Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Europe
Western Europe: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 300 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 300 kg/An for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe peaked at 301 kg/An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 177 kg/An, in 1963.
That places Western Europe 5th out of 29 groups 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 178 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 178 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 177 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 182 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 187 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 187 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 190 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 195 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 202 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 206 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 209 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 215 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 225 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 228 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 219 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1976 | 219 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 219 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 231 kg/An | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 236 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 241 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 243 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 240 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 244 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 246 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 248 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 254 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 255 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 257 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 266 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 279 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 281 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 275 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 277 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 276 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 280 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 280 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 273 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 274 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 277 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 276 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 279 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 277 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 276 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 277 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 280 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 283 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 289 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 286 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 284 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 286 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 286 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 287 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 287 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 288 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 290 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 291 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 291 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 295 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 295 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 301 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 299 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 296 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 298 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 300 kg/An | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 186.22 kg/An | 177 kg/An | 202 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 220.7 kg/An | 206 kg/An | 236 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 249.4 kg/An | 240 kg/An | 266 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 277.2 kg/An | 273 kg/An | 281 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 280.7 kg/An | 276 kg/An | 289 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 289.6 kg/An | 286 kg/An | 295 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 298.8 kg/An | 296 kg/An | 301 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 2 Indonesia 408 kg/An compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 227 kg/An compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 205 kg/An compare
- 3 Singapore 400 kg/An compare
- 4 Canada 378 kg/An compare
- 4 Melanesia 182 kg/An compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 170 kg/An compare
- 5 Luxembourg 373 kg/An compare
- 6 China, Macao SAR 358 kg/An compare
- 7 Tajikistan 353 kg/An compare
- 8 South Africa 348 kg/An compare
- 8 Polynesia 160 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe was 300 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 301 kg/An in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 177 kg/An in 1963.
- How does Western Europe rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Western Europe ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.