Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Benin
Benin: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 223 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Benin, 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 Benin stood at 223 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Benin peaked at 223 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 97 kg/An, in 1973.
That places Benin 78th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 110 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 108 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 105 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 103 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 100 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 98 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 97 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 100 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 105 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 110 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 105 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 110 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 110 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 157 kg/An | +42.7% |
| 2001 | 161 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 156 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 160 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 162 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 169 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 168 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 171 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 175 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 178 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 182 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 185 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 189 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 193 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 193 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 197 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 200 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 201 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 205 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 209 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 209 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 207 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 209 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 217 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 223 kg/An | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109.22 kg/An | 105 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 103.8 kg/An | 97 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 110 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 110 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 165.7 kg/An | 156 kg/An | 178 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 195.4 kg/An | 182 kg/An | 209 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 213 kg/An | 207 kg/An | 223 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Benin?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Benin was 223 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 223 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 97 kg/An in 1973.
- How does Benin rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Benin ranks 78th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.