Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Spain
Spain: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 289 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Spain, 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 Spain stood at 289 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Spain peaked at 289 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 144 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Spain 32nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 144 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 146 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 148 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 155 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 159 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 160 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 167 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 173 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 185 kg/An | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 187 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 203 kg/An | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 217 kg/An | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 217 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 223 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 225 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 229 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 220 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 226 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 221 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 217 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 222 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 223 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 220 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 221 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 227 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 227 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 232 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 247 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 249 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 242 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 244 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 243 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 251 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 256 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 257 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 254 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 257 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 259 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 256 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 255 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 252 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 256 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 261 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 259 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 258 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 255 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 266 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 259 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 263 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 261 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 259 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 261 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 268 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 268 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 268 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 269 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 272 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 277 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 280 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 281 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 282 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 285 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 289 kg/An | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 155.33 kg/An | 144 kg/An | 173 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 213.2 kg/An | 185 kg/An | 229 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 225.7 kg/An | 217 kg/An | 247 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 251.2 kg/An | 242 kg/An | 259 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 257.7 kg/An | 252 kg/An | 266 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 266.6 kg/An | 259 kg/An | 277 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 283.4 kg/An | 280 kg/An | 289 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 Spain?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Spain was 289 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 289 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 144 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Spain ranks 32nd 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 Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.