Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price in New Zealand

New Zealand: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price was 3,066 SLC in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
3,066 SLC
Change on year
down 16.2%
World rank
88th
of 100 countries
All-time high
3,659 SLC
in 2022
All-time low
881 SLC
in 1995
Years of data
33
1991–2023

Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price in New Zealand, 1991–2023

1.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k1991200720231991: 935 SLC1992: 992 SLC1993: 1.3k SLC1994: 1.3k SLC1995: 881 SLC1996: 957 SLC1997: 1.1k SLC1998: 1.0k SLC1999: 1.1k SLC2000: 1.2k SLC2001: 1.6k SLC2002: 1.8k SLC2003: 1.6k SLC2004: 1.6k SLC2005: 1.6k SLC2006: 1.4k SLC2007: 1.3k SLC2008: 1.4k SLC2009: 2.1k SLC2010: 1.9k SLC2011: 2.6k SLC2012: 2.6k SLC2013: 2.0k SLC2014: 2.3k SLC2015: 2.2k SLC2016: 2.1k SLC2017: 2.4k SLC2018: 3.0k SLC2019: 3.2k SLC2020: 3.1k SLC2021: 3.0k SLC2022: 3.7k SLC2023: 3.1k SLC

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.

Analysis

In 2023, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price in New Zealand stood at 3,066 SLC.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.2% on the previous year and up 56.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price in New Zealand peaked at 3,659 SLC in 2022 and was at its lowest, 881 SLC, in 1995.

That places New Zealand 88th out of 100 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price in New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price (SLC/tonne) in New Zealand, 1991 to 2023.
Year SLC Change
1991 935 SLC
1992 992 SLC +6.1%
1993 1,341 SLC +35.2%
1994 1,296 SLC -3.4%
1995 881 SLC -32.0%
1996 957 SLC +8.6%
1997 1,147 SLC +19.9%
1998 1,044 SLC -9.0%
1999 1,075 SLC +3.0%
2000 1,248 SLC +16.1%
2001 1,580 SLC +26.6%
2002 1,757 SLC +11.2%
2003 1,586 SLC -9.7%
2004 1,567 SLC -1.2%
2005 1,619 SLC +3.3%
2006 1,371 SLC -15.3%
2007 1,316 SLC -4.0%
2008 1,413 SLC +7.4%
2009 2,082 SLC +47.3%
2010 1,924 SLC -7.6%
2011 2,637 SLC +37.1%
2012 2,570 SLC -2.5%
2013 1,956 SLC -23.9%
2014 2,271 SLC +16.1%
2015 2,160 SLC -4.9%
2016 2,091 SLC -3.2%
2017 2,373 SLC +13.5%
2018 3,032 SLC +27.8%
2019 3,163 SLC +4.3%
2020 3,121 SLC -1.3%
2021 2,980 SLC -4.5%
2022 3,659 SLC +22.8%
2023 3,066 SLC -16.2%

New Zealand compared with similar countries

  • New Zealand's 3,066 SLC is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,409 SLC, 70% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
  • New Zealand's 3,066 SLC is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 137,325 SLC, 2% of the median. (8 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1,074 SLC 881 SLC 1,341 SLC 9
2000s 1,554 SLC 1,248 SLC 2,082 SLC 10
2010s 2,418 SLC 1,924 SLC 3,163 SLC 10
2020s 3,206 SLC 2,980 SLC 3,659 SLC 4

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 85 Austria 3,370 SLC compare
  2. 86 Germany 3,366 SLC compare
  3. 87 Italy 3,083 SLC compare
  4. 89 Finland 2,607 SLC compare
  5. 90 Cuba 2,450 SLC compare
  6. 91 Latvia 2,437 SLC compare

See the full ranking of 108 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price in New Zealand?
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price in New Zealand was 3,066 SLC in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 3,659 SLC in 2022.
What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 881 SLC in 1995.
How does New Zealand rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price?
New Zealand ranks 88th out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 56.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price (SLC/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price (SLC/tonne)
Unit
SLC
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
108 places, 2,224 data points, 1991–2024
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This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.