Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production was 755,211 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Zimbabwe stood at 755,211 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Zimbabwe peaked at 755,211 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52,605 t, in 1964.
Zimbabwe ranks 18th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 53,440 t | — |
| 1962 | 54,375 t | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 55,945 t | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 52,605 t | -6.0% |
| 1965 | 53,440 t | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 67,050 t | +25.5% |
| 1967 | 54,292 t | -19.0% |
| 1968 | 57,198 t | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 60,571 t | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 72,077 t | +19.0% |
| 1971 | 89,879 t | +24.7% |
| 1972 | 111,088 t | +23.6% |
| 1973 | 119,722 t | +7.8% |
| 1974 | 88,911 t | -25.7% |
| 1975 | 84,819 t | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 100,336 t | +18.3% |
| 1977 | 110,282 t | +9.9% |
| 1978 | 106,350 t | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 94,200 t | -11.4% |
| 1980 | 76,410 t | -18.9% |
| 1981 | 65,968 t | -13.7% |
| 1982 | 76,590 t | +16.1% |
| 1983 | 77,040 t | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 87,703 t | +13.8% |
| 1985 | 84,401 t | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 73,382 t | -13.1% |
| 1987 | 84,933 t | +15.7% |
| 1988 | 80,242 t | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 73,398 t | -8.5% |
| 1990 | 81,740 t | +11.4% |
| 1991 | 535,000 t | +554.5% |
| 1992 | 603,751 t | +12.9% |
| 1993 | 420,754 t | -30.3% |
| 1994 | 434,695 t | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 456,861 t | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 554,244 t | +21.3% |
| 1997 | 552,925 t | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 582,848 t | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 626,653 t | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 641,570 t | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 622,469 t | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 567,423 t | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 544,536 t | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 530,850 t | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 550,000 t | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 519,102 t | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 535,351 t | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 541,292 t | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 587,597 t | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 649,619 t | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 685,900 t | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 697,230 t | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 697,256 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 552,461 t | -20.8% |
| 2015 | 622,143 t | +12.6% |
| 2016 | 629,225 t | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 609,788 t | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 616,480 t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 629,189 t | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 628,746 t | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 700,000 t | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 721,881 t | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 744,063 t | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 755,211 t | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,546 t | 52,605 t | 67,050 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 97,766 t | 72,077 t | 119,722 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 78,007 t | 65,968 t | 87,703 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 484,947 t | 81,740 t | 626,653 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 564,019 t | 519,102 t | 641,570 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 638,929 t | 552,461 t | 697,256 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 709,980 t | 628,746 t | 755,211 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 15 India 1.06 million t compare
- 16 Germany 1.02 million t compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 934,300 t compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 1,275 t compare
- 19 New Zealand 741,844 t compare
- 20 Colombia 731,625 t compare
- 21 Spain 718,450 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Zimbabwe?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Zimbabwe was 755,211 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 755,211 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,605 t in 1964.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production?
- Zimbabwe ranks 18th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.7%. 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 Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.