Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Botswana
Botswana: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 408,599 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Botswana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana stood at 408,599 An.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana peaked at 760,000 An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 175,000 An, in 1961.
That places Botswana 107th out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 220,736 An | 175,000 An | 328,149 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 304,286 An | 272,000 An | 336,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 339,720 An | 244,600 An | 509,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 629,900 An | 486,000 An | 760,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 542,150 An | 405,000 An | 600,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 525,055 An | 449,997 An | 614,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 442,518 An | 408,599 An | 467,386 An | 5 |
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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 sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Botswana was 408,599 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 760,000 An in 1995.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 175,000 An in 1961.
- How does Botswana rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Botswana ranks 107th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. 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 Sheep and Goat Meat — 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.