Lamb Price

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Lamb: 5,537.23 USD/mt (World avg., 2024). Source: FAOSTAT.

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Period	Price (USD/mt)	Change
2024	5,537.23	+11.4%
2023	4,971.19	+3.8%
2022	4,788.09	-2.0%
2021	4,883.42	+14.2%
2020	4,274.57	+12.9%
2019	3,786.38	+8.9%
2018	3,477.81	+5.2%
2017	3,306.62	+5.6%
2016	3,130.8	-2.5%
2015	3,210.5	–

About Lamb

Tracked via the EU's official weekly 'Heavy Lamb' reference price. The EU, Australia, New Zealand and the UK are the largest producers and exporters, with Oceania dominating global trade since domestic EU/UK consumption mostly comes from domestic flocks. Prices are driven by feed and pasture costs, seasonal lambing cycles, and demand around religious holidays (Easter, Eid al-Adha) that create sharp seasonal price spikes.

Top Lamb Producers

Rank	Country
1	China	2,709,426 t
2	India	1,141,450 t
3	Australia	846,568 t
4	Türkiye	569,066 t
5	New Zealand	429,940 t
6	Algeria	356,532 t
7	United Kingdom	286,000 t
8	Sudan	266,224 t
9	Pakistan	253,000 t
10	Uzbekistan	243,500 t
11	Chad	240,025 t
12	Iran	234,227 t
13	Saudi Arabia	216,202 t
14	Syria	197,798 t
15	Russia	189,380 t
16	Mongolia	185,509 t
17	Morocco	162,250 t
18	Nigeria	161,812 t
19	South Africa	152,500 t
20	Kazakhstan	137,061 t
21	Turkmenistan	126,830 t
22	Ethiopia	123,314 t
23	Brazil	108,759 t
24	Tajikistan	105,181 t
25	Spain	104,660 t
26	Afghanistan	97,990 t
27	Azerbaijan	88,946 t
28	Kyrgyzstan	77,391 t
29	France	72,830 t
30	Ireland	69,720 t
31	Mexico	68,451 t
32	Yemen	68,238 t
33	United States	61,280 t
34	Indonesia	59,844 t
35	Tunisia	57,610 t
36	Egypt	55,000 t
37	Romania	54,520 t
38	Greece	53,890 t
39	Kuwait	51,726 t
40	Kenya	51,691 t
41	Tanzania	48,800 t
42	Iraq	47,316 t
43	Mauritania	44,343 t
44	Senegal	41,562 t
45	Argentina	39,498 t
46	Israel	38,351 t
47	Somalia	34,499 t
48	Oman	33,834 t
49	Peru	33,690 t
50	Bolivia	32,826 t
51	Jordan	31,310 t
52	Germany	30,360 t
53	Serbia	29,956 t
54	Libya	29,405 t
55	Bahrain	28,497 t
56	Ghana	26,979 t
57	Italy	26,960 t
58	Cameroon	25,649 t
59	Burkina Faso	23,972 t
60	Norway	22,370 t
61	Uruguay	22,306 t
62	Niger	18,225 t
63	Netherlands	18,000 t
64	Canada	17,510 t
65	Albania	15,596 t
66	Côte d’Ivoire	15,376 t
67	South Sudan	14,112 t
68	Guinea	13,470 t
