FAOSTAT · 2024

World ranking: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing/slaughtered animals 2024

World ranking: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing/slaughtered animals 2024. Source: FAOSTAT. Calculations and presentation: Terra Cultiva.

Rank	Country	Value	World share
#1	China	341.06M head	26.9 %
#2	India	237.70M head	18.8 %
#3	Pakistan	63.63M head	5.0 %
#4	Nigeria	48.18M head	3.8 %
#5	Australia	41.62M head	3.3 %
#6	Ethiopia	31.16M head	2.5 %
#7	Sudan	28.05M head	2.2 %
#8	Turkey	27.69M head	2.2 %
#9	Chad	24.68M head	1.9 %
#10	New Zealand	22.37M head	1.8 %
#11	Algeria	20.59M head	1.6 %
#12	Yemen	15.03M head	1.2 %
#13	Iran	14.84M head	1.2 %
#14	Bangladesh	14.61M head	1.2 %
#15	Morocco	13.40M head	1.1 %
#16	United Kingdom	12.87M head	1.0 %
#17	Mongolia	12.46M head	1.0 %
#18	Russia	11.67M head	0.9 %
#19	Indonesia	11.31M head	0.9 %
#20	Saudi Arabia	11.04M head	0.9 %
#21	Kenya	10.70M head	0.8 %
#22	Brazil	10.49M head	0.8 %
#23	Uzbekistan	10.22M head	0.8 %
#24	Afghanistan	9.06M head	0.7 %
#25	Spain	8.96M head	0.7 %
#26	Malawi	8.39M head	0.7 %
#27	Nepal	7.93M head	0.6 %
#28	Kazakhstan	7.42M head	0.6 %
#29	Tanzania	6.96M head	0.5 %
#30	Turkmenistan	6.69M head	0.5 %
#31	Tajikistan	6.49M head	0.5 %
#32	Burkina Faso	6.39M head	0.5 %
#33	Azerbaijan	6.06M head	0.5 %
#34	Romania	5.87M head	0.5 %
#35	Mexico	5.72M head	0.5 %
#36	South Africa	5.63M head	0.4 %
#37	Somalia	5.44M head	0.4 %
#38	Greece	5.31M head	0.4 %
#39	Senegal	4.98M head	0.4 %
#40	Syria	4.39M head	0.3 %
#41	France	4.11M head	0.3 %
#42	Tunisia	4.08M head	0.3 %
#43	United Arab Emirates	3.81M head	0.3 %
#44	Cameroon	3.76M head	0.3 %
#45	Mauritania	3.71M head	0.3 %
#46	Uganda	3.70M head	0.3 %
#47	South Sudan	3.59M head	0.3 %
#48	Ghana	3.40M head	0.3 %
#49	Argentina	3.22M head	0.3 %
#50	Kuwait	3.10M head	0.2 %
#51	United States	2.99M head	0.2 %
#52	Peru	2.98M head	0.2 %
#53	Philippines	2.95M head	0.2 %
#54	Kyrgyzstan	2.93M head	0.2 %
#55	Ireland	2.85M head	0.2 %
#56	Libya	2.82M head	0.2 %
#57	Benin	2.50M head	0.2 %
#58	Iraq	2.44M head	0.2 %
#59	Jordan	2.35M head	0.2 %
#60	Zimbabwe	2.27M head	0.2 %
#61	Egypt	2.17M head	0.2 %
#62	Italy	2.15M head	0.2 %
#63	Niger	2.15M head	0.2 %
#64	Ivory Coast	2.06M head	0.2 %
#65	Guinea	2.04M head	0.2 %
#66	Oman	1.91M head	0.2 %
#67	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.90M head	0.2 %
#68	Bolivia	1.82M head	0.1 %
#69	Vietnam	1.64M head	0.1 %
#70	Bahrain	1.60M head	0.1 %
#71	Serbia	1.59M head	0.1 %
#72	Albania	1.55M head	0.1 %
#73	Angola	1.50M head	0.1 %
#74	Mali	1.49M head	0.1 %
#75	Zambia	1.44M head	0.1 %
#76	Germany	1.43M head	0.1 %
#77	Eritrea	1.43M head	0.1 %
#78	Myanmar	1.42M head	0.1 %
#79	Central African Republic	1.32M head	0.1 %
#80	Togo	1.27M head	0.1 %
#81	Portugal	1.21M head	0.1 %
#82	Norway	1.10M head	0.1 %
#83	Uruguay	1.09M head	0.1 %
#84	Israel	1.07M head	0.1 %
#85	North Korea	1.03M head	0.1 %
#86	Cuba	994.9k head	0.1 %
#87	Namibia	989.1k head	0.1 %
#88	The Netherlands	809.0k head	0.1 %
#89	Chile	789.3k head	0.1 %
#90	Canada	765.1k head	0.1 %
#91	Bulgaria	761.7k head	0.1 %
#92	Venezuela	688.4k head	0.1 %
