Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption by Country

In 2023, China held 5,724 thousand tonnes of listed mutton and goat meat food supply, nearly a third of a 17,690-thousand-tonne total spread across 176 reporters. India recorded the largest five-year increase in absolute terms, rising from 811 to 2,720 thousand tonnes. Mongolia recorded the highest per-capita figure at 69.40 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

China's 5,724 thousand tonnes lead India's 2,720, but per capita the order reverses completely: Mongolia at 69.40 kilograms from 238 thousand tonnes, then Bahrain at 21.63 kilograms. Neither volume leader cracks the per-capita top five.

Mutton and Goat Meat Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed mutton and goat meat food supply in 2023 at 5,724 thousand tonnes.
• India ranked second at 2,720 thousand tonnes, followed by Pakistan at 787 thousand tonnes.
• Mongolia had the highest per-capita food supply at 69.40 kilograms per person per year.
• The 2023 listed total was 17,690 thousand tonnes across 176 reporters with reported values.
• Among 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed mutton and goat meat food supply increased by 3,497 thousand tonnes, or 24.6 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

The two leaders swapped roles across the windows. In 2023 China leads India by 3,004 thousand tonnes, but since 2019 India added 1,909 thousand tonnes against China's 608. Türkiye, up 454.0 percent from 126 to 698 thousand tonnes, is the third engine of the period. Mongolia's 69.40 kilograms per person per year top the per-capita ranking from just 238 thousand tonnes.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 176 reporters with data in both years rose by 605 thousand tonnes, or 3.5 percent. India, China, Türkiye and Ethiopia accounted for most of the largest increases, while the United States recorded the steepest fall. Since 2019, the common-reporter total has grown 24.6 percent, with India contributing 54.6 percent of the net increase. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of mutton and goat meat actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	5.72K	4.02
2	India IN	2.72K	1.89
3	Pakistan PK	787	3.18
4	Türkiye TR	698	8
5	Nigeria NG	427	1.87
6	Algeria DZ	399	8.64
7	Iran IR	281	3.1
8	Australia AU	279	10.56
9	Ethiopia ET	264	2.05
10	United Kingdom GB	251	3.66
11	Uzbekistan UZ	251	7.03
12	Bangladesh BD	248	1.45
13	Mongolia MN	238	69.4
14	Russia RU	215	1.48
15	Saudi Arabia SA	214	6.42
16	Syria SY	210	8.88
17	Morocco MA	191	5.08
18	United States US	191	0.56
19	Brazil BR	152	0.72
20	South Africa ZA	149	2.36
21	Afghanistan AF	148	3.57
22	France FR	147	2.21
23	Kazakhstan KZ	146	7.18
24	Yemen YE	138	3.51
25	Turkmenistan TM	129	17.56
26	Indonesia ID	116	0.41
27	Mexico MX	112	0.86
28	Kenya KE	104	1.87
29	Tanzania TZ	102	1.53
30	United Arab Emirates AE	90	8.49
31	Azerbaijan AZ	89	8.61
32	Nepal NP	79	2.66
33	Spain ES	76	1.59
34	Greece GR	73	7.11
35	Kuwait KW	69	14.26
36	Kyrgyzstan KG	68	9.59
37	Tunisia TN	68	5.61
38	Egypt EG	64	0.56
39	Ghana GH	64	1.9
40	Germany DE	63	0.75
41	Mauritania MR	63	12.57
42	Iraq IQ	62	1.59
43	Senegal SN	62	3.43
44	Malawi MW	61	2.91
45	Tajikistan TJ	61	5.87
46	New Zealand NZ	60	11.54
47	Oman OM	60	11.95
48	Romania RO	57	2.98
49	Jordan JO	54	4.75
50	Italy IT	52	0.87
51	Burkina Faso BF	51	2.21
