Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Botswana
Botswana: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 62,395 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, 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 sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana stood at 62,395 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.4% on the previous year and down 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana peaked at 155,000 An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 34,600 An, in 1981.
Botswana ranks 121st of 179 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 sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Botswana, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 40,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 45,000 An | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 46,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 45,000 An | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 55,000 An | +22.2% |
| 1967 | 60,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 65,000 An | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 70,000 An | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 70,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 70,343 An | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 72,330 An | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 74,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 70,000 An | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 56,000 An | -20.0% |
| 1976 | 48,000 An | -14.3% |
| 1977 | 42,000 An | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 40,000 An | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 39,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 45,400 An | +16.4% |
| 1981 | 34,600 An | -23.8% |
| 1982 | 46,000 An | +32.9% |
| 1983 | 54,000 An | +17.4% |
| 1984 | 56,000 An | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 66,000 An | +17.9% |
| 1986 | 75,000 An | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 80,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 85,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 92,000 An | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 102,000 An | +10.9% |
| 1991 | 108,000 An | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 95,000 An | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 81,000 An | -14.7% |
| 1994 | 86,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 110,000 An | +27.9% |
| 1996 | 115,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 145,000 An | +26.1% |
| 1998 | 155,000 An | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 150,000 An | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 130,000 An | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 120,000 An | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 110,000 An | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 95,000 An | -13.6% |
| 2004 | 105,000 An | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 115,000 An | +9.5% |
| 2006 | 129,000 An | +12.2% |
| 2007 | 129,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 140,000 An | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 128,500 An | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 130,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 132,000 An | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 134,000 An | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 127,439 An | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 104,348 An | -18.1% |
| 2015 | 109,997 An | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 106,422 An | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 100,000 An | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 105,032 An | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 109,197 An | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 99,573 An | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 96,620 An | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 87,359 An | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 75,494 An | -13.6% |
| 2024 | 62,395 An | -17.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,222 An | 35,000 An | 70,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,167 An | 39,000 An | 74,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,400 An | 34,600 An | 92,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 114,700 An | 81,000 An | 155,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 120,150 An | 95,000 An | 140,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 115,844 An | 100,000 An | 134,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,288 An | 62,395 An | 99,573 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0178 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana was 62,395 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 155,000 An in 1998.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,600 An in 1981.
- How does Botswana rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Botswana ranks 121st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.2%. 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 sheep, 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.