Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eswatini
Eswatini: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 181,891 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eswatini, 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 Eswatini stood at 181,891 An.
The figure is up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Eswatini peaked at 183,519 An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 95,000 An, in 1961.
Eswatini ranks 124th of 202 countries on this measure, 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 | 101,889 An | 95,000 An | 125,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 141,000 An | 130,000 An | 153,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 163,450 An | 146,000 An | 180,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 152,764 An | 121,200 An | 176,500 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 145,889 An | 115,001 An | 175,567 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 173,477 An | 161,092 An | 181,576 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 182,377 An | 181,891 An | 183,519 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture share gdp 6.41 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.41 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
- Rural population 73.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 920,507 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 330.70 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,363 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Eswatini?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Eswatini was 181,891 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 183,519 An in 2020.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 95,000 An in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Eswatini ranks 124th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.