Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in World
World: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 229 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in World, 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 World stood at 229 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in World peaked at 229 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 158 kg/An, in 1962.
That places World 14th out of 29 groups 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 World, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 158 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 159 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 163 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 166 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 171 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 172 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 175 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 179 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 182 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 186 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 189 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 190 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 193 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 188 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 189 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 191 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 192 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 193 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 194 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 194 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 192 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 196 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 197 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 200 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 201 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 203 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 205 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 206 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 208 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 214 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 212 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 209 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 206 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 207 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 210 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 208 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 205 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 209 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 209 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 211 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 211 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 210 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 213 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 204 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 206 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 208 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 207 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 211 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 212 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 211 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 212 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 214 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 221 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 217 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 214 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 215 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 218 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 219 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 226 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 227 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 227 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 227 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 229 kg/An | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 167 kg/An | 158 kg/An | 179 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 189.3 kg/An | 182 kg/An | 193 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 198.8 kg/An | 192 kg/An | 206 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 208.8 kg/An | 205 kg/An | 214 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 209 kg/An | 204 kg/An | 213 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 215.3 kg/An | 211 kg/An | 221 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 227.2 kg/An | 226 kg/An | 229 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in World?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in World was 229 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 229 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 158 kg/An in 1962.
- How does World rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- World ranks 14th 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 World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.