#93	Ukraine	634.4k head	0.1 %
#94	Croatia	503.2k head	0.0 %
#95	Armenia	491.7k head	0.0 %
#96	Iceland	446.7k head	0.0 %
#97	Haiti	426.9k head	0.0 %
#98	Qatar	423.4k head	0.0 %
#99	Ecuador	420.1k head	0.0 %
#100	Botswana	408.6k head	0.0 %
#101	Austria	408.1k head	0.0 %
#102	Djibouti	401.4k head	0.0 %
#103	Rwanda	388.0k head	0.0 %
#104	Sierra Leone	377.9k head	0.0 %
#105	Lebanon	286.2k head	0.0 %
#106	Madagascar	285.5k head	0.0 %
#107	Burundi	273.0k head	0.0 %
#108	Switzerland	265.7k head	0.0 %
#109	Cyprus	256.3k head	0.0 %
#110	Mozambique	250.3k head	0.0 %
#111	Laos	241.6k head	0.0 %
#112	Paraguay	238.8k head	0.0 %
#113	Guinea-Bissau	231.9k head	0.0 %
#114	Sweden	219.0k head	0.0 %
#115	Liberia	199.1k head	0.0 %
#116	Eswatini	181.9k head	0.0 %
#117	Georgia	151.5k head	0.0 %
#118	Guatemala	148.3k head	0.0 %
#119	Republic of the Congo	146.0k head	0.0 %
#120	Gambia	142.6k head	0.0 %
#121	Czechia	139.3k head	0.0 %
#122	Dominican Republic	139.1k head	0.0 %
#123	Thailand	136.8k head	0.0 %
#124	South Korea	125.6k head	0.0 %
#125	Slovenia	120.5k head	0.0 %
#126	North Macedonia	110.7k head	0.0 %
#127	Malaysia	108.7k head	0.0 %
#128	Gabon	102.5k head	0.0 %
#129	Belgium	98.2k head	0.0 %
#130	Poland	88.9k head	0.0 %
#131	Hungary	86.8k head	0.0 %
#132	Guyana	83.7k head	0.0 %
#133	Sri Lanka	76.0k head	0.0 %
#134	Lesotho	68.3k head	0.0 %
#135	Belarus	65.5k head	0.0 %
#136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	63.7k head	0.0 %
#137	Colombia	57.9k head	0.0 %
#138	Faroe Islands	55.9k head	0.0 %
#139	Moldova	51.6k head	0.0 %
#140	Taiwan	50.6k head	0.0 %
#141	Cabo Verde	50.0k head	0.0 %
#142	Finland	50.0k head	0.0 %
#143	Slovakia	48.2k head	0.0 %
#144	Latvia	46.2k head	0.0 %
#145	Lithuania	44.4k head	0.0 %
#146	Comoros	44.1k head	0.0 %
#147	Timor Leste	42.3k head	0.0 %
#148	Denmark	42.0k head	0.0 %
#149	Montenegro	29.8k head	0.0 %
#150	Fiji	28.0k head	0.0 %
#151	Jamaica	25.7k head	0.0 %
#152	Trinidad and Tobago	24.6k head	0.0 %
#153	Costa Rica	22.7k head	0.0 %
#154	Bhutan	21.9k head	0.0 %
#155	Honduras	16.8k head	0.0 %
#156	Grenada	14.7k head	0.0 %
#157	Equatorial Guinea	14.3k head	0.0 %
#158	Estonia	11.4k head	0.0 %
#159	Saint Lucia	10.1k head	0.0 %
#160	Japan	9.3k head	0.0 %
#161	Bahamas	8.5k head	0.0 %
#162	El Salvador	7.8k head	0.0 %
#163	Hong Kong	7.7k head	0.0 %
#164	Malta	7.5k head	0.0 %
#165	Belize	6.3k head	0.0 %
#166	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5.5k head	0.0 %
#167	Dominica	5.3k head	0.0 %
#168	Barbados	4.7k head	0.0 %
#169	French Polynesia	4.7k head	0.0 %
#170	Macao	3.7k head	0.0 %
#171	Puerto Rico	3.6k head	0.0 %
#172	Brunei	3.0k head	0.0 %
#173	Mauritius	3.0k head	0.0 %
#174	Papua New Guinea	2.8k head	0.0 %
#175	Luxembourg	2.6k head	0.0 %
#176	Sao Tome and Principe	2.5k head	0.0 %
#177	Seychelles	2.0k head	0.0 %
#178	Tonga	1.9k head	0.0 %
#179	Vanuatu	1.9k head	0.0 %
#180	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.9k head	0.0 %
#181	Suriname	1.4k head	0.0 %
#182	Singapore	1.4k head	0.0 %
#183	Micronesia	1.2k head	0.0 %
#184	Antigua and Barbuda	583 head	0.0 %
#185	Cook Islands	518 head	0.0 %
#186	New Caledonia	448 head	0.0 %