Annual production 1985–2024 · FAOSTAT
Sheep meat production — seven data points (1965/1975/1985/1995/2005/2015/2024).
FAO, FAOSTAT (QCL), sheep meat item.
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China (2.6 Mt) and India (1.3 Mt) lead ahead of Australia (0.9 Mt), the country most commonly seen as the world's benchmark for sheep farming — a gap that reflects population size rather than farming intensity: Australia remains by far the world's top exporter of sheep meat and wool.