2.85K t2.83K t2.85K t
Czechia––––800 t2.09K t3.41K t2.82K t
Nepal1.8K t2.1K t2.43K t2.99K t2.86K t2.69K t2.74K t2.76K t
Central African Republic375 t435 t675 t810 t1.32K t2.24K t2.52K t2.61K t
Rwanda804 t564 t900 t996 t744 t5.06K t3.55K t2.42K t
Cyprus2.85K t4.35K t3.14K t3.9K t4.22K t2.53K t2.52K t2.33K t
Djibouti300 t936 t2.28K t1.85K t2.18K t2.18K t2.24K t2.26K t
Myanmar335 t1K t1.05K t1.32K t2.56K t5.94K t2K t2.2K t
Paraguay1.43K t1.4K t2.14K t2.73K t2.48K t2.63K t1.78K t2.13K t
Malawi288 t284 t312 t297 t532 t986 t1.66K t2.09K t
Guatemala3.05K t2.78K t2.12K t2.03K t816 t1.92K t1.99K t2.03K t
Haiti310 t430 t375 t400 t720 t840 t1.71K t2.01K t
Sierra Leone660 t825 t1.09K t1.03K t715 t1.71K t1.86K t1.88K t
Belgium––––4.49K t2.64K t2.65K t1.59K t
Malaysia911 t827 t154 t318 t369 t716 t2.09K t1.55K t
Poland25.7K t21.8K t18.5K t28.7K t1.3K t1.1K t1.09K t1.5K t
Hungary10.2K t6.3K t7.3K t5.4K t3.57K t829 t1.04K t1.47K t
Madagascar846 t2.33K t2.2K t2.65K t681 t1.08K t1.34K t1.43K t
Slovenia––––930 t1.63K t1.4K t1.39K t
Guinea-Bissau290 t290 t450 t600 t720 t1.18K t1.24K t1.24K t
Bosnia & Herzegovina––––1.46K t2K t926 t1.08K t
Finland2.2K t1.3K t870 t1.09K t750 t790 t1.44K t1.05K t
North Korea473 t810 t1.43K t2.63K t1.05K t975 t1.04K t1.01K t
Dominican Republic86.4 t108 t204 t360 t326 t745 t886 t929 t
Zambia133 t125 t97.6 t210 t504 t833 t735 t928 t
Belarus––––2.6K t1.4K t1.2K t900 t
Liberia365 t475 t550 t650 t650 t816 t873 t881 t
Botswana490 t980 t636 t1.43K t1.82K t1.82K t1.39K t874 t
Lithuania––––308 t410 t1.18K t840 t
Gabon132 t130 t372 t576 t690 t720 t791 t833 t
Montenegro–––––955 t850 t827 t
Denmark1.2K t2K t420 t1.46K t1.45K t1.73K t1.3K t810 t
Latvia––––388 t592 t980 t760 t
Gambia352 t352 t451 t399 t293 t660 t656 t754 t
Moldova––––3.2K t2.11K t805 t705 t
Fiji––––31 t63.1 t126 t654 t
Mozambique372 t540 t624 t756 t424 t452 t435 t598 t
Guyana190 t394 t460 t515 t520 t550 t561 t567 t
Colombia3.3K t6.8K t8.54K t8.3K t6.93K t309 t603 t533 t
Burundi480 t684 t986 t420 t364 t738 t798 t480 t
Republic of the Congo100 t85 t120 t450 t330 t430 t447 t458 t
Lesotho2.22K t2.89K t3.6K t4.2K t496 t247 t695 t430 t
Slovakia––––1.62K t1.07K t420 t430 t
Japan2.37K t154 t41 t249 t112 t150 t184 t226 t
Estonia––––296 t648 t370 t220 t
Eswatini90 t360 t234 t112 t243 t171 t157 t170 t
Malta204 t159 t69 t14 t95 t110 t160 t160 t
Grenada15 t10 t24 t51 t66 t97.2 t227 t160 t
Thailand60.8 t176 t98.1 t677 t210 t116 t140 t147 t
Trinidad & Tobago100 t84 t156 t30 t18 t309 t124 t139 t
Belize6 t7.2 t9 t5.25 t11 t27 t28 t127 t
Philippines78 t109 t117 t117 t117 t117 t117 t117 t
Equatorial Guinea62.7 t61.6 t71.5 t81.4 t92.4 t99 t105 t108 t
Honduras30 t24 t30 t60 t84 t90 t95.2 t102 t
St. Lucia47 t54 t89 t110 t90 t100 t102 t101 t
Comoros14.3 t22.5 t35.6 t64.5 t82.5 t88.5 t97.3 t100 t
Barbados64.4 t98 t154 t60 t45.7 t106 t99 t90.2 t
Cape Verde6 t8 t4 t25 t30 t74.4 t84 t88.5 t
Timor-Leste120 t110 t38 t17 t32 t64 t54.3 t50 t
Brunei–––1.08 t14.4 t24.3 t28.7 t40.8 t
Luxembourg––––20 t45 t50 t40 t
El Salvador12 t17.3 t23.3 t29.4 t31.5 t33.8 t37.3 t38.1 t
Mauritius71 t55 t54 t40 t60.8 t17.2 t25.4 t38 t
St. Vincent & Grenadines13 t20.8 t47.5 t56.6 t55.9 t59.8 t52.7 t33 t
Papua New Guinea2.82 t1.02 t7.35 t13.9 t25.1 t30 t31.8 t32.3 t
Bahamas91 t81.2 t40.6 t25.9 t22.4 t28 t29.6 t30.4 t
Dominica14.7 t12.6 t15.4 t21 t22.4 t23.1 t25.7 t26.7 t
Singapore1.73K t2.9K t1.99K t759 t42 t26.8 t2.65 t21.3 t
Bhutan37 t53 t70 t190 t–––19.3 t
Costa Rica4.8 t7.65 t9.75 t11.3 t11.3 t13.5 t15.1 t15.8 t
St. Kitts & Nevis64 t65.4 t66.4 t67.2 t19 t12 t10 t13.1 t
Suriname16.2 t10.8 t12 t39.6 t22.1 t17.8 t13 t12.5 t
South Korea3.92 t7.98 t23.8 t13.6 t3.5 t16.8 t6.65 t5.3 t
Jamaica43 t24 t19 t6 t8 t11 t4 t5 t
Antigua & Barbuda18 t24 t32.4 t33.6 t14.8 t19 t4.4 t4.58 t
São Tomé & Príncipe6.44 t4.27 t3.6 t3.7 t5.5 t6.5 t2.82 t3.47 t
Sri Lanka260 t260 t280 t160 t––––
Nicaragua4.8 t6.36 t12 t17.4 t20.4 t22.8 t24.5 t–
Countries with data142142142143167169171171

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT). The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. Countries that produce none (zero) are not ranked. Weather and harvests make the yearly values go up and down. The “latest value” on the ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it does not always match the ranks for a single year.

Regions that later split into several countries, such as the former Soviet Union, have a value for each new country only from the year it split. So older years have fewer countries with data, and values from before a split cannot be compared country by country with today’s countries. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat

FAOSTAT data last updated: 2025-12-31

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