Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland
Switzerland: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 239 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 239 kg/An for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland peaked at 241 kg/An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 132 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Switzerland 66th 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 132 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 140 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 138 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 141 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 146 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 151 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 153 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 159 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 164 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 168 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 167 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 172 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 174 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 179 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 176 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 179 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 181 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 182 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 186 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 187 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 185 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 189 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 191 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 198 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 201 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 204 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 200 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 199 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 203 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 209 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 207 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 202 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 201 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 201 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 201 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 196 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 196 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 198 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 198 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 196 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 203 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 204 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 204 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 209 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 213 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 214 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 217 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 218 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 219 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 220 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 223 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 222 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 222 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 225 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 230 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 231 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 235 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 236 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 239 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 241 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 239 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 240 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 239 kg/An | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 147.11 kg/An | 132 kg/An | 164 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 176.4 kg/An | 167 kg/An | 186 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 195.7 kg/An | 185 kg/An | 204 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 200.9 kg/An | 196 kg/An | 209 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 209.7 kg/An | 196 kg/An | 219 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 226.4 kg/An | 220 kg/An | 236 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 239.6 kg/An | 239 kg/An | 241 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 Switzerland?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland was 239 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 241 kg/An in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 132 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Switzerland ranks 66th 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 Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.