Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2.74 million An in 2024. β Volatile
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zimbabwe, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 2.74 million An for beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe peaked at 3.09 million An in 2000 and was at its lowest, 315,000 An, in 1964.
Zimbabwe ranks 27th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 338,600 An | 315,000 An | 401,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 606,780 An | 431,600 An | 716,900 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 453,570 An | 376,400 An | 513,600 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.39 million An | 408,700 An | 3.03 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.65 million An | 2.42 million An | 3.09 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.75 million An | 2.35 million An | 3.07 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.61 million An | 2.30 million An | 2.74 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 24 Bangladesh 2.90 million An compare
- 25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.85 million An compare
- 26 Sudan (former) 2.84 million An compare
- 28 Italy 2.71 million An compare
- 29 Spain 2.48 million An compare
- 30 Kazakhstan 2.44 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 59.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 10.09 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 325,400 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe was 2.74 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 3.09 million An in 2000.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 315,000 An in 1964.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered?
- Zimbabwe ranks 27th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.