Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Uruguay
Uruguay: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 253 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay stood at 253 kg/An.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Uruguay peaked at 261 kg/An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 185 kg/An, in 1982.
Uruguay ranks 56th 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 Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 218 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 211 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1963 | 213 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 213 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 190 kg/An | -10.8% |
| 1966 | 223 kg/An | +17.4% |
| 1967 | 219 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 212 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 220 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 208 kg/An | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 199 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1972 | 220 kg/An | +10.6% |
| 1973 | 225 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 210 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 188 kg/An | -10.5% |
| 1976 | 186 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 210 kg/An | +12.9% |
| 1978 | 197 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 209 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 219 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 202 kg/An | -7.8% |
| 1982 | 185 kg/An | -8.4% |
| 1983 | 199 kg/An | +7.6% |
| 1984 | 207 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 214 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 196 kg/An | -8.4% |
| 1987 | 221 kg/An | +12.8% |
| 1988 | 214 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 195 kg/An | -8.9% |
| 1990 | 211 kg/An | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 254 kg/An | +20.4% |
| 1992 | 246 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 225 kg/An | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 224 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 224 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 221 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 215 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 231 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 245 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 237 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 225 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 246 kg/An | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 239 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 229 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 244 kg/An | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 229 kg/An | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 234 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 234 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 208 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 234 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 237 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 246 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 248 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 246 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 243 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 250 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 253 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 250 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 260 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 254 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 226 kg/An | -11.0% |
| 2022 | 256 kg/An | +13.3% |
| 2023 | 261 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 253 kg/An | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 213.22 kg/An | 190 kg/An | 223 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 205.2 kg/An | 186 kg/An | 225 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 205.2 kg/An | 185 kg/An | 221 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 229.6 kg/An | 211 kg/An | 254 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 232.5 kg/An | 208 kg/An | 246 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 246.7 kg/An | 234 kg/An | 260 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 250 kg/An | 226 kg/An | 261 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 Uruguay?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Uruguay was 253 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 261 kg/An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 185 kg/An in 1982.
- How does Uruguay rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Uruguay ranks 56th 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 Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.