Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 276 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Zimbabwe is 276 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Zimbabwe peaked at 276 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 150 kg/An, in 1978.
That places Zimbabwe 39th 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 167 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 160 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 155 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 150 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 155 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 150 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 172 kg/An | +14.7% |
| 1985 | 184 kg/An | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 192 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 194 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 195 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 195 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 200 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 200 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 200 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 201 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 202 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 203 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 204 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 205 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 206 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 207 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 207 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 207 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 208 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 209 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 211 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 212 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 214 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 217 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 219 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 223 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 226 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 224 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 227 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 227 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 221 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 239 kg/An | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 225 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 235 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 237 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 268 kg/An | +13.1% |
| 2020 | 273 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 272 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 270 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 271 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 276 kg/An | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 167 kg/An | 167 kg/An | 167 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 161.7 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 167 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 173.7 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 195 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 202.8 kg/An | 200 kg/An | 207 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 212.7 kg/An | 207 kg/An | 223 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 232.9 kg/An | 221 kg/An | 268 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 272.4 kg/An | 270 kg/An | 276 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 Zimbabwe?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Zimbabwe was 276 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 276 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 kg/An in 1978.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Zimbabwe ranks 39th 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 Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.