Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zambia
Zambia: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 50,201 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia stood at 50,201 1000 An.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia peaked at 50,222 1000 An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,800 1000 An, in 1961.
Zambia ranks 104th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 5,852 1000 An | 3,800 1000 An | 9,300 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,420 1000 An | 8,700 1000 An | 24,600 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,650 1000 An | 13,984 1000 An | 24,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,038 1000 An | 18,920 1000 An | 33,500 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,700 1000 An | 35,000 1000 An | 40,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,870 1000 An | 42,500 1000 An | 48,489 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,779 1000 An | 49,031 1000 An | 50,222 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture share gdp 4.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.85 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 683.84 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia was 50,201 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 50,222 1000 An in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,800 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Zambia ranks 104th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. 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, 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.