Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Namibia
Namibia: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 989,126 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 989,126 An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Namibia peaked at 1.36 million An in 1980 and was at its lowest, 490,000 An, in 1998.
Namibia ranks 92nd of 202 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 994,444 An | 890,000 An | 1.03 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.13 million An | 1.03 million An | 1.28 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 917,000 An | 740,000 An | 1.36 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 763,000 An | 490,000 An | 1.13 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 873,800 An | 550,000 An | 1.12 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 991,062 An | 857,210 An | 1.15 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 929,659 An | 719,516 An | 1.13 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture share gdp 6.99 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.99 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 49.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 8,862 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Namibia?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Namibia was 989,126 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 million An in 1980.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 490,000 An in 1998.
- How does Namibia rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Namibia ranks 92nd out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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.