Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Benin
Benin: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.15 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Benin stood at 1.15 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 108.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Benin peaked at 1.15 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 123,000 An, in 1961.
Benin ranks 42nd of 173 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Benin, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 123,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 129,000 An | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 151,970 An | +17.8% |
| 1964 | 162,600 An | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 163,200 An | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 159,450 An | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 171,720 An | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 165,608 An | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 176,079 An | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 178,320 An | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 182,700 An | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 191,070 An | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 232,755 An | +21.8% |
| 1974 | 232,890 An | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 239,884 An | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 247,081 An | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 254,487 An | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 262,128 An | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 263,992 An | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 279,213 An | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 287,590 An | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 320,000 An | +11.3% |
| 1983 | 354,000 An | +10.6% |
| 1984 | 392,000 An | +10.7% |
| 1985 | 382,000 An | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 300,000 An | -21.5% |
| 1987 | 300,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 324,000 An | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 327,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 305,000 An | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 312,300 An | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 330,000 An | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 354,000 An | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 358,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 358,500 An | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 392,000 An | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 406,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 386,000 An | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 388,160 An | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 407,655 An | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 425,565 An | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 432,320 An | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 442,430 An | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 459,400 An | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 460,200 An | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 472,100 An | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 481,550 An | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 491,400 An | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 502,260 An | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 520,000 An | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 535,000 An | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 540,000 An | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 545,000 An | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 553,554 An | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 564,710 An | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 574,257 An | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 583,531 An | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 593,470 An | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 605,003 An | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 880,747 An | +45.6% |
| 2021 | 1.07 million An | +21.4% |
| 2022 | 1.10 million An | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 1.12 million An | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 1.15 million An | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 155,847 An | 123,000 An | 176,079 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 228,531 An | 178,320 An | 263,992 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 326,580 An | 279,213 An | 392,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 358,996 An | 305,000 An | 406,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 457,488 An | 407,655 An | 502,260 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 561,452 An | 520,000 An | 605,003 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 million An | 880,747 An | 1.15 million An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Benin?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Benin was 1.15 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 123,000 An in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Benin ranks 42nd out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — 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.