Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2.27 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 2.27 million An for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.3% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe peaked at 2.92 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 180,270 An, in 1961.
Zimbabwe ranks 64th of 202 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 300,713 An | 180,270 An | 521,900 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 640,030 An | 498,900 An | 705,300 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 545,650 An | 304,900 An | 825,800 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 964,420 An | 884,200 An | 1.11 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.25 million An | 1.14 million An | 1.58 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.00 million An | 1.47 million An | 2.51 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.59 million An | 2.27 million An | 2.92 million An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 59.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 10.09 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 325,400 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Zimbabwe was 2.27 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.92 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 180,270 An in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Zimbabwe ranks 64th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.