Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Namibia
Namibia: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 284,243 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Namibia is 284,243 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Namibia peaked at 430,000 An in 2002 and was at its lowest, 204,935 An, in 2021.
Namibia ranks 73rd 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 290,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 300,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 300,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 290,000 An | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 290,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 280,000 An | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 280,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 280,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 280,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 280,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 280,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 260,000 An | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 280,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 280,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 290,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 310,000 An | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 280,000 An | -9.7% |
| 1980 | 380,000 An | +35.7% |
| 1981 | 280,000 An | -26.3% |
| 1982 | 260,000 An | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 240,000 An | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 280,000 An | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 280,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 320,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 290,000 An | -9.4% |
| 1988 | 330,000 An | +13.8% |
| 1989 | 360,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 370,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 400,000 An | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 340,000 An | -15.0% |
| 1993 | 350,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 350,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 350,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 380,000 An | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 350,000 An | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 280,000 An | -20.0% |
| 1999 | 380,000 An | +35.7% |
| 2000 | 400,000 An | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 270,000 An | -32.5% |
| 2002 | 430,000 An | +59.3% |
| 2003 | 420,000 An | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 410,000 An | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 280,000 An | -31.7% |
| 2006 | 300,000 An | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 290,000 An | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 300,000 An | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 300,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 310,000 An | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 315,000 An | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 316,000 An | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 320,000 An | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 276,236 An | -13.7% |
| 2015 | 299,381 An | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 319,946 An | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 307,772 An | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 289,334 An | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 289,475 An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 258,855 An | -10.6% |
| 2021 | 204,935 An | -20.8% |
| 2022 | 326,808 An | +59.5% |
| 2023 | 293,254 An | -10.3% |
| 2024 | 284,243 An | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 292,222 An | 280,000 An | 300,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 282,000 An | 260,000 An | 310,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 302,000 An | 240,000 An | 380,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 355,000 An | 280,000 An | 400,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 340,000 An | 270,000 An | 430,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 304,314 An | 276,236 An | 320,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 273,619 An | 204,935 An | 326,808 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Namibia?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Namibia was 284,243 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 430,000 An in 2002.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 204,935 An in 2021.
- How does Namibia rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Namibia ranks 73rd out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. 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 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.