Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 98,484 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 98,484 An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is up 45.5% on the previous year and up 251.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe peaked at 121,700 An in 1970 and was at its lowest, 25,400 An, in 2011.
Zimbabwe ranks 108th of 179 countries on this measure, 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,070 An | — |
| 1962 | 60,120 An | +11.2% |
| 1963 | 62,460 An | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 63,570 An | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 65,600 An | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 74,600 An | +13.7% |
| 1967 | 85,300 An | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 98,000 An | +14.9% |
| 1969 | 113,500 An | +15.8% |
| 1970 | 121,700 An | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 121,100 An | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 108,600 An | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 113,100 An | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 85,000 An | -24.8% |
| 1975 | 74,800 An | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 68,600 An | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 66,800 An | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 61,400 An | -8.1% |
| 1979 | 54,100 An | -11.9% |
| 1980 | 49,600 An | -8.3% |
| 1981 | 41,300 An | -16.7% |
| 1982 | 42,600 An | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 43,600 An | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 53,800 An | +23.4% |
| 1985 | 40,600 An | -24.5% |
| 1986 | 40,500 An | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 51,400 An | +26.9% |
| 1988 | 40,800 An | -20.6% |
| 1989 | 45,800 An | +12.3% |
| 1990 | 41,400 An | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 39,100 An | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 38,500 An | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 34,200 An | -11.2% |
| 1994 | 35,200 An | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 34,700 An | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 35,500 An | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 31,600 An | -11.0% |
| 1998 | 35,000 An | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 44,000 An | +25.7% |
| 2000 | 48,000 An | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 42,000 An | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 45,000 An | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 39,000 An | -13.3% |
| 2004 | 37,000 An | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 36,000 An | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 34,850 An | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 33,150 An | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 32,750 An | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 28,000 An | -14.5% |
| 2010 | 25,600 An | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 25,400 An | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 26,800 An | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 27,000 An | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 28,000 An | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 39,870 An | +42.4% |
| 2016 | 43,166 An | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 48,958 An | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 38,768 An | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 51,842 An | +33.7% |
| 2020 | 52,614 An | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 51,640 An | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 52,000 An | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 67,667 An | +30.1% |
| 2024 | 98,484 An | +45.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,247 An | 54,070 An | 113,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 87,520 An | 54,100 An | 121,700 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,000 An | 40,500 An | 53,800 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,920 An | 31,600 An | 44,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,575 An | 28,000 An | 48,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,540 An | 25,400 An | 51,842 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 64,481 An | 51,640 An | 98,484 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe was 98,484 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 121,700 An in 1970.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,400 An in 2011.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Zimbabwe ranks 108th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 251.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.