69	Benin	12,865 t
70	Portugal	12,370 t
71	Cuba	11,930 t
72	Togo	11,367 t
73	Armenia	10,900 t
74	Namibia	10,712 t
75	Iceland	8,403 t
76	Chile	8,221 t
77	Bulgaria	8,110 t
78	Ecuador	7,155 t
79	Austria	6,800 t
80	Eritrea	6,789 t
81	Mali	6,754 t
82	Croatia	6,570 t
83	Ukraine	6,500 t
84	Bangladesh	6,200 t
85	Qatar	6,000 t
86	Switzerland	5,158 t
87	Lebanon	5,120 t
88	Sweden	5,120 t
89	Georgia	5,000 t
90	Uganda	4,744 t
91	Angola	4,594 t
92	United Arab Emirates	4,454 t
93	North Macedonia	3,891 t
94	Zimbabwe	3,383 t
95	Venezuela	3,096 t
96	Congo - Kinshasa	2,850 t
97	Czechia	2,820 t
98	Cyprus	2,640 t
99	Central African Republic	2,586 t
100	Rwanda	2,524 t
101	Djibouti	2,252 t
102	Myanmar (Burma)	2,200 t
103	Paraguay	2,089 t
104	Malawi	2,043 t
105	Guatemala	2,026 t
106	Haiti	1,931 t
107	Sierra Leone	1,896 t
108	Nepal	1,874 t
109	Belgium	1,770 t
110	Malaysia	1,710 t
111	Madagascar	1,466 t
112	Slovenia	1,420 t
113	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1,365 t
114	Poland	1,340 t
115	Hungary	1,300 t
116	Guinea-Bissau	1,235 t
117	Denmark	1,210 t
118	Zambia	1,155 t
119	Finland	1,110 t
120	Botswana	1,057 t
121	North Korea	1,012 t
122	Belarus	1,000 t
123	Lithuania	930 t
124	Dominican Republic	920 t
125	Montenegro	891 t
126	Liberia	879 t
127	Gabon	828 t
128	Latvia	800 t
129	Gambia	728 t
130	Faroe Islands	623 t
131	Mozambique	582 t
132	Fiji	580 t
133	Guyana	565 t
134	Colombia	558 t
135	Burundi	558 t
136	Moldova	508 t
137	Slovakia	460 t
138	Congo - Brazzaville	455 t
139	Lesotho	414 t
140	Estonia	270 t
141	Japan	219 t
142	Malta	170 t
143	Eswatini	168 t
144	Grenada	165 t
145	Thailand	149 t
146	Belize	129 t
147	Philippines	117 t
148	Trinidad & Tobago	108 t
149	Equatorial Guinea	107 t
150	Honduras	101 t
151	St. Lucia	101 t
152	Comoros	99 t
153	Barbados	92 t
154	Cape Verde	87 t
155	Luxembourg	50 t
156	Puerto Rico	48 t
157	St. Vincent & Grenadines	47 t
158	Brunei	39 t
159	El Salvador	38 t
160	Mauritius	35 t
161	Timor-Leste	34 t
162	Papua New Guinea	32 t
163	Bahamas	30 t
164	Dominica	26 t
165	Nicaragua	25 t
166	Bhutan	23 t
167	Singapore	21 t
168	St. Kitts & Nevis	16 t
169	Costa Rica	16 t
170	Suriname	13 t
171	New Caledonia	8 t
172	Jamaica	6 t
173	South Korea	6 t
174	São Tomé & Príncipe	4 t
175	French Polynesia	3 t
176	Antigua & Barbuda	2 t
177	Hong Kong SAR China	0 t

