Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 217 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sao Tome and Principe, 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 Sao Tome and Principe stood at 217 kg/An.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 227 kg/An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 137 kg/An, in 1995.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 82nd 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 Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 144 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 147 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 144 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 144 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 145 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 144 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 155 kg/An | +7.6% |
| 1968 | 162 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 146 kg/An | -9.9% |
| 1970 | 148 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 153 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 159 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 153 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 150 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 151 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 150 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 151 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 151 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 155 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 161 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 156 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 157 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 167 kg/An | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 172 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 168 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 176 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 173 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 181 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 170 kg/An | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 148 kg/An | -12.9% |
| 1992 | 178 kg/An | +20.3% |
| 1993 | 179 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 160 kg/An | -10.6% |
| 1995 | 137 kg/An | -14.4% |
| 1996 | 176 kg/An | +28.5% |
| 1997 | 176 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 176 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 175 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 176 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 177 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 177 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 176 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 177 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 177 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 170 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 178 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 178 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 176 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 179 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 178 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 179 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 180 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 179 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 180 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 206 kg/An | +14.4% |
| 2017 | 185 kg/An | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 190 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 194 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 190 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 227 kg/An | +19.5% |
| 2024 | 217 kg/An | -4.4% |
Sao Tome and Principe compared with similar countries
- Sao Tome and Principe's 217 kg/An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 163.5 kg/An, 1.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Sao Tome and Principe's 217 kg/An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 135 kg/An, 1.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sao Tome and Principe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +28.5% | 137 kg/An | 176 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 147.89 kg/An | 144 kg/An | 162 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 151.6 kg/An | 148 kg/An | 159 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 166.6 kg/An | 155 kg/An | 181 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 167.5 kg/An | 137 kg/An | 179 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 176.2 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 178 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 185 kg/An | 178 kg/An | 206 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 202.8 kg/An | 190 kg/An | 227 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1219 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 497.9 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Sao Tome and Principe was 217 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 227 kg/An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 137 kg/An in 1995.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 82nd 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.