Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Botswana
Botswana: Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight was 685 g/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Botswana is 685 g/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.5% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Botswana peaked at 1,626 g/An in 2008 and was at its lowest, 550 g/An, in 2015.
That places Botswana 200th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,232 g/An | 856 g/An | 1,626 g/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 820 g/An | 550 g/An | 1,459 g/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 623.4 g/An | 550 g/An | 767 g/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 197 Bangladesh 750 g/An compare
- 198 Tonga 733 g/An compare
- 199 Sao Tome and Principe 724 g/An compare
- 201 Togo 684 g/An compare
- 202 Eritrea 655 g/An compare
- 203 Saint Kitts and Nevis 633 g/An compare
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 — yield/carcass weight in Botswana?
- Meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Botswana was 685 g/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,626 g/An in 2008.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 550 g/An in 2015.
- How does Botswana rank for meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight?
- Botswana ranks 200th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.