Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Namibia
Namibia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 704,883 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 704,883 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.6% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Namibia peaked at 1.00 million An in 1979 and was at its lowest, 200,000 An, in 1995.
That places Namibia 70th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Namibia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 640,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 700,000 An | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 720,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 730,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 740,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 720,000 An | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 730,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 740,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 750,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 760,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 780,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 800,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 850,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 900,000 An | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 800,000 An | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 900,000 An | +12.5% |
| 1978 | 950,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 1.00 million An | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 980,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 700,000 An | -28.6% |
| 1982 | 600,000 An | -14.3% |
| 1983 | 500,000 An | -16.7% |
| 1984 | 550,000 An | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 550,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 600,000 An | +9.1% |
| 1987 | 500,000 An | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 570,000 An | +14.0% |
| 1989 | 600,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 600,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 650,000 An | +8.3% |
| 1992 | 370,000 An | -43.1% |
| 1993 | 370,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 350,000 An | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 200,000 An | -42.9% |
| 1996 | 250,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 330,000 An | +32.0% |
| 1998 | 210,000 An | -36.4% |
| 1999 | 750,000 An | +257.1% |
| 2000 | 720,000 An | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 280,000 An | -61.1% |
| 2002 | 420,000 An | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 450,000 An | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 368,000 An | -18.2% |
| 2005 | 530,000 An | +44.0% |
| 2006 | 590,000 An | +11.3% |
| 2007 | 640,000 An | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 670,000 An | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 670,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 827,082 An | +23.4% |
| 2011 | 748,416 An | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 768,966 An | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 831,219 An | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 711,367 An | -14.4% |
| 2015 | 617,257 An | -13.2% |
| 2016 | 564,994 An | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 653,681 An | +15.7% |
| 2018 | 576,751 An | -11.8% |
| 2019 | 567,736 An | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 460,660 An | -18.9% |
| 2021 | 560,759 An | +21.7% |
| 2022 | 807,469 An | +44.0% |
| 2023 | 746,422 An | -7.6% |
| 2024 | 704,883 An | -5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 702,222 An | 600,000 An | 740,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 849,000 An | 750,000 An | 1.00 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 615,000 An | 500,000 An | 980,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 408,000 An | 200,000 An | 750,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 533,800 An | 280,000 An | 720,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 686,747 An | 564,994 An | 831,219 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 656,039 An | 460,660 An | 807,469 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Namibia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Namibia was 704,883 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.00 million An in 1979.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 200,000 An in 1995.
- How does Namibia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Namibia ranks 70th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 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.