Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Malawi
Malawi: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 198,092 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Malawi is 198,092 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 69.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Malawi peaked at 198,092 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17,800 An, in 1965.
Malawi ranks 97th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Malawi, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,600 An | — |
| 1962 | 19,400 An | -5.8% |
| 1963 | 20,479 An | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 18,500 An | -9.7% |
| 1965 | 17,800 An | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 17,800 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 22,000 An | +23.6% |
| 1968 | 20,300 An | -7.7% |
| 1969 | 22,600 An | +11.3% |
| 1970 | 20,300 An | -10.2% |
| 1971 | 18,300 An | -9.9% |
| 1972 | 20,000 An | +9.3% |
| 1973 | 22,000 An | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 An | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 22,000 An | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 21,300 An | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 21,600 An | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 20,000 An | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 22,300 An | +11.5% |
| 1981 | 21,300 An | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 27,500 An | +29.1% |
| 1983 | 39,000 An | +41.8% |
| 1984 | 37,500 An | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 46,000 An | +22.7% |
| 1986 | 41,500 An | -9.8% |
| 1987 | 38,000 An | -8.4% |
| 1988 | 37,500 An | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 27,500 An | -26.7% |
| 1990 | 21,200 An | -22.9% |
| 1991 | 25,500 An | +20.3% |
| 1992 | 25,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 21,000 An | -16.0% |
| 1994 | 23,000 An | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 22,000 An | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 23,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 24,500 An | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 26,000 An | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 26,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 38,000 An | +46.2% |
| 2001 | 46,000 An | +21.1% |
| 2002 | 47,488 An | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 46,910 An | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 98,590 An | +110.2% |
| 2005 | 48,702 An | -50.6% |
| 2006 | 76,055 An | +56.2% |
| 2007 | 80,506 An | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 81,747 An | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 86,573 An | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 92,895 An | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 99,148 An | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 103,174 An | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 110,979 An | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 116,989 An | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 119,480 An | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 124,440 An | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 122,708 An | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 137,330 An | +11.9% |
| 2019 | 152,286 An | +10.9% |
| 2020 | 155,870 An | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 162,676 An | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 185,204 An | +13.8% |
| 2023 | 192,996 An | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 198,092 An | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,942 An | 17,800 An | 22,600 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,550 An | 18,300 An | 22,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,810 An | 21,300 An | 46,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,720 An | 21,000 An | 26,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 65,057 An | 38,000 An | 98,590 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,943 An | 92,895 An | 152,286 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 178,968 An | 155,870 An | 198,092 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 94 Belgium-Luxembourg 220,000 An compare
- 95 Sweden 218,110 An compare
- 96 Djibouti 216,057 An compare
- 98 Lebanon 178,951 An compare
- 99 Central African Republic 171,013 An compare
- 100 Sierra Leone 170,920 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 24.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3003 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 201.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8241 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 30.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Malawi?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Malawi was 198,092 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 198,092 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,800 An in 1965.
- How does Malawi rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Malawi ranks 97th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi 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.