52	Argentina AR	49	1.07
53	Niger NE	45	1.72
54	Cameroon CM	44	1.56
55	Canada CA	44	1.12
56	Israel IL	44	4.71
57	Libya LY	43	5.94
58	Bolivia BO	41	3.34
59	Malaysia MY	41	1.17
60	Zimbabwe ZW	38	2.31
61	Uganda UG	37	0.76
62	Bahrain BH	34	21.63
63	South Korea KR	33	0.65
64	Serbia RS	32	4.78
65	Guinea GN	30	2.11
66	Philippines PH	30	0.26
67	Qatar QA	28	9.27
68	Peru PE	26	0.77
69	Papua New Guinea PG	25	2.42
70	Vietnam VN	25	0.24
71	Albania AL	24	8.41
72	Angola AO	24	0.65
73	Norway NO	24	4.3
74	Taiwan TW	24	1.03
75	Ireland IE	22	4.29
76	Ivory Coast CI	22	0.7
77	DR Congo CD	21	0.2
78	Portugal PT	21	2.01
79	Liberia LR	19	3.48
80	Zambia ZM	18	0.87
81	Netherlands NL	15	0.84
82	Sweden SE	14	1.33
83	Rwanda RW	13	0.92
84	Myanmar MM	12	0.22
85	Namibia NA	12	3.9
86	Ukraine UA	12	0.31
87	Belgium BE	11	0.96
88	Bulgaria BG	11	1.57
89	Switzerland CH	11	1.25
90	Armenia AM	10	3.5
91	Venezuela VE	10	0.35
92	Austria AT	9	1
93	Fiji FJ	9	10.07
94	Chile CL	8	0.42
95	Croatia HR	8	1.97
96	Ecuador EC	8	0.42
97	Haiti HT	7	0.6
98	Iceland IS	7	17.19
99	Botswana BW	6	2.23
100	Madagascar MG	6	0.19
101	Cyprus CY	5	3.71
102	Djibouti DJ	5	3.99
103	Georgia GE	5	1.29
104	Denmark DK	4	0.71
105	Lebanon LB	4	0.76
106	Mauritius MU	4	2.88
107	Mozambique MZ	4	0.12
108	Sierra Leone SL	4	0.49
109	Czech Republic CZ	3	0.28
110	Eswatini SZ	3	2.53
111	Hong Kong HK	3	0.45
112	Jamaica JM	3	1.15
113	Laos LA	3	0.42
114	Paraguay PY	3	0.4
115	Sri Lanka LK	3	0.13
116	Thailand TH	3	0.04
117	Trinidad and Tobago TT	3	2.3
118	Congo CG	2	0.26
119	Dominican Republic DO	2	0.21
120	Finland FI	2	0.41
121	Gambia GM	2	0.64
122	Guatemala GT	2	0.12
123	Guinea-Bissau GW	2	1.01
124	North Macedonia MK	2	1.1
125	Samoa WS	2	8.04
126	Slovenia SI	2	0.83
127	Tonga TO	2	20.77
128	Uruguay UY	2	0.62
129	Bahamas BS	1	3.27
130	Barbados BB	1	3.92
131	Belarus BY	1	0.1
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	1	0.44
133	Cape Verde CV	1	1.55
134	Colombia CO	1	0.02
135	Comoros KM	1	0.59
136	French Polynesia PF	1	1.91
137	Gabon GA	1	0.56
138	Guyana GY	1	1.08
139	Hungary HU	1	0.14
140	Latvia LV	1	0.36
141	Lesotho LS	1	0.57
142	Lithuania LT	1	0.38
143	Luxembourg LU	1	0.97
144	Macau MO	1	0.81
145	Maldives MV	1	2.04
146	Malta MT	1	0.96
147	Montenegro ME	1	1.62
148	Poland PL	1	0.03
149	Slovakia SK	1	0.13
150	Timor-Leste TL	1	0.37
151	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	1.95
152	Belize BZ	0	0.31
153	Bhutan BT	0	0.32
154	Cambodia KH	0	0.01
155	Costa Rica CR	0	0.06
156	El Salvador SV	0	0.02
157	Estonia EE	0	0.35
158	Grenada GD	0	3.24
159	Honduras HN	0	0.02
160	Kiribati KI	0	0.51
161	Marshall Islands MH	0	1.04
162	Micronesia FM	0	0.12
163	Moldova MD	0	0
164	Nauru NR	0	4.59
165	New Caledonia NC	0	1.09
166	Nicaragua NI	0	0.01
167	Panama PA	0	0.01
168	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	2
169	Saint Lucia LC	0	2.18
170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	0.77
171	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	0.07
172	Seychelles SC	0	3.3
173	Solomon Islands SB	0	0.08
174	Suriname SR	0	0.04
175	Tuvalu TV	0	3.81
176	Vanuatu VU	0	0.07

Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by China, whose listed food supply of mutton and goat meat reached 5,724 thousand tonnes. India followed with 2,720 thousand tonnes and Pakistan with 787 thousand tonnes. Türkiye and Nigeria completed the top five at 698 and 427 thousand tonnes, respectively.

