Meat and offal · FAOSTAT 2024
Sheep meat production by country
World production of sheep meat reached 11.5 million t in 2024, up 23% over ten years. The largest producers were China (22.9%), India (11.2%), Australia (8.0%), together 42% of the world total.
- World production, 2024
- 11.5 million t
- 10-year change
- +23%
- Producing countries
- 175
- Largest producer
- China
World production, 1961–2024 (tonnes)
Producers ranked, 2024
| # | Country | Tonnes | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China E | 2,640,525 | 22.9% | +21% |
| 2 | India I | 1,292,048 | 11.2% | +144% |
| 3 | Australia | 927,230 | 8.03% | +29% |
| 4 | Turkey | 509,539 | 4.42% | +113% |
| 5 | New Zealand | 449,606 | 3.90% | −7.7% |
| 6 | Algeria I | 363,929 | 3.15% | +24% |
| 7 | Sudan I | 272,421 | 2.36% | +8.5% |
| 8 | Uzbekistan X | 266,110 | 2.31% | +31% |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 265,500 | 2.30% | −11% |
| 10 | Chad I | 258,922 | 2.24% | +114% |
| 11 | Pakistan | 256,036 | 2.22% | +12% |
| 12 | Iran E | 236,074 | 2.05% | −14% |
| 13 | Syria | 194,855 | 1.69% | +21% |
| 14 | Russia I | 188,214 | 1.63% | +1.0% |
| 15 | South Africa | 168,000 | 1.46% | −8.7% |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia E | 166,976 | 1.45% | +97% |
| 17 | Nigeria I | 162,751 | 1.41% | +17% |
| 18 | Ethiopia I | 136,081 | 1.18% | +45% |
| 19 | Mongolia | 133,288 | 1.15% | +46% |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 132,698 | 1.15% | −6.0% |
| 21 | Morocco | 129,000 | 1.12% | +7.2% |
| 22 | Turkmenistan I | 123,921 | 1.07% | +3.4% |
| 23 | Brazil I | 109,300 | 0.95% | +27% |
| 24 | Spain | 98,530 | 0.85% | −14% |
| 25 | Tajikistan I | 89,548 | 0.78% | +81% |
| 26 | Afghanistan I | 84,750 | 0.73% | −23% |
| 27 | Azerbaijan I | 84,101 | 0.73% | +22% |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 78,400 | 0.68% | +32% |
| 29 | Yemen I | 70,114 | 0.61% | +17% |
| 30 | Mexico | 69,327 | 0.60% | +19% |
| 31 | France | 67,960 | 0.59% | −38% |
| 32 | United States | 63,004 | 0.55% | −14% |
| 33 | Ireland | 62,970 | 0.55% | +9.1% |
| 34 | Kenya | 56,528 | 0.49% | +39% |
| 35 | Egypt E | 55,000 | 0.48% | −27% |
| 36 | Tunisia I | 54,641 | 0.47% | +11% |
| 37 | Tanzania E | 54,500 | 0.47% | +51% |
| 38 | Romania | 51,690 | 0.45% | −24% |
| 39 | Kuwait I | 50,246 | 0.44% | +14% |
| 40 | Iraq I | 47,339 | 0.41% | +4.2% |
| 41 | Mauritania I | 45,723 | 0.40% | +59% |
| 42 | Indonesia | 43,221 | 0.37% | −0.9% |
| 43 | Senegal I | 43,013 | 0.37% | +46% |
| 44 | Greece | 42,720 | 0.37% | −37% |
| 45 | Argentina I | 37,444 | 0.32% | −38% |
| 46 | Oman I | 34,581 | 0.30% | +21% |
| 47 | Bolivia | 33,714 | 0.29% | +165% |
| 48 | Peru | 33,625 | 0.29% | −2.3% |
| 49 | Somalia E | 31,051 | 0.27% | −33% |
| 50 | Israel | 30,543 | 0.26% | −8.6% |
| 51 | Libya I | 28,924 | 0.25% | −8.8% |
| 52 | Serbia | 28,910 | 0.25% | +7.8% |
| 53 | Germany | 28,870 | 0.25% | −5.4% |
