Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 290 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 290 kg/An for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in European Union (27) peaked at 293 kg/An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 156 kg/An, in 1961.
European Union (27) ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 156 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 157 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 158 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 163 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 169 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 172 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 177 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 180 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 182 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 188 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 193 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 198 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 205 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 210 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 205 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 208 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 211 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 215 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 218 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 221 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 224 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 223 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 229 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 229 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 232 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 237 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 240 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 244 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 248 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 251 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 251 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 247 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 245 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 244 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 250 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 255 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 251 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 248 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 252 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 254 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 256 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 254 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 259 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 261 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 268 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 270 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 275 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 273 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 272 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 275 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 275 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 277 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 279 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 281 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 286 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 285 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 287 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 290 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 292 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 293 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 291 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 288 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 287 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 290 kg/An | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 168.22 kg/An | 156 kg/An | 182 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 205.1 kg/An | 188 kg/An | 218 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 232.7 kg/An | 221 kg/An | 248 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 249.4 kg/An | 244 kg/An | 255 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 264.2 kg/An | 254 kg/An | 275 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 282.7 kg/An | 275 kg/An | 292 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 289.8 kg/An | 287 kg/An | 293 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 205 kg/An compare
- 3 Singapore 400 kg/An compare
- 4 Canada 378 kg/An compare
- 4 Melanesia 182 kg/An compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 170 kg/An compare
- 5 Luxembourg 373 kg/An compare
- 6 China, Macao SAR 358 kg/An compare
- 7 Tajikistan 353 kg/An compare
- 8 South Africa 348 kg/An compare
- 8 Polynesia 160 kg/An compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 152 kg/An compare
- 9 Malaysia 337 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 European Union (27)?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in European Union (27) was 290 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 293 kg/An in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 156 kg/An in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- European Union (27) ranks 6th 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 European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.