FAOSTAT production data, 2023.

Top Lamb Importers

Rank	Country
1	China	427,240 t
2	France	118,924 t
3	United States	113,545 t
4	United Kingdom	48,470 t
5	United Arab Emirates	46,351 t
6	Germany	39,401 t
7	Malaysia	36,996 t
8	Netherlands	29,654 t
9	Italy	28,539 t
10	South Korea	27,264 t
11	Saudi Arabia	25,901 t
12	Papua New Guinea	25,579 t
13	Canada	25,193 t
14	Taiwan	20,904 t
15	Qatar	20,001 t
16	Iran	19,631 t
17	Kuwait	19,484 t
18	Belgium	19,315 t
19	Japan	18,536 t
20	Liberia	17,122 t
21	Singapore	14,810 t
22	Jordan	12,189 t
23	Oman	11,591 t
24	Sweden	11,003 t
25	Bahrain	8,780 t
26	Fiji	8,185 t
27	Portugal	7,435 t
28	Uzbekistan	7,101 t
29	Greece	6,864 t
30	Spain	6,178 t
31	Iraq	5,975 t
32	Ireland	5,370 t
33	Switzerland	5,335 t
34	Brazil	4,281 t
35	Hong Kong SAR China	4,000 t
36	Indonesia	3,979 t
37	Mauritius	3,637 t
38	Denmark	3,393 t
39	New Zealand	3,134 t
40	South Africa	3,030 t
41	Samoa	2,898 t
42	Jamaica	2,809 t
43	Libya	2,143 t
44	Tonga	2,129 t
45	Mexico	2,084 t
46	Bulgaria	1,882 t
47	Croatia	1,755 t
48	Israel	1,725 t
49	Romania	1,678 t
50	Austria	1,628 t
51	Ghana	1,610 t
52	Australia	1,365 t
53	Thailand	1,321 t
54	Finland	1,300 t
55	Egypt	1,297 t
56	Bahamas	1,248 t
57	Maldives	1,191 t
58	Trinidad & Tobago	1,188 t
59	Barbados	1,169 t
60	Norway	1,063 t
61	Cyprus	1,047 t
62	Russia	1,038 t
63	Poland	776 t
64	Brunei	769 t
65	Philippines	646 t
66	Luxembourg	644 t
67	Dominican Republic	587 t
68	Czechia	579 t
69	Vietnam	540 t
70	Türkiye	521 t
71	Tunisia	519 t
72	French Polynesia	467 t
73	Côte d’Ivoire	455 t
74	Lesotho	448 t
75	Seychelles	419 t
76	Macao SAR China	415 t
77	Malta	406 t
78	Albania	393 t
79	Yemen	379 t
80	Faroe Islands	358 t
81	India	350 t
82	New Caledonia	306 t
83	Bangladesh	302 t
84	Guinea	294 t
85	Hungary	287 t
86	Estonia	283 t
87	Lebanon	255 t
88	Uruguay	255 t
89	Cook Islands	231 t
90	St. Lucia	219 t
91	Gabon	180 t
92	Senegal	155 t
93	Sri Lanka	134 t
94	Lithuania	123 t
95	Latvia	122 t
96	Cuba	113 t
97	Slovenia	110 t
98	Kyrgyzstan	100 t
99	Mongolia	100 t
100	Mozambique	98 t
101	Mauritania	96 t
102	Azerbaijan	89 t
103	Antigua & Barbuda	79 t
104	St. Kitts & Nevis	72 t
105	Nigeria	69 t
106	Kiribati	68 t
107	Panama	64 t
108	Solomon Islands	62 t
109	Cape Verde	61 t
110	Djibouti	60 t
111	Congo - Brazzaville	60 t
112	Sierra Leone	58 t
113	Grenada	56 t
114	Angola	55 t
115	Guyana	54 t
116	Pakistan	49 t
117	Botswana	46 t
118	Bosnia & Herzegovina	41 t
119	Marshall Islands	40 t
120	Afghanistan	39 t
121	Tuvalu	37 t
122	Cambodia	36 t
123	Central African Republic	36 t
124	Slovakia	36 t
125	Namibia	36 t
126	Somalia	34 t
127	Morocco	31 t
128	Equatorial Guinea	28 t
129	Congo - Kinshasa	27 t
130	Montenegro	26 t
131	Laos	25 t
132	Kazakhstan	25 t
133	Guatemala	24 t
134	Comoros	22 t
135	St. Vincent & Grenadines	21 t
136	Iceland	20 t
137	Naoero	20 t
138	Gambia	18 t
139	Dominica	18 t
140	Sudan	18 t
141	Costa Rica	17 t
142	Honduras	15 t
143	South Sudan	13 t
144	Armenia	13 t
145	Vanuatu	13 t
146	Serbia	12 t
147	Niue	11 t
148	Ukraine	11 t
149	Eritrea	11 t
150	Cameroon	10 t
151	Uganda	10 t
152	Peru	9 t
153	Algeria	9 t
154	Venezuela	8 t
155	Ecuador	8 t
156	El Salvador	6 t
157	Nepal	6 t
158	Moldova	5 t
159	Benin	4 t
160	Suriname	4 t
161	Chad	4 t
162	Eswatini	3 t
163	Ethiopia	3 t
164	North Korea	3 t
165	Niger	3 t
166	Nicaragua	3 t
167	Rwanda	2 t
168	Timor-Leste	2 t
169	Bhutan	2 t
170	Palau	2 t
171	Georgia	2 t
172	Belize	2 t
173	Malawi	2 t
174	Tanzania	1 t
175	Mali	1 t
176	São Tomé & Príncipe	1 t
177	Colombia	1 t
178	North Macedonia	1 t
179	Guinea-Bissau	1 t
180	Chile	1 t
181	Myanmar (Burma)	1 t
182	Kenya	0 t
183	Micronesia (Federated States of)	0 t
184	Haiti	0 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