China holds 32.4 percent of the 17,690-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 52.2 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 58.5 percent and the top ten 66.9 percent. Myanmar records just 12 thousand tonnes in 2023 against 94 thousand tonnes in 2019.

India Adds 289 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 3.5 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 17,085 thousand tonnes to 17,690 thousand tonnes, a gain of 605 thousand tonnes (3.5 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 176 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. India added 289 thousand tonnes (up 11.9 percent), China added 168 thousand tonnes (up 3.0 percent), Türkiye added 97 thousand tonnes (up 16.1 percent), Ethiopia added 63 thousand tonnes (up 31.3 percent), Kenya added 28 thousand tonnes (up 36.8 percent), Saudi Arabia added 28 thousand tonnes (up 15.1 percent) and Australia added 21 thousand tonnes (up 8.1 percent), while the United States fell 41 thousand tonnes (down 17.7 percent).

India More Than Triples as Supply Grows 24.6 Percent Since 2019

For the 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 14,193 thousand tonnes to 17,690 thousand tonnes, a gain of 3,497 thousand tonnes (24.6 percent). The 2019 total includes 177 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 176; Cuba, with 12 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. India added 1,909 thousand tonnes (up 235.4 percent), China added 608 thousand tonnes (up 11.9 percent), Türkiye added 572 thousand tonnes (up 454.0 percent), Syria added 83 thousand tonnes (up 65.4 percent), Saudi Arabia added 67 thousand tonnes (up 45.6 percent), Pakistan added 63 thousand tonnes (up 8.7 percent) and Uzbekistan added 57 thousand tonnes (up 29.4 percent), while Myanmar fell 82 thousand tonnes (down 87.2 percent).

India contributes 54.6 percent of the five-year net increase, followed by China at 17.4 percent and Türkiye at 16.4 percent. Per capita, Mongolia's 69.40 kilograms from 238 thousand tonnes lead Bahrain at 21.63 kilograms, while China, first by total, records 4.02 kilograms.

