Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Malawi
Malawi: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 8.39 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 8.39 million An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and up 114.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Malawi peaked at 9.09 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 151,979 An, in 1963.
Malawi ranks 31st of 202 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 179,364 An | 151,979 An | 220,300 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 225,130 An | 192,000 An | 271,600 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 264,090 An | 217,400 An | 295,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 366,020 An | 275,000 An | 526,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.44 million An | 728,000 An | 2.64 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.37 million An | 2.59 million An | 6.67 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.08 million An | 6.92 million An | 9.09 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 28 Uzbekistan 10.22 million An compare
- 29 Afghanistan 9.06 million An compare
- 30 Spain 8.96 million An compare
- 32 Nepal 7.93 million An compare
- 33 Kazakhstan 7.42 million An compare
- 33 Réunion 8,150 An compare
- 34 United Republic of Tanzania 6.96 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 82.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 18.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.13 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Malawi?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Malawi was 8.39 million 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 9.09 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 151,979 An in 1963.
- How does Malawi rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Malawi ranks 31st out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi 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.