Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zambia
Zambia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 66,287 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 66,287 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of down 19.7% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia peaked at 82,506 An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,280 An, in 1976.
That places Zambia 118th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,500 An | — |
| 1962 | 9,250 An | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 9,000 An | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 9,100 An | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 7,750 An | -14.8% |
| 1966 | 7,380 An | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 8,233 An | +11.6% |
| 1968 | 7,987 An | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 8,000 An | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 8,900 An | +11.2% |
| 1971 | 8,750 An | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 8,800 An | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 7,500 An | -14.8% |
| 1974 | 7,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,000 An | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 6,280 An | -10.3% |
| 1977 | 8,030 An | +27.9% |
| 1978 | 7,620 An | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 8,160 An | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 6,970 An | -14.6% |
| 1981 | 6,690 An | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 13,880 An | +107.5% |
| 1983 | 14,550 An | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 9,100 An | -37.5% |
| 1985 | 10,270 An | +12.9% |
| 1986 | 11,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 11,800 An | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 12,660 An | +7.3% |
| 1989 | 13,850 An | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 15,000 An | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 15,500 An | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 16,400 An | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 17,400 An | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 18,200 An | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 19,200 An | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 20,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 21,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 26,000 An | +23.8% |
| 1999 | 31,000 An | +19.2% |
| 2000 | 36,000 An | +16.1% |
| 2001 | 39,000 An | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 45,000 An | +15.4% |
| 2003 | 46,000 An | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 49,000 An | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 51,500 An | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 53,000 An | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 54,000 An | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 54,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 56,500 An | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 59,500 An | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 60,500 An | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 61,500 An | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 63,000 An | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 63,796 An | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 64,721 An | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 64,919 An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 45,472 An | -30.0% |
| 2018 | 49,452 An | +8.8% |
| 2019 | 44,159 An | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 52,511 An | +18.9% |
| 2021 | 60,094 An | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 69,697 An | +16.0% |
| 2023 | 82,506 An | +18.4% |
| 2024 | 66,287 An | -19.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,467 An | 7,380 An | 9,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,854 An | 6,280 An | 8,900 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,077 An | 6,690 An | 14,550 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,970 An | 15,000 An | 31,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,400 An | 36,000 An | 56,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,702 An | 44,159 An | 64,919 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 66,219 An | 52,511 An | 82,506 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)
- 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 in Zambia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia was 66,287 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 82,506 An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,280 An in 1976.
- How does Zambia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Zambia ranks 118th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 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.