Northern America vs Sri Lanka: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight over time
- Northern America
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 35 kg/An against 24 kg/An in Northern America, a difference of 11 kg/An.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.5 times Northern America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern America ahead.
Northern America ranks 2nd and Sri Lanka ranks 3rd of 29 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Northern America averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern America | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 2 kg/An | Northern America |
| 1970s | 23.7 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 3.7 kg/An | Northern America |
| 1980s | 25.7 kg/An | 19.9 kg/An | 5.8 kg/An | Northern America |
| 1990s | 26.7 kg/An | 19.9 kg/An | 6.8 kg/An | Northern America |
| 2000s | 26 kg/An | 20.1 kg/An | 5.9 kg/An | Northern America |
| 2010s | 26 kg/An | 24.2 kg/An | 1.8 kg/An | Northern America |
| 2020s | 24.6 kg/An | 31.6 kg/An | 7 kg/An | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight, Northern America or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 35 kg/An against 24 kg/An in Northern America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight between Northern America and Sri Lanka?
- 11 kg/An, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern America and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern America and Sri Lanka rank globally for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Northern America ranks 2nd and Sri Lanka ranks 3rd of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.