Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zambia
Zambia: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.38 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zambia, 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 Zambia stood at 1.38 million An.
The figure is down 15.9% on the previous year and up 73.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia peaked at 1.64 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 42,900 An, in 1961.
Zambia ranks 39th 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 42,900 An | — |
| 1962 | 48,600 An | +13.3% |
| 1963 | 48,600 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 46,800 An | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 47,700 An | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 50,010 An | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 55,720 An | +11.4% |
| 1968 | 54,200 An | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 135,000 An | +149.1% |
| 1970 | 76,850 An | -43.1% |
| 1971 | 74,670 An | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 73,460 An | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 90,050 An | +22.6% |
| 1974 | 83,570 An | -7.2% |
| 1975 | 81,730 An | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 82,800 An | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 95,550 An | +15.4% |
| 1978 | 92,490 An | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 97,600 An | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 77,283 An | -20.8% |
| 1981 | 86,030 An | +11.3% |
| 1982 | 104,400 An | +21.4% |
| 1983 | 110,800 An | +6.1% |
| 1984 | 110,010 An | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 124,650 An | +13.3% |
| 1986 | 133,530 An | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 143,460 An | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 153,660 An | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 154,200 An | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 160,200 An | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 166,800 An | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 168,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 185,000 An | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 195,000 An | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 202,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 208,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 217,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 276,000 An | +27.2% |
| 1999 | 331,000 An | +19.9% |
| 2000 | 387,000 An | +16.9% |
| 2001 | 450,000 An | +16.3% |
| 2002 | 480,000 An | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 550,000 An | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 590,000 An | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 625,000 An | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 625,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 640,000 An | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 640,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 672,000 An | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 705,000 An | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 725,000 An | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 730,000 An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 750,000 An | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 792,164 An | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 833,507 An | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 791,298 An | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 1.08 million An | +36.4% |
| 2018 | 1.20 million An | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 1.18 million An | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 1.20 million An | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.25 million An | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 1.31 million An | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 1.64 million An | +24.5% |
| 2024 | 1.38 million An | -15.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,837 An | 42,900 An | 135,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 84,877 An | 73,460 An | 97,600 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 119,802 An | 77,283 An | 154,200 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 210,900 An | 160,200 An | 331,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 565,900 An | 387,000 An | 672,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 878,786 An | 705,000 An | 1.20 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.35 million An | 1.20 million An | 1.64 million An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia was 1.38 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.64 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,900 An in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Zambia ranks 39th out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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.