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Number of sheep slaughtered for meat
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
3,847,158.7animals
Median: 238,688.0animals
Countries Covered
183
with available data
Highest
People's Republic of China
199,559,232.0animals
Lowest
Hong Kong
14.0animals
Top 5 Countries
1People's Republic of China199,559,232.0animals
2India89,840,816.0animals
3Australia38,173,400.0animals
4Türkiye22,573,686.0animals
5New Zealand22,262,864.0animals
By Region
Oceania30,218,132.0animals(2 countries)
Asia14,302,708.3animals(25 countries)
Africa8,406,525.0animals(9 countries)
South America1,941,855.0animals(7 countries)
North America1,644,813.0animals(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (14.0animals)High (199,559,232.0animals)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 3,847,158.7animals)
Oceania (2)
Asia (25)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Other (104)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | 199,559,232.0animals |
| 2 | India | 89,840,816.0animals |
| 3 | Australia | 38,173,400.0animals |
| 4 | Türkiye | 22,573,686.0animals |
| 5 | New Zealand | 22,262,864.0animals |
| 6 | Nigeria | 19,686,360.0animals |
| 7 | Algeria | 18,753,812.0animals |
| 8 | Pakistan | 15,713,000.0animals |
| 9 | Sudan | 15,348,965.0animals |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 13,579,809.0animals |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 12,871,000.0animals |
| 12 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 12,381,394.0animals |
| 13 | Chad | 12,379,743.0animals |
| 14 | Morocco | 11,901,587.0animals |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 10,748,988.0animals |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 10,220,163.0animals |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 8,045,353.0animals |
| 18 | Spain | 7,899,700.0animals |
| 19 | Mongolia | 7,806,004.0animals |
| 20 | Brazil | 6,830,302.0animals |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 6,529,739.0animals |
| 22 | Tajikistan | 6,493,172.0animals |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 6,064,802.0animals |
| 24 | Yemen | 5,988,128.0animals |
| 25 | Turkmenistan | 5,925,433.0animals |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 5,403,129.0animals |
| 27 | Romania | 5,334,450.0animals |
| 28 | South Africa | 4,878,171.0animals |
| 29 | Indonesia | 4,428,557.0animals |
| 30 | Kenya | 3,932,239.0animals |
| 31 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3,897,100.0animals |
| 32 | Greece | 3,854,570.0animals |
| 33 | France | 3,496,870.0animals |
| 34 | Tunisia | 3,389,237.0animals |
| 35 | Mexico | 3,370,153.0animals |
| 36 | Burkina Faso | 3,086,715.0animals |
| 37 | Kuwait | 3,065,441.0animals |
| 38 | Senegal | 2,935,985.0animals |
| 39 | Ireland | 2,848,680.0animals |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,625,078.0animals |
| 41 | Peru | 2,588,737.0animals |
| 42 | Mauritania | 2,516,233.0animals |
| 43 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2,481,062.0animals |
| 44 | Somalia | 2,443,027.0animals |
| 45 | United States of America | 2,308,500.0animals |
| 46 | Argentina | 2,167,741.0animals |
| 47 | Italy | 2,030,540.0animals |
| 48 | Jordan | 1,981,587.0animals |
| 49 | Iraq | 1,945,347.0animals |
| 50 | Libya | 1,928,208.0animals |
| 51 | Bahrain | 1,580,571.0animals |
| 52 | South Sudan | 1,535,476.0animals |
| 53 | Cameroon | 1,431,303.0animals |
| 54 | Serbia | 1,422,705.0animals |
| 55 | Germany | 1,407,330.0animals |
| 56 | Bolivia | 1,392,590.0animals |
| 57 | Egypt | 1,370,000.0animals |
| 58 | Benin | 1,352,874.0animals |
| 59 | Ghana | 1,267,984.0animals |
| 60 | Oman | 1,157,835.0animals |
| 61 | Uruguay | 1,094,935.0animals |
| 62 | Norway | 1,078,100.0animals |
| 63 | Portugal | 1,064,340.0animals |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 1,053,810.0animals |
| 65 | Albania | 998,248.0animals |
| 66 | Guinea | 913,387.0animals |
| 67 | Canada | 765,100.0animals |
| 68 | Israel | 741,181.0animals |
| 69 | Cote d'Ivoire | 735,233.0animals |
| 70 | Namibia | 704,883.0animals |
| 71 | Niger | 698,713.0animals |
| 72 | Eritrea | 676,624.0animals |
| 73 | Bulgaria | 658,430.0animals |
| 74 | Cuba | 625,702.0animals |
| 75 | Netherlands | 598,000.0animals |
| 76 | Mali | 523,877.0animals |
| 77 | Armenia | 490,000.0animals |
| 78 | Chile | 467,713.0animals |
| 79 | Croatia | 466,300.0animals |
| 80 | Iceland | 446,696.0animals |
