Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 244 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sierra Leone, 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 Sierra Leone stood at 244 kg/An.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Sierra Leone peaked at 292 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 90 kg/An, in 1961.
Sierra Leone ranks 65th 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 Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 90 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 226 kg/An | +151.1% |
| 1992 | 191 kg/An | -15.5% |
| 1993 | 195 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 197 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 198 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 223 kg/An | +12.6% |
| 1997 | 196 kg/An | -12.1% |
| 1998 | 196 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 182 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 204 kg/An | +12.1% |
| 2001 | 207 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 211 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 214 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 225 kg/An | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 219 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 211 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 224 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 229 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 258 kg/An | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 240 kg/An | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 237 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 233 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 234 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 241 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 244 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 246 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 249 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 251 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 253 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 255 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 225 kg/An | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 292 kg/An | +29.8% |
| 2023 | 250 kg/An | -14.4% |
| 2024 | 244 kg/An | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90 kg/An | 90 kg/An | 90 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 90 kg/An | 90 kg/An | 90 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 90 kg/An | 90 kg/An | 90 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 189.4 kg/An | 90 kg/An | 226 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 220.2 kg/An | 204 kg/An | 258 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 242.8 kg/An | 233 kg/An | 253 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 253.2 kg/An | 225 kg/An | 292 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 62 Australia and New Zealand 249 kg/An compare
- 63 Belarus 245 kg/An compare
- 63 Réunion 245 kg/An compare
- 66 Fiji 239 kg/An compare
- 66 Switzerland 239 kg/An compare
- 68 Puerto Rico 238 kg/An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Sierra Leone?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Sierra Leone was 244 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 292 kg/An in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 90 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Sierra Leone ranks 65th 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 Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.