What Does the Mutton and Goat Meat Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Mutton and Goat Meat recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than a direct estimate of the amount of mutton and goat meat people actually ate. Sheep and goat cuts recorded under separate detailed items sit outside this aggregate figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	China	5.12K	3.59	5.18K	3.63	5.51K	3.86	5.56K	3.9	5.72K	4.02
2	India	811	0.58	829	0.59	819	0.58	2.43K	1.71	2.72K	1.89
3	Pakistan	724	3.14	739	3.14	758	3.17	776	3.18	787	3.18
4	Türkiye	126	1.47	434	5.05	480	5.54	601	6.9	698	8
5	Nigeria	422	2.02	410	1.92	425	1.94	429	1.92	427	1.87
6	Algeria	347	8.02	353	8.02	361	8.07	385	8.46	399	8.64
7	Iran	282	3.24	186	2.13	276	3.12	295	3.3	281	3.1
8	Australia	239	9.37	259	10.07	227	8.74	258	9.86	279	10.56
9	Ethiopia	238	2.06	249	2.1	220	1.8	201	1.6	264	2.05
10	United Kingdom	273	4.07	267	3.97	273	4.03	272	3.98	251	3.66
11	Uzbekistan	194	5.87	163	4.86	154	4.5	243	6.95	251	7.03
12	Bangladesh	233	1.41	231	1.39	223	1.33	240	1.42	248	1.45
13	Mongolia	208	64.34	220	66.98	217	65.09	227	67.04	238	69.4
14	Russia	205	1.4	216	1.48	216	1.48	210	1.44	215	1.48
15	Saudi Arabia	147	4.82	163	5.27	236	7.55	186	5.77	214	6.42
16	Syria	127	6.23	160	7.61	171	7.9	196	8.73	210	8.88
17	Morocco	191	5.28	182	4.98	210	5.68	191	5.11	191	5.08
18	United States	203	0.6	203	0.6	237	0.7	232	0.68	191	0.56
19	Brazil	136	0.65	144	0.69	143	0.68	144	0.68	152	0.72
20	South Africa	170	2.85	196	3.23	207	3.36	167	2.67	149	2.36
21	Afghanistan	130	3.45	157	4.02	152	3.79	149	3.66	148	3.57
22	France	165	2.51	158	2.39	155	2.34	158	2.38	147	2.21
23	Kazakhstan	172	8.96	171	8.79	174	8.82	141	7.05	146	7.18
24	Yemen	131	3.74	137	3.8	145	3.9	155	4.07	138	3.51
25	Turkmenistan	125	18.36	130	18.66	133	18.78	131	18.1	129	17.56
26	Indonesia	145	0.53	117	0.43	106	0.38	120	0.43	116	0.41
27	Mexico	113	0.9	106	0.83	107	0.84	108	0.84	112	0.86
28	Kenya	97	1.89	148	2.83	109	2.04	76	1.4	104	1.87
29	Tanzania	70	1.18	95	1.57	97	1.54	96	1.48	102	1.53
30	United Arab Emirates	78	8.27	89	9.45	95	9.69	95	9.27	90	8.49
31	Azerbaijan	84	8.26	84	8.29	88	8.56	89	8.65	89	8.61
32	Nepal	88	3.11	78	2.68	74	2.5	77	2.6	79	2.66
33	Spain	96	2.02	89	1.86	84	1.75	89	1.86	76	1.59
34	Greece	88	8.25	80	7.43	79	7.48	88	8.5	73	7.11
35	Kuwait	58	12.95	58	13.15	60	13.69	64	13.87	69	14.26
36	Kyrgyzstan	56	8.66	58	8.7	65	9.55	66	9.53	68	9.59
37	Tunisia	65	5.48	66	5.51	71	5.9	71	5.84	68	5.61
38	Egypt	55	0.51	70	0.64	73	0.65	78	0.69	64	0.56
39	Ghana	53	1.71	56	1.75	61	1.86	62	1.88	64	1.9
40	Germany	70	0.84	79	0.95	58	0.7	64	0.76	63	0.75
41	Mauritania	55	12.4	57	12.45	59	12.38	62	12.66	63	12.57
