Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa
Africa: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 162 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa stood at 162 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa peaked at 166 kg/An in 2010 and was at its lowest, 141 kg/An, in 1962.
That places Africa 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 142 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 141 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 145 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 146 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 147 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 144 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 142 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 142 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 144 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 144 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 144 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 145 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 143 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 144 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 146 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 147 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 147 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 147 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 148 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 147 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 149 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 151 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 150 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 151 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 142 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 1987 | 144 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 142 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 145 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 143 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 154 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 156 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 150 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 146 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 157 kg/An | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 145 kg/An | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 147 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 144 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 152 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 155 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 157 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 158 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 160 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 162 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 164 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 163 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 164 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 166 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 163 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 159 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 161 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 161 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 163 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 153 kg/An | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 150 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 154 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 158 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 159 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 160 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 159 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 159 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 162 kg/An | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 143.67 kg/An | 141 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 145.5 kg/An | 143 kg/An | 148 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 147.1 kg/An | 142 kg/An | 151 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 149 kg/An | 143 kg/An | 157 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 157.9 kg/An | 144 kg/An | 164 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 158.8 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 166 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 159.8 kg/An | 159 kg/An | 162 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 20 Ireland 316 kg/An compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 96 kg/An compare
- 21 Côte d'Ivoire 165 kg/An compare
- 21 Jordan 314 kg/An compare
- 22 Namibia 313 kg/An compare
- 23 Belgium 308 kg/An compare
- 24 Cabo Verde 157 kg/An compare
- 24 Czechia 307 kg/An compare
- 25 Slovenia 303 kg/An compare
- 26 Israel 301 kg/An compare
- 26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 301 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa was 162 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 166 kg/An in 2010.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 141 kg/An in 1962.
- How does Africa rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Africa ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.