Top Lamb Exporters

Rank	Country
1	Australia	574,236 t
2	New Zealand	384,252 t
3	United Kingdom	84,514 t
4	Ireland	52,781 t
5	France	50,000 t
6	Spain	41,608 t
7	Netherlands	33,737 t
8	Uruguay	20,447 t
9	Mongolia	11,063 t
10	Tanzania	10,974 t
11	Belgium	10,112 t
12	India	9,961 t
13	Pakistan	9,301 t
14	Kenya	8,157 t
15	Kazakhstan	7,894 t
16	South Africa	6,177 t
17	Chile	5,328 t
18	Greece	5,222 t
19	Saudi Arabia	5,197 t
20	Germany	5,109 t
21	Lebanon	3,755 t
22	Italy	3,630 t
23	Sudan	2,846 t
24	United States	2,434 t
25	Romania	2,413 t
26	North Macedonia	1,875 t
27	Iceland	1,761 t
28	China	1,489 t
29	Argentina	1,444 t
30	Portugal	1,284 t
31	United Arab Emirates	1,110 t
32	Namibia	1,002 t
33	Armenia	645 t
34	Ethiopia	634 t
35	Poland	632 t
36	Moldova	632 t
37	Bulgaria	525 t
38	Hong Kong SAR China	520 t
39	Denmark	494 t
40	Türkiye	390 t
41	Serbia	353 t
42	Oman	329 t
43	Czechia	328 t
44	Russia	327 t
45	Malaysia	244 t
46	Sweden	222 t
47	Ukraine	205 t
48	Hungary	202 t
49	Georgia	184 t
50	Latvia	173 t
51	Singapore	151 t
52	Egypt	139 t
53	Jordan	132 t
54	Iran	100 t
55	Brazil	98 t
56	Canada	97 t
57	Cyprus	93 t
58	Croatia	92 t
59	Uganda	91 t
60	Luxembourg	89 t
61	Estonia	80 t
62	Cambodia	78 t
63	Trinidad & Tobago	76 t
64	Kyrgyzstan	70 t
65	Austria	56 t
66	Somalia	47 t
67	Kuwait	44 t
68	Colombia	44 t
69	Madagascar	44 t
70	Slovenia	41 t
71	Norway	33 t
72	South Sudan	29 t
73	Bahrain	26 t
74	Mexico	25 t
75	Fiji	24 t
76	Finland	23 t
77	Gambia	16 t
78	Lithuania	13 t
79	Bangladesh	7 t
80	Slovakia	7 t
81	Morocco	4 t
82	Samoa	3 t
83	Rwanda	3 t
84	Cape Verde	3 t
85	Taiwan	2 t
86	Côte d’Ivoire	2 t
87	Mauritius	1 t
88	Botswana	1 t
89	Switzerland	1 t
90	Dominican Republic	1 t
91	Mozambique	0 t
92	Faroe Islands	0 t
93	Azerbaijan	0 t
94	Montenegro	0 t
95	Angola	0 t
96	Senegal	0 t
97	Indonesia	0 t
98	Gabon	0 t
99	Ghana	0 t
100	Bosnia & Herzegovina	0 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

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