42	Iraq	58	1.63	57	1.57	56	1.52	56	1.48	62	1.59
43	Senegal	52	3.21	57	3.4	61	3.53	69	3.9	62	3.43
44	Malawi	51	2.68	60	3.06	65	3.23	72	3.49	61	2.91
45	Tajikistan	69	7.21	68	6.98	73	7.32	60	5.87	61	5.87
46	New Zealand	62	12.47	62	12.29	50	9.74	67	13.02	60	11.54
47	Oman	55	12.08	54	11.9	57	12.75	60	12.58	60	11.95
48	Romania	44	2.27	50	2.56	54	2.81	61	3.16	57	2.98
49	Jordan	48	4.47	48	4.45	49	4.39	49	4.39	54	4.75
50	Italy	53	0.89	46	0.77	48	0.81	51	0.86	52	0.87
51	Burkina Faso	86	4.11	75	3.48	50	2.28	51	2.24	51	2.21
52	Argentina	60	1.33	63	1.39	52	1.14	42	0.93	49	1.07
53	Niger	49	2.16	54	2.3	50	2.02	48	1.91	45	1.72
54	Cameroon	34	1.34	43	1.63	43	1.61	43	1.56	44	1.56
55	Canada	40	1.05	40	1.04	41	1.06	48	1.23	44	1.12
56	Israel	15	1.75	45	5.07	44	4.94	46	5.07	44	4.71
57	Libya	44	6.32	42	6	41	5.71	41	5.68	43	5.94
58	Bolivia	38	3.22	37	3.1	38	3.16	39	3.24	41	3.34
59	Malaysia	36	1.06	42	1.23	33	0.96	47	1.35	41	1.17
60	Zimbabwe	27	1.78	28	1.77	31	1.97	35	2.21	38	2.31
61	Uganda	45	1.06	39	0.88	39	0.85	45	0.95	37	0.76
62	Bahrain	34	22.63	32	21.65	32	21.38	35	22.61	34	21.63
63	South Korea	19	0.37	20	0.38	21	0.41	29	0.56	33	0.65
64	Serbia	36	5.14	32	4.7	31	4.46	30	4.49	32	4.78
65	Guinea	30	2.31	25	1.9	28	2.02	28	1.98	30	2.11
66	Philippines	34	0.31	30	0.27	33	0.29	32	0.28	30	0.26
67	Qatar	41	14.48	38	13.64	38	13.44	31	10.57	28	9.27
68	Peru	26	0.81	25	0.77	26	0.78	26	0.78	26	0.77
69	Papua New Guinea	14	1.49	13	1.35	14	1.42	24	2.38	25	2.42
70	Vietnam	22	0.22	22	0.23	22	0.22	24	0.24	25	0.24
71	Albania	25	8.67	24	8.28	23	8.05	25	8.92	24	8.41
72	Angola	26	0.79	25	0.74	25	0.71	24	0.67	24	0.65
73	Norway	24	4.58	25	4.63	26	4.72	25	4.51	24	4.3
74	Taiwan	20	0.83	110	4.64	19	0.81	20	0.84	24	1.03
75	Ireland	18	3.56	14	2.9	20	3.91	21	4.15	22	4.29
76	Ivory Coast	16	0.58	17	0.6	20	0.67	20	0.67	22	0.7
77	DR Congo	23	0.25	21	0.22	22	0.22	22	0.21	21	0.2
78	Portugal	25	2.38	22	2.08	23	2.22	24	2.26	21	2.01
79	Liberia	2	0.44	2	0.4	2	0.39	7	1.24	19	3.48
80	Zambia	10	0.53	15	0.79	16	0.84	17	0.86	18	0.87
81	Netherlands	17	0.95	19	1.09	14	0.81	18	0.99	15	0.84
82	Sweden	13	1.27	13	1.25	12	1.15	13	1.24	14	1.33
83	Rwanda	22	1.72	17	1.31	16	1.23	13	0.97	13	0.92
84	Myanmar	94	1.78	11	0.21	12	0.22	12	0.22	12	0.22
85	Namibia	10	3.74	11	3.86	10	3.53	15	5.12	12	3.9
86	Ukraine	14	0.31	11	0.25	12	0.27	11	0.26	12	0.31
87	Belgium	13	1.16	15	1.28	10	0.88	9	0.79	11	0.96
88	Bulgaria	10	1.38	9	1.29	11	1.64	10	1.4	11	1.57
89	Switzerland	12	1.36	12	1.37	12	1.33	11	1.26	11	1.25
90	Armenia	9	3.26	11	3.68	11	3.76	11	3.74	10	3.5
91	Venezuela	10	0.35	10	0.34	11	0.39	10	0.34	10	0.35
92	Austria	10	1.17	9	1.05	9	0.96	9	0.99	9	1
93	Fiji	5	5.63	5	4.97	5	5.39	6	6.44	9	10.07
