Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Burundi
Burundi: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 273,026 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Burundi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 273,026 An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is down 12.2% on the previous year and down 29.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Burundi peaked at 838,928 An in 2019 and was at its lowest, 133,793 An, in 2004.
That places Burundi 105th out of 185 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 | 185,633 An | 155,900 An | 209,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 254,290 An | 214,400 An | 284,400 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 338,430 An | 279,300 An | 400,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 400,815 An | 279,000 An | 510,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 223,399 An | 133,793 An | 347,236 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 532,555 An | 284,279 An | 838,928 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 271,815 An | 211,038 An | 311,008 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 102 Sierra Leone 377,934 An compare
- 103 Lebanon 286,185 An compare
- 104 Madagascar, Republic of 285,543 An compare
- 106 Switzerland 265,654 An compare
- 107 Cyprus 256,250 An compare
- 108 Mozambique, Republic of 250,270 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Burundi
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 80.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0032 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7431 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Burundi?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Burundi was 273,026 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 Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 838,928 An in 2019.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 133,793 An in 2004.
- How does Burundi rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Burundi ranks 105th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi 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.