Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 213 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia stood at 213 kg/An.
That represents a change of up 38.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Saudi Arabia peaked at 215 kg/An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 107 kg/An, in 1962.
That places Saudi Arabia 86th 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 Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 108 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 107 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 107 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 109 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 110 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 115 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 125 kg/An | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 137 kg/An | +9.6% |
| 1983 | 143 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 143 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 143 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 142 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 143 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 185 kg/An | +29.4% |
| 1989 | 185 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 215 kg/An | +16.2% |
| 1991 | 209 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 212 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 204 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 205 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 173 kg/An | -15.6% |
| 1996 | 164 kg/An | -5.2% |
| 1997 | 165 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 190 kg/An | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 192 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 193 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 193 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 195 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 199 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 198 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 200 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 200 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 200 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 200 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 200 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 200 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 200 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 200 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 200 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 154 kg/An | -23.0% |
| 2015 | 152 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 160 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 163 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 133 kg/An | -18.4% |
| 2019 | 157 kg/An | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 191 kg/An | +21.7% |
| 2021 | 213 kg/An | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 213 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 213 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 213 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 108.44 kg/An | 107 kg/An | 109 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 109.1 kg/An | 109 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 146.1 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 185 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 192.9 kg/An | 164 kg/An | 215 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 197.8 kg/An | 193 kg/An | 200 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 171.9 kg/An | 133 kg/An | 200 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 208.6 kg/An | 191 kg/An | 213 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 84 Iceland 216 kg/An compare
- 84 Lebanon 216 kg/An compare
- 87 Guadeloupe 212 kg/An compare
- 87 Iraq 212 kg/An compare
- 89 Montenegro 209 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Saudi Arabia?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Saudi Arabia was 213 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 215 kg/An in 1990.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 107 kg/An in 1962.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 86th 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 Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.