| 81 | Uganda | 445,359.0animals |
| 82 | Togo | 445,187.0animals |
| 83 | Ecuador | 410,633.0animals |
| 84 | State of Palestine | 398,536.0animals |
| 85 | Qatar | 386,835.0animals |
| 86 | Myanmar | 366,667.0animals |
| 87 | Ukraine | 341,600.0animals |
| 88 | Austria | 339,190.0animals |
| 89 | Angola | 288,763.0animals |
| 90 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 285,359.0animals |
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 256,566.0animals |
| 92 | Nepal | 238,688.0animals |
| 93 | Switzerland | 225,889.0animals |
| 94 | Sweden | 218,110.0animals |
| 95 | Djibouti | 216,057.0animals |
| 96 | Malawi | 198,092.0animals |
| 97 | Venezuela | 187,708.0animals |
| 98 | Lebanon | 178,951.0animals |
| 99 | Central African Republic | 171,013.0animals |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 170,920.0animals |
| 101 | Cyprus | 156,600.0animals |
| 102 | Georgia | 151,509.0animals |
| 103 | Paraguay | 143,572.0animals |
| 104 | Guatemala | 135,499.0animals |
| 105 | Guinea-Bissau | 123,616.0animals |
| 106 | Czech Republic | 114,970.0animals |
| 107 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 110,737.0animals |
| 108 | Zimbabwe | 98,484.0animals |
| 109 | Haiti | 97,998.0animals |
| 110 | Slovenia | 97,050.0animals |
| 111 | Liberia | 88,073.0animals |
| 112 | Poland | 85,120.0animals |
| 113 | Hungary | 79,310.0animals |
| 114 | Madagascar | 77,874.0animals |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 75,657.0animals |
| 116 | Belgium | 72,020.0animals |
| 117 | Gabon | 68,176.0animals |
| 118 | North Korea | 67,503.0animals |
| 119 | Zambia | 66,287.0animals |
| 120 | Belarus | 65,512.0animals |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63,718.0animals |
| 122 | Botswana | 62,395.0animals |
| 123 | Republic of The Gambia | 60,401.0animals |
| 124 | Guyana | 56,675.0animals |
| 125 | Faroe Islands | 55,910.0animals |
| 126 | Moldova, Republic of | 51,619.0animals |
| 127 | Finland | 49,970.0animals |
| 128 | Rwanda | 48,403.0animals |
| 129 | Republic of the Congo | 45,769.0animals |
| 130 | Lesotho | 43,017.0animals |
| 131 | Latvia | 42,360.0animals |
| 132 | Mozambique | 42,157.0animals |
| 133 | Denmark | 41,950.0animals |
| 134 | Lithuania | 41,290.0animals |
| 135 | Burundi | 40,038.0animals |
| 136 | Colombia | 32,924.0animals |
| 137 | Malaysia | 31,092.0animals |
| 138 | Slovakia | 29,880.0animals |
| 139 | Montenegro | 22,578.0animals |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 21,862.0animals |
| 141 | Thailand | 12,370.0animals |
| 142 | Estonia | 10,890.0animals |
| 143 | Fiji | 10,000.0animals |
| 144 | Equatorial Guinea | 9,791.0animals |
| 145 | Eswatini | 9,465.0animals |
| 146 | Philippines | 8,967.0animals |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 8,000.0animals |
| 148 | Martinique | 7,120.0animals |
| 149 | Japan | 6,987.0animals |
| 150 | Comoros | 6,673.0animals |
| 151 | Honduras | 6,647.0animals |
| 152 | Belize | 6,230.0animals |
| 153 | Malta | 6,110.0animals |
| 154 | Cape Verde | 5,910.0animals |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | 5,015.0animals |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 4,500.0animals |
| 157 | Grenada | 4,415.0animals |
| 158 | Bhutan | 3,200.0animals |
| 159 | Puerto Rico | 3,108.0animals |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,764.0animals |
| 161 | Barbados | 2,576.0animals |
| 162 | El Salvador | 2,543.0animals |
| 163 | Bahamas | 2,173.0animals |
| 164 | Papua New Guinea | 2,153.0animals |
| 165 | Guadeloupe | 2,150.0animals |
| 166 | Nicaragua | 2,058.0animals |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 2,000.0animals |
| 168 | Dominica | 1,873.0animals |
| 169 | Mauritius | 1,609.0animals |
| 170 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,570.0animals |
| 171 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,077.0animals |
| 172 | Costa Rica | 1,028.0animals |
| 173 | Suriname | 936.0animals |
| 174 | Singapore | 789.0animals |
| 175 | Reunion | 650.0animals |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 562.0animals |
| 177 | South Korea | 423.0animals |
| 178 | New Caledonia | 373.0animals |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 288.0animals |
| 180 | French Guiana | 250.0animals |
| 181 | French Polynesia | 201.0animals |
| 182 | Jamaica | 140.0animals |
| 183 | Hong Kong | 14.0animals |
Showing 183 of 183 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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