94	Chile	8	0.4	8	0.4	8	0.41	8	0.42	8	0.42
95	Croatia	7	1.65	6	1.5	6	1.58	7	1.78	8	1.97
96	Ecuador	5	0.3	6	0.37	7	0.41	7	0.41	8	0.42
97	Haiti	6	0.54	7	0.61	7	0.58	7	0.61	7	0.6
98	Iceland	7	19.11	7	20.17	6	17.25	6	14.64	7	17.19
99	Botswana	6	2.4	6	2.44	5	2.14	5	1.92	6	2.23
100	Madagascar	5	0.17	5	0.16	5	0.15	6	0.19	6	0.19
101	Cyprus	6	4.75	5	3.89	5	3.74	5	3.97	5	3.71
102	Djibouti	4	4.05	5	4.1	5	4.05	5	3.99	5	3.99
103	Georgia	3	0.82	5	1.29	4	1.08	5	1.32	5	1.29
104	Denmark	4	0.73	4	0.67	4	0.73	4	0.72	4	0.71
105	Lebanon	9	1.62	8	1.42	8	1.37	8	1.38	4	0.76
106	Mauritius	5	3.7	4	3.33	4	2.8	5	3.76	4	2.88
107	Mozambique	3	0.08	3	0.08	3	0.11	4	0.12	4	0.12
108	Sierra Leone	4	0.48	4	0.47	4	0.46	4	0.49	4	0.49
109	Czech Republic	4	0.34	3	0.3	3	0.28	3	0.29	3	0.28
110	Eswatini	2	1.81	2	1.85	2	1.85	3	2.55	3	2.53
111	Hong Kong	7	0.91	9	1.19	10	1.33	4	0.49	3	0.45
112	Jamaica	3	1.02	3	0.97	2	0.81	3	1.17	3	1.15
113	Laos	3	0.35	3	0.37	3	0.38	3	0.4	3	0.42
114	Paraguay	3	0.38	3	0.39	3	0.39	3	0.39	3	0.4
115	Sri Lanka	3	0.14	3	0.13	3	0.15	3	0.13	3	0.13
116	Thailand	3	0.04	3	0.04	3	0.04	3	0.04	3	0.04
117	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1.72	2	1.31	2	1.18	2	1.65	3	2.3
118	Congo	2	0.31	2	0.28	2	0.28	2	0.26	2	0.26
119	Dominican Republic	2	0.2	2	0.17	2	0.18	2	0.2	2	0.21
120	Finland	3	0.54	3	0.47	2	0.44	3	0.45	2	0.41
121	Gambia	1	0.61	1	0.53	2	0.69	2	0.64	2	0.64
122	Guatemala	2	0.13	2	0.13	2	0.13	2	0.13	2	0.12
123	Guinea-Bissau	3	1.28	2	1.13	2	1.09	2	1.04	2	1.01
124	North Macedonia	1	0.77	1	0.69	0	0.21	2	0.91	2	1.1
125	Samoa	1	4.24	1	3.2	1	2.64	1	6.12	2	8.04
126	Slovenia	2	0.81	2	0.82	2	0.84	2	0.79	2	0.83
127	Tonga	1	11.66	2	15.25	2	16.01	2	18.38	2	20.77
128	Uruguay	5	1.39	9	2.58	3	0.81	7	1.94	2	0.62
129	Bahamas	1	1.63	1	1.64	1	1.77	1	2.9	1	3.27
130	Barbados	1	3.63	1	3.98	1	3.89	1	3.8	1	3.92
131	Belarus	1	0.12	1	0.12	1	0.12	1	0.1	1	0.1
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0.44	1	0.3	1	0.42	1	0.4	1	0.44
133	Cape Verde	1	2.12	1	2.2	1	1.36	1	1.49	1	1.55
134	Colombia	2	0.05	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02
135	Comoros	1	0.64	1	0.65	0	0.58	1	0.6	1	0.59
136	French Polynesia	1	3	1	2.25	1	2.32	1	2.62	1	1.91
137	Gabon	1	0.66	1	0.62	1	0.63	2	0.67	1	0.56
138	Guyana	1	1.05	1	1.05	1	1.04	1	1.04	1	1.08
139	Hungary	2	0.16	1	0.08	1	0.1	1	0.12	1	0.14
140	Latvia	1	0.44	1	0.4	1	0.32	1	0.34	1	0.36
141	Lesotho	1	0.35	1	0.49	1	0.44	1	0.5	1	0.57
142	Lithuania	1	0.44	1	0.46	1	0.42	1	0.37	1	0.38
143	Luxembourg	1	1.18	1	1.13	1	1.1	1	1.08	1	0.97
144	Macau	0	0.68	0	0.69	1	1.09	0	0.57	1	0.81
145	Maldives	1	1.15	0	0.74	1	1.32	1	1.77	1	2.04
146	Malta	0	0.96	0	0.86	1	0.96	0	0.88	1	0.96
147	Montenegro	1	2.45	1	2.02	1	1.74	1	1.71	1	1.62
