Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production was 4,924 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Zimbabwe is 4,924 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 45.5% on the previous year and up 124.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Zimbabwe peaked at 4,924 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 392 t, in 2009.
That places Zimbabwe 90th 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 — Production in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 756.98 t | — |
| 1962 | 841.68 t | +11.2% |
| 1963 | 874.44 t | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 889.98 t | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 918.4 t | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 1,044 t | +13.7% |
| 1967 | 1,194 t | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 1,372 t | +14.9% |
| 1969 | 1,589 t | +15.8% |
| 1970 | 1,704 t | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 1,695 t | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 1,520 t | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 1,583 t | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 1,190 t | -24.8% |
| 1975 | 1,047 t | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 960.4 t | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 935.2 t | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 859.6 t | -8.1% |
| 1979 | 757.4 t | -11.9% |
| 1980 | 694.4 t | -8.3% |
| 1981 | 578.2 t | -16.7% |
| 1982 | 596.4 t | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 610.4 t | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 753.2 t | +23.4% |
| 1985 | 568.4 t | -24.5% |
| 1986 | 567 t | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 719.6 t | +26.9% |
| 1988 | 571.2 t | -20.6% |
| 1989 | 641.2 t | +12.3% |
| 1990 | 579.6 t | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 547.4 t | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 539 t | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 478.8 t | -11.2% |
| 1994 | 492.8 t | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 485.8 t | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 497 t | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 442.4 t | -11.0% |
| 1998 | 490 t | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 616 t | +25.7% |
| 2000 | 672 t | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 588 t | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 630 t | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 546 t | -13.3% |
| 2004 | 518 t | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 504 t | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 487.9 t | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 464.1 t | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 458.5 t | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 392 t | -14.5% |
| 2010 | 2,163 t | +451.7% |
| 2011 | 2,162 t | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,183 t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 2,240 t | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 2,189 t | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 3,196 t | +46.0% |
| 2016 | 3,529 t | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 2,448 t | -30.6% |
| 2018 | 1,938 t | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 2,592 t | +33.7% |
| 2020 | 2,631 t | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 2,582 t | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,600 t | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 3,383 t | +30.1% |
| 2024 | 4,924 t | +45.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,053 t | 756.98 t | 1,589 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,225 t | 757.4 t | 1,704 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 630 t | 567 t | 753.2 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 516.88 t | 442.4 t | 616 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 526.05 t | 392 t | 672 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,464 t | 1,938 t | 3,529 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,224 t | 2,582 t | 4,924 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Zimbabwe?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production in Zimbabwe was 4,924 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,924 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 392 t in 2009.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production?
- Zimbabwe ranks 90th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 124.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — Production. 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.