Meat, Poultry — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Meat, Poultry — Production was 1.94 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — production in Southern Africa stood at 1.94 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Southern Africa peaked at 1.98 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 36,020 t, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Poultry — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,020 t | — |
| 1962 | 41,823 t | +16.1% |
| 1963 | 46,187 t | +10.4% |
| 1964 | 53,356 t | +15.5% |
| 1965 | 60,576 t | +13.5% |
| 1966 | 70,986 t | +17.2% |
| 1967 | 81,916 t | +15.4% |
| 1968 | 93,284 t | +13.9% |
| 1969 | 103,175 t | +10.6% |
| 1970 | 109,738 t | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 113,755 t | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 132,406 t | +16.4% |
| 1973 | 157,928 t | +19.3% |
| 1974 | 153,662 t | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 176,716 t | +15.0% |
| 1976 | 201,752 t | +14.2% |
| 1977 | 202,591 t | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 216,771 t | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 218,919 t | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 239,130 t | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 251,177 t | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 270,246 t | +7.6% |
| 1983 | 296,686 t | +9.8% |
| 1984 | 302,222 t | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 324,528 t | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 339,790 t | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 349,578 t | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 360,354 t | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 371,628 t | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 546,268 t | +47.0% |
| 1991 | 511,339 t | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 506,387 t | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 533,912 t | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 571,379 t | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 618,249 t | +8.2% |
| 1996 | 662,500 t | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 708,024 t | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 684,615 t | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 725,211 t | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 837,761 t | +15.5% |
| 2001 | 914,363 t | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 947,216 t | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 922,994 t | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 932,328 t | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 976,041 t | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 998,960 t | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 1.16 million t | +15.9% |
| 2008 | 1.36 million t | +17.4% |
| 2009 | 1.42 million t | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 1.50 million t | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 1.52 million t | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.52 million t | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.70 million t | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 1.74 million t | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 1.75 million t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.70 million t | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 1.69 million t | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.77 million t | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 1.84 million t | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 1.92 million t | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 1.94 million t | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.98 million t | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 1.89 million t | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 1.94 million t | +3.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Production in Southern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +47.0% | 371,628 t | 546,268 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65,258 t | 36,020 t | 103,175 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 168,424 t | 109,738 t | 218,919 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 310,534 t | 239,130 t | 371,628 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 606,788 t | 506,387 t | 725,211 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 million t | 837,761 t | 1.42 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.67 million t | 1.50 million t | 1.84 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.93 million t | 1.89 million t | 1.98 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 19 Timor-Leste 492 t compare
- 19 Australia and New Zealand 1.75 million t compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 161.73 t compare
- 20 Spain 1.74 million t compare
- 21 France 1.69 million t compare
- 22 Malaysia 1.67 million t compare
- 23 Philippines 1.62 million t compare
- 24 Canada 1.59 million t compare
- 25 Germany 1.54 million t compare
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -0.844 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 6.91 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Southern Africa?
- Meat, poultry — production in Southern Africa was 1.94 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.98 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,020 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — 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.