Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iceland
Iceland: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 216 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 216 kg/An for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Iceland peaked at 217 kg/An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 59 kg/An, in 1977.
That places Iceland 84th 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 Iceland, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 66 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 66 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 67 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 69 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 67 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 66 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 66 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 67 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 61 kg/An | -9.0% |
| 1970 | 75 kg/An | +23.0% |
| 1971 | 75 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 76 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 68 kg/An | -10.5% |
| 1974 | 70 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 89 kg/An | +27.1% |
| 1976 | 67 kg/An | -24.7% |
| 1977 | 59 kg/An | -11.9% |
| 1978 | 76 kg/An | +28.8% |
| 1979 | 89 kg/An | +17.1% |
| 1980 | 87 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 90 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 92 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 121 kg/An | +31.5% |
| 1984 | 124 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 115 kg/An | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 114 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 113 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 123 kg/An | +8.8% |
| 1989 | 123 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 129 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 137 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 136 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 136 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 136 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 137 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 135 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 141 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 146 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 151 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 150 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 158 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 160 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 159 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 168 kg/An | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 177 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 179 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 181 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 182 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 185 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 182 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 183 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 185 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 191 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 198 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 190 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 194 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 202 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 209 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 212 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 217 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 217 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 211 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 213 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 216 kg/An | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66.11 kg/An | 61 kg/An | 69 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 74.4 kg/An | 59 kg/An | 89 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 110.2 kg/An | 87 kg/An | 124 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 138.4 kg/An | 129 kg/An | 151 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 169.9 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 185 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 194.6 kg/An | 182 kg/An | 212 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 214.8 kg/An | 211 kg/An | 217 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 81 Panama 219 kg/An compare
- 82 Latvia 217 kg/An compare
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- 84 Lebanon 216 kg/An compare
- 86 Saudi Arabia 213 kg/An compare
- 87 Guadeloupe 212 kg/An compare
- 87 Iraq 212 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 Iceland?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Iceland was 216 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 217 kg/An in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 59 kg/An in 1977.
- How does Iceland rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Iceland ranks 84th 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 Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.