Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production was 94,804 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Southern Africa stood at 94,804 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Southern Africa peaked at 94,804 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,290 t, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 14th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,290 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,380 t | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 11,480 t | +10.6% |
| 1964 | 11,570 t | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 11,660 t | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 12,760 t | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 12,860 t | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 12,970 t | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 13,570 t | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 14,180 t | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 13,290 t | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 13,400 t | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 14,510 t | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 15,630 t | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 13,750 t | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 14,850 t | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 15,900 t | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 16,950 t | +6.6% |
| 1979 | 18,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 20,100 t | +11.7% |
| 1981 | 21,200 t | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 21,300 t | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 21,400 t | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 21,500 t | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 21,600 t | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 21,700 t | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 21,800 t | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 21,900 t | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 22,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 24,083 t | +9.5% |
| 1991 | 18,650 t | -22.6% |
| 1992 | 19,489 t | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 21,574 t | +10.7% |
| 1994 | 23,742 t | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 26,158 t | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 27,216 t | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 30,009 t | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 31,800 t | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 33,800 t | +6.3% |
| 2000 | 35,242 t | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 36,904 t | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 37,037 t | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 40,165 t | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 42,457 t | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 41,751 t | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 46,228 t | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 52,640 t | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 57,616 t | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 62,883 t | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 68,250 t | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 80,900 t | +18.5% |
| 2012 | 79,509 t | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 78,428 t | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 81,622 t | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 91,253 t | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 83,767 t | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 86,950 t | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 89,015 t | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 88,939 t | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 90,970 t | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 90,361 t | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 91,699 t | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 93,101 t | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 94,804 t | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,949 t | 10,290 t | 13,570 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,046 t | 13,290 t | 18,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,450 t | 20,100 t | 22,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,652 t | 18,650 t | 33,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,292 t | 35,242 t | 62,883 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 82,863 t | 68,250 t | 91,253 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 92,187 t | 90,361 t | 94,804 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Southern Africa?
- Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Southern Africa was 94,804 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 94,804 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,290 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 14th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — 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.