Editing Lamb and mutton (section)

==Production and consumption figures==
===Sheep meat consumption===
According to the [[OECD]]-[[FAO]] Agricultural Outlook for 2016, the top consumers of sheep meat in 2015 were as follows:<ref>[https://data.oecd.org/agroutput/meat-consumption.htm Meat consumption], OECD Data. Retrieved 25 October 2016.</ref> EU countries are not individually surveyed in this list. Among EU nations, [[Greece]] is the per capita leader in consumption at 12.3&nbsp;kg,<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Red Meat Market Snapshot |url=https://www.mla.com.au/globalassets/mla-corporate/prices--markets/documents/os-markets/red-meat-market-snapshots/2018_mla_ms_europe_sheepmeat_r1.pdf |website=Meat and Livestock Australia |access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref> while the UK's annual per capita lamb consumption is 4.7&nbsp;kg.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-29030946|title=Is the UK unusually fond of lamb and potatoes?|work=BBC News|date=2 September 2014}}</ref> Outside of the OECD, the largest per capita consumer overall is [[Mongolia]], with 45.1&nbsp;kg.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>

=== Sheep meat production ===
The table below gives a sample of producing nations, but many other significant producers in the 50–120&nbsp;kt range are not given.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|+Sheep meat production (kt)
!       !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012
|-
| {{left|World}} || 8,415 || 8,354 || 8,229 || 8,348 || 8,470
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Algeria}}}} || 179 || 197 || 205 || 253 || 261
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Australia}}}} || 660 || 635 || 556 || 513 || 556
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Brazil}}}} || 79 || 80 || 82 || 84 || 85
|-
| {{left|{{flag|China}}}} || 1,978 || 2,044 || 2,070 || 2,050 || 2,080
|-
| {{left|{{flag|France}}}} || 130 || 126 || 119 || 115 || 114
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Germany}}}} || 38|| 38 || 38 || 39 || 36
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Greece}}}} || 91 || 90 || 90 || 90 || 90
|-
| {{left|{{flag|India}}}} || 275	|| 286 || 289 || 293 || 296
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Indonesia}}}} || 113 || 128 || 113 || 113 || 113
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Iran}}}} || 170 || 114 || 90 || 104 || 126
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}}} || 110 ||	116 || 123 || 128 || 128
|-
| {{left|{{flag|New Zealand}}}} || 598 || 478 || 471 || 465 || 448
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Nigeria}}}} || 145 || 149 || 171 || 172 || 174
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Russia}}}} || 156 || 164	|| 167 || 171 || 173
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Turkey}}}} || 278 || 262 || 240 || 253 || 272
|-
| {{left|{{flag|Turkmenistan}}}} || 124 || 128 || 130 || 130 || 133
|-
| {{left|{{flag|United Kingdom}}}} || 326 || 307 || 277 || 289 || 275
|-
| {{left|{{flag|United States}}}} || 81 || 80 || 76 || 69 || 72
|-
| colspan=6 | Source: Helgi Library,<ref name="Sheep Meat Production">{{cite web|url=http://helgilibrary.com/indicators/index/sheep-meat-production|title=HelgiLibrary - Sheep Meat Production|website=helgilibrary.com}}</ref> World Bank, FAOSTAT
|}