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Goat meat market in Zambia

Release date: Mar 27, 2026

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Research period: 2017-2025

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Earlier Report Observations

The Zambian goat meat market underwent significant transformation from 2018, starting with Zamgoat securing funding to establish the country's first large-scale, standardised goat slaughterhouse and processing plant in Lusaka. This new entry laid the groundwork for expanded formal production capacity. Although output saw a minor dip in 2019, the period was marked by the drafting and initial enforcement of the Food Safety Act (2019), which signalled forthcoming stricter labeling and traceability rules for meat products. By 2020, the completion of Zamgoat's facility directly boosted production volumes, as it became a new hub for fresh, chilled, and frozen goat meat, while also launching packaged products like sausages and biltong to create a new processed segment.

Production growth accelerated from 2021, driven by sustained export-oriented incentives from Saudi Arabia's expressed interest in importing Zambian goats and by rising urban consumer demand linked to health awareness. Zamgoat's expansion plans for the Copperbelt region, announced in 2022, pointed to further capacity increases. The full operationalization of the Food Safety Act during this period enforced stricter labeling and packaging standards, affecting market access and branding. A sharp surge in output to over 20 000 t in 2023 coincided with enhanced meat-safety coordination under the Zambia Food Safety Coordinating Committee and intensified regional trade flows to neighbouring countries.

Table of content

1. Disclaimer
2. Terms of use of the report
3. Product codes in the statistical classifications used in the report
4. Key Market Indicators and Trends
1. 4.1. Key Market Indicators
  1. 4.1.1. In kind
    1. 4.1.1.1. Production, 2018-2023
    2. 4.1.1.2. Imports, 2018-2024
    3. 4.1.1.3. Exports, 2018-2024
    4. 4.1.1.4. Market size, 2018-2023
2. 4.2. Market Trends and Factors
5. Production
1. 5.1. Production in Zambia
  1. 5.1.1. Annual dynamics of production in Zambia in kind, 2018-2023, t
  2. 5.1.2. Annual dynamics of production in Zambia in value, 2018-2023, $ US
2. 5.2. Global production by Country, 2018-2023
  1. 5.2.1. Annual dynamics of production by macroregions in kind, 2018-2023, t
  2. 5.2.2. Dynamics of production structure by macroregions in kind, 2018-2023
  3. 5.2.3. Annual dynamics of production by country in kind, 2018-2023, t
  4. 5.2.4. Structure of production by countries in kind, 2018-2023
  5. 5.2.5. Dynamics of peoduction structure by countries in kind, 2018-2023
6. Trade balance
1. 6.1. Trade balance (Direct Data)
  1. 6.1.1. In kind, kg
  2. 6.1.2. In value, $ US
2. 6.2. Trade balance (Mirror Data)
  1. 6.2.1. In kind, kg
  2. 6.2.2. In value, $ US
7. Top buying and selling countries, 2018-2024
1. 7.1. Direct Data
  1. 7.1.1. Import in Value by Countries-buyers
  2. 7.1.2. Export in Value by Countries-suppliers
2. 7.2. Mirror Data
  1. 7.2.1. Import in Value by Countries-buyers
  2. 7.2.2. Export in Value by Countries-suppliers

Production goat meat in Zambia

In kind, 2017-2020, t

Top producers of goat meat, 2017-2020

Source: SHEV.io

World map of production of goat meat, 2017-2020

Source: SHEV.io

In Zambia, goat meat production reached 14 782 tonnes in 2020, representing a 2.1% increase compared to the previous year. Over the four-year period from 2017 to 2020, production grew by 9.3%, with an average annual growth rate of 3.0%. The highest production level was recorded in 2018 at 14 825 tonnes. That same year saw the largest annual increase of 9.6%. In contrast, 2019 experienced the most significant decline, with production dropping by 2.3%.

Annual dynamics of production in Zambia in kind, 2017-2020, t

Parameter		2018	2019	2020	CAGR
1	Change from last year	9.6%	(2.3%)	2.1%	3.0%

Source: SHEV.io

Exports goat meat from Zambia

Market research indicates that Zambia did not export any goat meat between 2017 and 2020.

Imports goat meat to Zambia

According to market analysis, Zambia did not import goat meat during the period from 2017 to 2020.

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