Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Namibia
Namibia: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 313 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Namibia, 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 Namibia stood at 313 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.2% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Namibia peaked at 313 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 209 kg/An, in 1996.
Namibia ranks 22nd of 190 countries 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 217 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 217 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 213 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 212 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 212 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 213 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 213 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 214 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 218 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 213 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 217 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 221 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 225 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 225 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 218 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 230 kg/An | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 234 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 222 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 230 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 221 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 209 kg/An | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 222 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 226 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 223 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 234 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 235 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 235 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 240 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 240 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 240 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 249 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 258 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 241 kg/An | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 247 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 240 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 251 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 289 kg/An | +15.1% |
| 2013 | 251 kg/An | -13.1% |
| 2014 | 258 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 262 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 263 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 265 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 266 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 268 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 269 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 271 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 272 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 274 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 313 kg/An | +14.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 213.22 kg/An | 212 kg/An | 217 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 212 kg/An | 212 kg/An | 212 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 217.1 kg/An | 212 kg/An | 225 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 223.5 kg/An | 209 kg/An | 234 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 241.9 kg/An | 234 kg/An | 258 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 261.3 kg/An | 240 kg/An | 289 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 279.8 kg/An | 269 kg/An | 313 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 Namibia?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Namibia was 313 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 313 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 209 kg/An in 1996.
- How does Namibia rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Namibia ranks 22nd 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 Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.