Meat production in Botswana
Meat production in Botswana was 101,747 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 3.4% from 2023. That is the 125th highest of 194 countries in 2024.
Meat production in Botswana, 1961 to 2024
All 64 values
| Period | tonnes |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 101,747 Estimated |
| 2023 | 105,374 Estimated |
| 2022 | 112,779 |
| 2021 | 101,365 Estimated |
| 2020 | 103,352 Estimated |
| 2019 | 97,328 Estimated |
| 2018 | 93,884 Estimated |
| 2017 | 88,089 Estimated |
| 2016 | 90,224 Estimated |
| 2015 | 91,469 Estimated |
| 2014 | 88,694 Estimated |
| 2013 | 85,565 Estimated |
| 2012 | 87,105 Estimated |
| 2011 | 85,695 Estimated |
| 2010 | 83,211 Estimated |
| 2009 | 73,562 Estimated |
| 2008 | 68,697 Estimated |
| 2007 | 65,392 Estimated |
| 2006 | 61,668 Estimated |
| 2005 | 62,303 Estimated |
| 2004 | 60,328 Estimated |
| 2003 | 50,354 Estimated |
| 2002 | 52,770 Estimated |
| 2001 | 57,821 Estimated |
| 2000 | 52,847 Estimated |
| 1999 | 50,531 Estimated |
| 1998 | 60,558 Estimated |
| 1997 | 61,855 Estimated |
| 1996 | 65,372 |
| 1995 | 74,145 Estimated |
| 1994 | 57,418 Estimated |
| 1993 | 65,903 |
| 1992 | 66,024 |
| 1991 | 63,779 |
| 1990 | 60,018 Estimated |
| 1989 | 52,769 Estimated |
| 1988 | 48,909 Estimated |
| 1987 | 48,847 Estimated |
| 1986 | 57,091 Estimated |
| 1985 | 58,671 Estimated |
| 1984 | 62,497 Estimated |
| 1983 | 52,937 Estimated |
| 1982 | 57,544 Estimated |
| 1981 | 52,750 Estimated |
| 1980 | 38,794 Estimated |
| 1979 | 57,626 Estimated |
| 1978 | 40,637 Estimated |
| 1977 | 51,094 Estimated |
| 1976 | 53,790 Estimated |
| 1975 | 49,930 Estimated |
| 1974 | 51,439 Estimated |
| 1973 | 53,187 Estimated |
| 1972 | 45,086 Estimated |
| 1971 | 43,420 Estimated |
| 1970 | 42,750 Estimated |
| 1969 | 31,572 Estimated |
| 1968 | 30,681 Estimated |
| 1967 | 36,630 Estimated |
| 1966 | 39,922 Estimated |
| 1965 | 42,063 Estimated |
| 1964 | 37,238 Estimated |
| 1963 | 31,594 Estimated |
| 1962 | 26,349 Estimated |
| 1961 | 22,691 Estimated |
Rankings
Definition
Meat from animals slaughtered in the country in the calendar year, all species, in tonnes of carcass weight. FAOSTAT item "Meat; Total", the sum FAO calculates from the meat of each species, imported live animals included.
Carcass weight, bone included, so it is higher than the boneless weight in consumption statistics. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
How to cite
FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Citation styles
APA 7
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510) (Meat production, Botswana, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip
MLA 9
Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510), Meat production, Botswana, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/meat-production/botswana. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Meat production, Botswana, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/meat-production/botswana.
Harvard
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510), Meat production, Botswana, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/meat-production/botswana (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{food_meat_production_botswana_2024,
author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510): Meat production, Botswana, 1961 to 2024}},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/meat-production/botswana. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}
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Meat production in Botswana was 101,747 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 3.4% from 2023. That is the 125th highest of 194 countries in 2024.
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112,779 tonnes in 2022, the highest value since 1961 in this series.