148	Poland	2	0.05	1	0.03	1	0.02	1	0.04	1	0.03
149	Slovakia	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.09	1	0.11	1	0.13
150	Timor-Leste	0	0.38	1	0.45	1	0.48	1	0.48	1	0.37
151	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1.87	0	1.06	0	1.82	0	1.45	0	1.95
152	Belize	0	0.08	0	0.08	0	0.12	0	0.3	0	0.31
153	Bhutan	0	0.3	0	0.61	0	0.24	0	0.25	0	0.32
154	Cambodia	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
155	Costa Rica	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.06
156	El Salvador	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
157	Estonia	0	0.38	1	0.41	0	0.37	1	0.39	0	0.35
158	Grenada	0	1.26	0	1.39	0	1.44	1	4.66	0	3.24
159	Honduras	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.02
160	Kiribati	0	0.11	0	0.08	0	0.12	0	0.23	0	0.51
161	Marshall Islands	0	0.5	0	0.76	0	0.99	0	0.73	0	1.04
162	Micronesia	0	0.19	0	0.19	0	0.12	0	0.13	0	0.12
163	Moldova	0	0.13	1	0.25	0	0	0	0.01	0	0
164	Nauru	0	6.99	0	6.25	0	5.73	0	5.41	0	4.59
165	New Caledonia	0	1.55	0	1.3	0	1.28	0	1.35	0	1.09
166	Nicaragua	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
167	Panama	0	0.03	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
168	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	2.83	0	3.08	0	1.79	0	2.39	0	2
169	Saint Lucia	0	2.29	0	2.64	0	1.84	1	3.1	0	2.18
170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	1.08	0	0.8	0	0.98	0	1.08	0	0.77
171	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.07	0	0.07
172	Seychelles	0	2.45	0	2.71	0	2.53	0	2.7	0	3.3
173	Solomon Islands	0	0.04	0	0.05	0	0.15	0	0.07	0	0.08
174	Suriname	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.05	0	0.04
175	Tuvalu	0	3.84	0	4.87	0	5.06	0	4.98	0	3.81
176	Vanuatu	0	0.16	0	0.2	0	0.09	0	0.12	0	0.07
177	Cuba	12	1.06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, China had the largest listed mutton and goat meat food supply among the 176 reporters with reported values, at 5,724 thousand tonnes. India ranked second at 2,720 thousand tonnes, while Pakistan ranked third at 787 thousand tonnes. Mongolia had the highest per-capita mutton and goat meat food supply at 69.40 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of mutton and goat meat actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Mutton and Goat Meat from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten, as food can be lost or wasted before it is consumed. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 177 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The 2023 listed total of 17,690 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 176 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.