Preliminary marketing statistics for 2025 reveal a period of expansion across Namibia’s intensive livestock sectors, with pigs, broilers and eggs all recording year-on-year growth. Data released by the Livestock and Livestock Products Board of Namibia (LLPBN) highlights a resilient domestic market, particularly in the poultry sub-sector, which continues to scale up throughput to meet local demand.
Pig sector maintains steady growth
The pig sector maintained a steady upward trajectory, with total marketing increasing by 3.9%, increasing from 50 719 head in 2024 to 52 723 head in 2025. This growth was underpinned by consiste
nt performance from local abattoirs, which handled the vast majority of the volume.
The primary engine of the pig industry remains the domestic B- and C-class abattoirs. Total local slaughterings reached 52 512 head in 2025, compared to 50 719 in the previous year. Mariental processed 33 814 head, followed by Tsumeb with 15 619, while other smaller facilities contributed a further 3 079 head to the national total.
Live exports for the pig sector remain a niche activity but showed a notable increase. Exports, primarily to Angola, rose from zero in 2024 to 211 head in 2025, with Botswana taking a small share of the market at 70 head. Monthly trends indicate that pig marketing peaked in September with 4 876 head, while the lowest activity occurred in February with 3 980 head.
Poultry: Broiler throughput surges
The broiler sector demonstrated significant industrial capacity in 2025, with total marketing reaching 19 467 326 birds. This represents a substantial volume of local production handled through B- and C-class abattoirs.
Namibia Poultry Industries (NPI) remains the dominant player, processing 16 682 718 chickens throughout the year, followed by Kadila with a throughput of 2 784 608 birds. The sector showed remarkable consistency, with monthly slaughterings remaining above the 1.5 million mark for most of the second half of the year, peaking in December at 1 851 790 birds. This end-of-year surge reflects heightened demand during the festive season, contrasting with the year's low of 1 171 897 birds in January.
Egg production
Total marketing of eggs reached 113 362 094 in 2025. Production was led by Waldschmidt, contributing 96 332 643 eggs, while Wentscher added 17 024 881 eggs, and other smaller producers accounted for 4 570. The industry maintained high momentum throughout the year, with monthly production peaking in December at over 11 million eggs. Even at its lowest point in January, the sector produced 6.7 million eggs monthly, highlighting the efficiency of Namibia's commercial layer operations.
