Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Botswana
Botswana: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2,312 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana is 2,312 1000 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana peaked at 9,750 1000 An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 213 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Botswana 172nd out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 324.22 1000 An | 213 1000 An | 424 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 610.4 1000 An | 238 1000 An | 950 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,255 1000 An | 1,050 1000 An | 4,300 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,914 1000 An | 2,858 1000 An | 9,750 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,195 1000 An | 4,009 1000 An | 4,362 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,114 1000 An | 2,044 1000 An | 5,172 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,331 1000 An | 2,217 1000 An | 2,455 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Botswana
- Agriculture share gdp 1.78 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.78 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
- Rural population 32.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 821,007 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 354.96 million current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 4,023 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana was 2,312 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 9,750 1000 An in 1995.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 213 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Botswana rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Botswana ranks 172nd out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — 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.