| 54 | Bahrain E | 28,452 | 0.25% | +74% |
| 55 | Ghana I | 27,722 | 0.24% | +42% |
| 56 | Jordan I | 24,896 | 0.22% | +65% |
| 57 | Italy | 23,780 | 0.21% | −6.1% |
| 58 | Burkina Faso I | 23,654 | 0.20% | +18% |
| 59 | Norway | 21,598 | 0.19% | −11% |
| 60 | Uruguay I | 19,994 | 0.17% | −17% |
| 61 | Niger | 18,542 | 0.16% | +12% |
| 62 | Canada | 17,138 | 0.15% | +1.4% |
| 63 | Cameroon E | 16,455 | 0.14% | −3.6% |
| 64 | Côte d'Ivoire | 15,991 | 0.14% | +97% |
| 65 | Guinea I | 15,016 | 0.13% | +97% |
| 66 | Albania | 14,834 | 0.13% | −4.9% |
| 67 | Netherlands | 14,480 | 0.13% | +14% |
| 68 | Portugal | 13,860 | 0.12% | +36% |
| 69 | Benin | 13,653 | 0.12% | +336% |
| 70 | South Sudan I | 13,086 | 0.11% | −52% |
| 71 | Cuba I | 12,870 | 0.11% | +27% |
| 72 | Togo E | 11,316 | 0.10% | +75% |
| 73 | Armenia | 11,092 | 0.10% | +23% |
| 74 | Namibia I | 10,217 | 0.09% | −11% |
| 75 | Mali | 9,182 | 0.08% | +86% |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 8,350 | 0.07% | −22% |
| 77 | Iceland | 7,966 | 0.07% | −21% |
| 78 | Chile | 7,736 | 0.07% | −23% |
| 79 | Austria | 6,900 | 0.06% | −3.3% |
| 80 | Eritrea I | 6,790 | 0.06% | +5.8% |
| 81 | Bangladesh I | 6,323 | 0.05% | +26% |
| 82 | Ukraine E | 6,150 | 0.05% | −31% |
| 83 | Qatar E | 5,803 | 0.05% | −53% |
| 84 | Ecuador I | 5,779 | 0.05% | +0.7% |
| 85 | Croatia | 5,710 | 0.05% | +7.7% |
| 86 | Lebanon E | 5,129 | 0.04% | −34% |
| 87 | Switzerland | 4,932 | 0.04% | −0.1% |
| 88 | Zimbabwe E | 4,924 | 0.04% | +125% |
| 89 | Uganda E | 4,740 | 0.04% | +5.3% |
| 90 | Angola I | 4,651 | 0.04% | +13% |
| 91 | Sweden | 4,580 | 0.04% | −10% |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates I | 4,438 | 0.04% | +24% |
| 93 | Georgia | 4,400 | 0.04% | +7.3% |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 3,418 | 0.03% | −28% |
| 95 | Venezuela I | 3,208 | 0.03% | −14% |
| 96 | DR Congo I | 2,851 | 0.02% | +0.5% |
| 97 | Czechia | 2,820 | 0.02% | −13% |
| 98 | Nepal | 2,762 | 0.02% | +4.0% |
| 99 | Central African Republic I | 2,614 | 0.02% | +14% |
| 100 | Rwanda I | 2,420 | 0.02% | −60% |
| 101 | Cyprus | 2,330 | 0.02% | −25% |
| 102 | Djibouti I | 2,256 | 0.02% | +1.7% |
| 103 | Myanmar E | 2,200 | 0.02% | −77% |
| 104 | Paraguay I | 2,125 | 0.02% | −23% |
| 105 | Malawi I | 2,087 | 0.02% | +65% |
| 106 | Guatemala I | 2,033 | 0.02% | +2.7% |
| 107 | Haiti I | 2,011 | 0.02% | +91% |
| 108 | Sierra Leone I | 1,880 | 0.02% | −6.3% |
| 109 | Belgium | 1,590 | 0.01% | −35% |
| 110 | Malaysia | 1,555 | 0.01% | +0.3% |
| 111 | Poland | 1,500 | 0.01% | +15% |
| 112 | Hungary | 1,470 | 0.01% | +24% |
| 113 | Madagascar I | 1,426 | 0.01% | +12% |
| 114 | Slovenia | 1,390 | 0.01% | +3.8% |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau I | 1,236 | 0.01% | +1.0% |
| 116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,081 | 0.01% | −27% |
| 117 | Finland | 1,050 | 0.01% | −3.7% |
