Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Portugal
Portugal: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 253 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Portugal, 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 Portugal stood at 253 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Portugal peaked at 265 kg/An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 115 kg/An, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 56th 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 115 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 123 kg/An | +7.0% |
| 1963 | 126 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 130 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 139 kg/An | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 155 kg/An | +11.5% |
| 1967 | 178 kg/An | +14.8% |
| 1968 | 189 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 179 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 185 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 190 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 204 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1973 | 206 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 214 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 201 kg/An | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 218 kg/An | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 227 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 211 kg/An | -7.0% |
| 1979 | 225 kg/An | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 241 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 235 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 225 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 227 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 221 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 213 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 216 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 226 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 235 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 225 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 230 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 247 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 241 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 243 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 250 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 265 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 256 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 236 kg/An | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 235 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 238 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 241 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 242 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 243 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 244 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 254 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 248 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 242 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 245 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 241 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 231 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 232 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 231 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 228 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 230 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 234 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 244 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 241 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 242 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 244 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 249 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 249 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 248 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 243 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 247 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 253 kg/An | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 148.22 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 189 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 208.1 kg/An | 185 kg/An | 227 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 226.4 kg/An | 213 kg/An | 241 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 244.1 kg/An | 230 kg/An | 265 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 243.1 kg/An | 231 kg/An | 254 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 237.5 kg/An | 228 kg/An | 249 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 248 kg/An | 243 kg/An | 253 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 Portugal?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Portugal was 253 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 265 kg/An in 1995.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 115 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Portugal ranks 56th 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 Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.