Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 68,120 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe stood at 68,120 1000 An.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 33.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe peaked at 82,472 1000 An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,018 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 98th out of 207 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,485 1000 An | 3,018 1000 An | 3,920 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,277 1000 An | 4,021 1000 An | 6,512 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,875 1000 An | 6,618 1000 An | 13,172 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,078 1000 An | 14,732 1000 An | 20,580 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,895 1000 An | 22,046 1000 An | 53,861 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 54,768 1000 An | 45,339 1000 An | 71,537 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,430 1000 An | 65,917 1000 An | 82,472 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 59.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 10.09 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 325,400 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe was 68,120 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 82,472 1000 An in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,018 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Zimbabwe ranks 98th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.2%. 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, 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.