Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Botswana
Botswana: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 346,205 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Botswana, 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 Botswana stood at 346,205 An.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana peaked at 650,000 An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 140,000 An, in 1961.
Botswana ranks 66th of 173 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Botswana, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 145,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 150,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 155,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 160,000 An | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 165,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 160,950 An | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 191,527 An | +19.0% |
| 1969 | 258,149 An | +34.8% |
| 1970 | 266,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 253,783 An | -4.6% |
| 1972 | 243,807 An | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 245,500 An | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 260,000 An | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 240,000 An | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 230,000 An | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 230,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 240,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 252,100 An | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 219,200 An | -13.1% |
| 1981 | 210,000 An | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 220,000 An | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 230,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 240,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 247,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 290,000 An | +17.4% |
| 1987 | 320,000 An | +10.3% |
| 1988 | 370,000 An | +15.6% |
| 1989 | 417,000 An | +12.7% |
| 1990 | 460,000 An | +10.3% |
| 1991 | 575,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 567,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 440,000 An | -22.4% |
| 1994 | 400,000 An | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 650,000 An | +62.5% |
| 1996 | 510,000 An | -21.5% |
| 1997 | 590,000 An | +15.7% |
| 1998 | 500,000 An | -15.3% |
| 1999 | 460,000 An | -8.0% |
| 2000 | 440,000 An | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 440,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 390,000 An | -11.4% |
| 2003 | 310,000 An | -20.5% |
| 2004 | 370,000 An | +19.4% |
| 2005 | 450,000 An | +21.6% |
| 2006 | 450,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 450,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 460,000 An | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 460,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 470,000 An | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 475,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 480,000 An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 411,226 An | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 430,000 An | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 340,000 An | -20.9% |
| 2016 | 350,000 An | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 400,000 An | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 389,090 An | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 346,800 An | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 367,814 An | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 369,307 An | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 358,806 An | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 349,020 An | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 346,205 An | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 169,514 An | 140,000 An | 258,149 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 246,119 An | 230,000 An | 266,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 276,320 An | 210,000 An | 417,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 515,200 An | 400,000 An | 650,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 422,000 An | 310,000 An | 460,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 409,212 An | 340,000 An | 480,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 358,230 An | 346,205 An | 369,307 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0178 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 138.54 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana was 346,205 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 650,000 An in 1995.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 140,000 An in 1961.
- How does Botswana rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Botswana ranks 66th out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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.