Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 169 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa stood at 169 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern Africa peaked at 191 kg/An in 2010 and was at its lowest, 136 kg/An, in 1973.
That places Northern Africa 19th out of 29 groups 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 143 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 143 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 147 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 148 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 148 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 147 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 145 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 145 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 143 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 142 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 139 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 138 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 136 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 136 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 137 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 140 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 144 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 149 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 150 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 147 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 153 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 153 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 156 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 158 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 157 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 159 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 154 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 149 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 152 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 148 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 169 kg/An | +14.2% |
| 1992 | 158 kg/An | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 150 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 149 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 149 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 142 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 147 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 149 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 156 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 155 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 156 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 181 kg/An | +16.0% |
| 2003 | 176 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 175 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 178 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 181 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 185 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 188 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 188 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 191 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 188 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 181 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 177 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 180 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 176 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 180 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 170 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 181 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 178 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 177 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 182 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 182 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 166 kg/An | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 169 kg/An | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 145.44 kg/An | 143 kg/An | 148 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 141.1 kg/An | 136 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 153.8 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 159 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 151.7 kg/An | 142 kg/An | 169 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 176.3 kg/An | 155 kg/An | 188 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 180.2 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 191 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 175.2 kg/An | 166 kg/An | 182 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 16 France 326 kg/An compare
- 16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 130 kg/An compare
- 17 Republic of Moldova 126 kg/An compare
- 17 Sweden 325 kg/An compare
- 18 North Macedonia 323 kg/An compare
- 19 Faroe Islands 317 kg/An compare
- 19 Syrian Arab Republic 121 kg/An compare
- 20 Ireland 316 kg/An compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 96 kg/An compare
- 21 Côte d'Ivoire 165 kg/An compare
- 21 Jordan 314 kg/An compare
- 22 Namibia 313 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 Northern Africa?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern Africa was 169 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 191 kg/An in 2010.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 136 kg/An in 1973.
- How does Northern Africa rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Northern Africa ranks 19th 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 Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.