Cattle meat consumption per capita rose 200% to 8.80 kg in Namibia in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, cattle meat consumption per capita in Namibia reached an all time high of 9.83 kg in 2010 and an all time low of 2.93 kg in 2019. When compared to Namibia's main peers, cattle meat consumption per capita in Angola amounted to 3.43 kg, 10.2 kg in Botswana, 17.2 kg in South Africa and 42.3 kg in Zimbabwe in 2020.
Namibia has been ranked 73rd within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of cattle meat consumption per capita, 9 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Cattle Meat Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Angola | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.58 | 5.12 | 4.31 | 4.40 | 3.94 | ||||||
| Botswana | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.20 | 6.73 | 5.72 | 5.53 | 5.46 | ||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.300 | 0.320 | 0.290 | 0.280 | 0.270 | ||||||
| Lesotho | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7.30 | 7.38 | 7.69 | 7.67 | 7.50 | ||||||
| Mozambique | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.810 | 0.630 | 0.690 | 0.680 | 0.610 | ||||||
| Namibia | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.79 | 3.85 | 4.56 | 7.60 | 8.68 | ||||||
| South Africa | kg | 18.4 | 19.2 | 19.0 | 17.5 | 17.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.8 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.6 | 17.7 | ||||||
| Zambia | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11.8 | 11.8 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 12.0 | ||||||
| Zimbabwe | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 40.7 | 45.2 | 45.0 | 42.9 | 42.7 |
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