Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Botswana
Botswana: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita was 0.1621 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Botswana stood at 0.1621 An per person. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.3% on the previous year and down 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Botswana peaked at 0.5692 An per person in 1970 and was at its lowest, 0.1621 An per person, in 2024.
That places Botswana 54th out of 164 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Botswana, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3315 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.3425 An per person | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 0.3526 An per person | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 0.355 An per person | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 0.3567 An per person | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.3807 An per person | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 0.3803 An per person | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 0.4393 An per person | +15.5% |
| 1969 | 0.559 An per person | +27.2% |
| 1970 | 0.5692 An per person | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 0.5398 An per person | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 0.5079 An per person | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 0.4897 An per person | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 0.4814 An per person | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 0.4109 An per person | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 0.3665 An per person | -10.8% |
| 1977 | 0.3402 An per person | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 0.3297 An per person | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 0.3228 An per person | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.2822 An per person | -12.6% |
| 1981 | 0.2522 An per person | -10.7% |
| 1982 | 0.2636 An per person | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 0.2715 An per person | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.2731 An per person | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.279 An per person | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.3145 An per person | +12.7% |
| 1987 | 0.3336 An per person | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 0.3683 An per person | +10.4% |
| 1989 | 0.4007 An per person | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 0.4304 An per person | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 0.509 An per person | +18.3% |
| 1992 | 0.4797 An per person | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 0.3669 An per person | -23.5% |
| 1994 | 0.3329 An per person | -9.3% |
| 1995 | 0.5071 An per person | +52.3% |
| 1996 | 0.4069 An per person | -19.7% |
| 1997 | 0.4676 An per person | +14.9% |
| 1998 | 0.4076 An per person | -12.8% |
| 1999 | 0.3715 An per person | -8.9% |
| 2000 | 0.3398 An per person | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 0.3271 An per person | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 0.2866 An per person | -12.4% |
| 2003 | 0.2281 An per person | -20.4% |
| 2004 | 0.2628 An per person | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 0.3071 An per person | +16.8% |
| 2006 | 0.3089 An per person | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.303 An per person | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3077 An per person | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2956 An per person | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 0.2951 An per person | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2927 An per person | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.2912 An per person | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2516 An per person | -13.6% |
| 2014 | 0.246 An per person | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2042 An per person | -17.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2042 An per person | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2206 An per person | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2149 An per person | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.1955 An per person | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1976 An per person | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.194 An per person | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.1829 An per person | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 0.1712 An per person | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 0.1621 An per person | -5.3% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 0.1621 An per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0437 An per person, 3.7× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 0.1621 An per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.102 An per person, 1.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Botswana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +52.3% | 0.3329 An per person | 0.5071 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3886 An per person | 0.3315 An per person | 0.559 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4358 An per person | 0.3228 An per person | 0.5692 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3039 An per person | 0.2522 An per person | 0.4007 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.428 An per person | 0.3329 An per person | 0.509 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2967 An per person | 0.2281 An per person | 0.3398 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2416 An per person | 0.1955 An per person | 0.2951 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1815 An per person | 0.1621 An per person | 0.1976 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More agriculture & rural data for Botswana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0178 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 138.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0839 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3204 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Botswana?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Botswana was 0.1621 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5692 An per person in 1970.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1621 An per person in 2024.
- How does Botswana rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita?
- Botswana ranks 54th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.