Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Namibia
Namibia: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 35,743 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 35,743 t for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in 2024.
The figure is down 13.3% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Namibia peaked at 63,818 t in 2000 and was at its lowest, 14,625 t, in 1961.
That places Namibia 117th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,026 t | 14,625 t | 31,164 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,646 t | 16,592 t | 41,196 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,019 t | 29,471 t | 48,068 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,809 t | 29,827 t | 49,474 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,154 t | 35,993 t | 63,818 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,638 t | 31,217 t | 37,771 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,778 t | 24,424 t | 41,226 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture share gdp 6.99 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.99 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 49.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 8,862 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Namibia?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Namibia was 35,743 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 63,818 t in 2000.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,625 t in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- Namibia ranks 117th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production. 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.