Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Brazil
Brazil: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 258 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Brazil is 258 kg/An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Brazil peaked at 269 kg/An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 161 kg/An, in 2005.
Brazil ranks 53rd of 190 countries on this measure, 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 Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 192 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 194 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 193 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 191 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 191 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 191 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 193 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 194 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 193 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 193 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 193 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 193 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 204 kg/An | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 193 kg/An | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 188 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 185 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 177 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 177 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 179 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 180 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 182 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 179 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 186 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 185 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 185 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 185 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 183 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 181 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 181 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 183 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 181 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 193 kg/An | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 191 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 209 kg/An | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 238 kg/An | +13.9% |
| 1996 | 247 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 226 kg/An | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 206 kg/An | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 210 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 211 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 204 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 207 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 204 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 213 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 161 kg/An | -24.4% |
| 2006 | 167 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 164 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 169 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 177 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 173 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 183 kg/An | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 196 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 241 kg/An | +23.0% |
| 2015 | 210 kg/An | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 196 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 198 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 202 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 202 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 262 kg/An | +29.7% |
| 2021 | 269 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 268 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 264 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 258 kg/An | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 192.44 kg/An | 191 kg/An | 194 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 188.2 kg/An | 177 kg/An | 204 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 182.7 kg/An | 179 kg/An | 186 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 208.4 kg/An | 181 kg/An | 247 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 186.7 kg/An | 161 kg/An | 213 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 197.8 kg/An | 173 kg/An | 241 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 264.2 kg/An | 258 kg/An | 269 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 Brazil?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Brazil was 258 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 269 kg/An in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 161 kg/An in 2005.
- How does Brazil rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Brazil ranks 53rd 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 Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.