Meat, Total — Production in United Republic of Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania: Meat, Total — Production was 1.08 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
1.08 million t
Change on year
up 9.1%
World rank
10th
of 20 countries
All-time high
1.08 million t
in 2024
All-time low
113,328 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Meat, Total — Production in United Republic of Tanzania, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, meat, total — production in United Republic of Tanzania stood at 1.08 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and up 91.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat, total — production in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 1.08 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 113,328 t, in 1961.

United Republic of Tanzania ranks 10th of 20 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.

Meat, Total — Production in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year

Annual values for Meat, Total — Production in United Republic of Tanzania, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 113,328 t
1962 113,895 t +0.5%
1963 119,747 t +5.1%
1964 120,629 t +0.7%
1965 123,631 t +2.5%
1966 137,348 t +11.1%
1967 141,567 t +3.1%
1968 142,231 t +0.5%
1969 145,064 t +2.0%
1970 152,670 t +5.2%
1971 160,582 t +5.2%
1972 149,060 t -7.2%
1973 144,997 t -2.7%
1974 153,227 t +5.7%
1975 160,729 t +4.9%
1976 167,527 t +4.2%
1977 181,332 t +8.2%
1978 185,854 t +2.5%
1979 187,741 t +1.0%
1980 178,724 t -4.8%
1981 188,895 t +5.7%
1982 197,235 t +4.4%
1983 205,537 t +4.2%
1984 217,307 t +5.7%
1985 228,996 t +5.4%
1986 238,390 t +4.1%
1987 241,309 t +1.2%
1988 257,766 t +6.8%
1989 268,972 t +4.3%
1990 272,862 t +1.4%
1991 282,708 t +3.6%
1992 289,990 t +2.6%
1993 301,360 t +3.9%
1994 301,288 t -0.0%
1995 341,164 t +13.2%
1996 287,268 t -15.8%
1997 290,708 t +1.2%
1998 299,935 t +3.2%
1999 366,570 t +22.2%
2000 285,895 t -22.0%
2001 302,062 t +5.7%
2002 310,246 t +2.7%
2003 320,618 t +3.3%
2004 323,571 t +0.9%
2005 350,873 t +8.4%
2006 358,335 t +2.1%
2007 341,037 t -4.8%
2008 381,141 t +11.8%
2009 390,281 t +2.4%
2010 446,931 t +14.5%
2011 496,290 t +11.0%
2012 523,179 t +5.4%
2013 541,369 t +3.5%
2014 564,668 t +4.3%
2015 587,654 t +4.1%
2016 592,796 t +0.9%
2017 583,600 t -1.6%
2018 705,550 t +20.9%
2019 707,197 t +0.2%
2020 764,012 t +8.0%
2021 795,930 t +4.2%
2022 828,541 t +4.1%
2023 989,280 t +19.4%
2024 1.08 million t +9.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 128,604 t 113,328 t 145,064 t 9
1970s 164,372 t 144,997 t 187,741 t 10
1980s 222,313 t 178,724 t 268,972 t 10
1990s 303,385 t 272,862 t 366,570 t 10
2000s 336,406 t 285,895 t 390,281 t 10
2010s 574,923 t 446,931 t 707,197 t 10
2020s 891,427 t 764,012 t 1.08 million t 5

Countries ranked near United Republic of Tanzania

  1. 7 Mexico 8.35 million t compare
  2. 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.13 million t compare
  3. 8 Spain 7.56 million t compare
  4. 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.10 million t compare
  5. 9 Australia and New Zealand 7.07 million t compare
  6. 10 Germany 6.88 million t compare
  7. 11 Argentina 6.43 million t compare
  8. 11 Melanesia 601,576 t compare
  9. 12 Pakistan 5.85 million t compare
  10. 12 Syrian Arab Republic 418,050 t compare
  11. 13 Australia 5.58 million t compare
  12. 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 344,589 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is meat, total — production in United Republic of Tanzania?
Meat, total — production in United Republic of Tanzania was 1.08 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
The highest recorded value was 1.08 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
The lowest recorded value was 113,328 t in 1961.
How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for meat, total — production?
United Republic of Tanzania ranks 10th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
Is meat, total — production rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
Over the last ten years it is up 91.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this United Republic of Tanzania data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Total — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Meat, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 14,172 data points, 1961–2024
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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.