| 118 | North Korea I | 1,013 | 0.01% | +1.2% |
| 119 | Dominican Republic I | 929 | 0.01% | +3.2% |
| 120 | Zambia E | 928 | 0.01% | +3.9% |
| 121 | Belarus | 900 | 0.01% | −10.0% |
| 122 | Liberia I | 881 | 0.01% | +2.3% |
| 123 | Botswana E | 874 | 0.01% | −40% |
| 124 | Lithuania | 840 | 0.01% | +68% |
| 125 | Gabon I | 833 | 0.01% | +5.6% |
| 126 | Montenegro I | 827 | 0.01% | +0.4% |
| 127 | Denmark | 810 | 0.01% | −51% |
| 128 | Latvia | 760 | 0.01% | +12% |
| 129 | Gambia I | 754 | 0.01% | +243% |
| 130 | Moldova | 705 | 0.01% | −62% |
| 131 | Fiji | 654 | 0.01% | +229% |
| 132 | Faroe Islands I | 631 | 0.01% | +15% |
| 133 | Mozambique | 598 | 0.01% | +44% |
| 134 | Guyana I | 567 | 0.00% | +2.2% |
| 135 | Colombia | 533 | 0.00% | −1.1% |
| 136 | Burundi E | 480 | 0.00% | −56% |
| 137 | Congo I | 458 | 0.00% | +5.5% |
| 138 | Lesotho E | 430 | 0.00% | +3.9% |
| 139 | Slovakia | 430 | 0.00% | −54% |
| 140 | Japan I | 226 | 0.00% | +33% |
| 141 | Estonia | 220 | 0.00% | −54% |
| 142 | Eswatini E | 170 | 0.00% | +9.0% |
| 143 | Grenada I | 160 | 0.00% | +6.7% |
| 144 | Malta | 160 | 0.00% | +68% |
| 145 | Thailand I | 147 | 0.00% | +8.1% |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 139 | 0.00% | +88% |
| 147 | Belize | 127 | 0.00% | +354% |
| 148 | Philippines I | 117 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea I | 108 | 0.00% | +5.9% |
| 150 | Honduras I | 102 | 0.00% | +7.4% |
| 151 | Saint Lucia I | 101 | 0.00% | −1.0% |
| 152 | Comoros I | 100 | 0.00% | +8.7% |
| 153 | Barbados I | 90 | 0.00% | −10.0% |
| 154 | Cabo Verde I | 88 | 0.00% | +66% |
| 155 | Timor-Leste E | 50 | 0.00% | −55% |
| 156 | Brunei I | 41 | 0.00% | +86% |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 40 | 0.00% | −20% |
| 158 | El Salvador I | 38 | 0.00% | +5.6% |
| 159 | Mauritius I | 38 | 0.00% | +375% |
| 160 | Puerto Rico I | 37 | 0.00% | +5.7% |
| 161 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 33 | 0.00% | −42% |
| 162 | Papua New Guinea I | 32 | 0.00% | +3.2% |
| 163 | Bahamas I | 30 | 0.00% | +3.4% |
| 164 | Dominica I | 27 | 0.00% | +8.0% |
| 165 | Singapore I | 21 | 0.00% | −22% |
| 166 | Bhutan | 19 | 0.00% | — |
| 167 | Costa Rica I | 16 | 0.00% | +6.7% |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis E | 13 | 0.00% | +44% |
| 169 | Suriname I | 12 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 170 | New Caledonia I | 6 | 0.00% | +20% |
| 171 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | 0.00% | −50% |
| 172 | Jamaica | 5 | 0.00% | −72% |
| 173 | South Korea E | 5 | 0.00% | −50% |
| 174 | French Polynesia I | 3 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe I | 3 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
E = estimated by FAO, I = imputed by FAO, X = from an external organisation; other figures are official.
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Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.