Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Zambia
Zambia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per was 0.0031 An per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Zambia is 0.0031 An per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 21.9% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Zambia peaked at 0.0044 An per person in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.0011 An per person, in 1981.
That places Zambia 135th out of 160 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Zambia, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0029 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0028 An per person | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0026 An per person | -5.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0025 An per person | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0021 An per person | -17.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0019 An per person | -7.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0021 An per person | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 0.002 An per person | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0019 An per person | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0021 An per person | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 0.002 An per person | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0019 An per person | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0016 An per person | -17.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0015 An per person | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0014 An per person | -9.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0012 An per person | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0015 An per person | +24.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0014 An per person | -7.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0014 An per person | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0012 An per person | -17.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0011 An per person | -6.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0022 An per person | +100.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0023 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0014 An per person | -39.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0015 An per person | +9.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0016 An per person | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0016 An per person | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0017 An per person | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0018 An per person | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0019 An per person | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0019 An per person | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.002 An per person | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0021 An per person | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0021 An per person | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0022 An per person | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0022 An per person | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0023 An per person | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0027 An per person | +20.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0032 An per person | +16.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0036 An per person | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0038 An per person | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0042 An per person | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0042 An per person | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0043 An per person | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0044 An per person | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0044 An per person | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0043 An per person | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0041 An per person | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0042 An per person | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0043 An per person | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0042 An per person | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0041 An per person | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0041 An per person | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.004 An per person | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0039 An per person | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0038 An per person | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0026 An per person | -32.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0028 An per person | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0024 An per person | -13.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0028 An per person | +15.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0031 An per person | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0035 An per person | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 0.004 An per person | +15.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0031 An per person | -21.9% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 0.0031 An per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0368 An per person, 8% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 0.0031 An per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0258 An per person, 12% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Zambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +100.9% | 0.0011 An per person | 0.0022 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0023 An per person | 0.0019 An per person | 0.0029 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0016 An per person | 0.0012 An per person | 0.0021 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0016 An per person | 0.0011 An per person | 0.0023 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0023 An per person | 0.0019 An per person | 0.0032 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0042 An per person | 0.0036 An per person | 0.0044 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0036 An per person | 0.0024 An per person | 0.0043 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0033 An per person | 0.0028 An per person | 0.004 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 132 Equatorial Guinea 0.0052 An per person compare
- 133 Bhutan 0.004 An per person compare
- 134 Rwanda 0.0034 An per person compare
- 136 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0031 An per person compare
- 137 Luxembourg 0.003 An per person compare
- 138 Burundi 0.0029 An per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- 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)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Zambia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Zambia was 0.0031 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0044 An per person in 2005.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0011 An per person in 1981.
- How does Zambia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per?
- Zambia ranks 135th out of 160 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.