Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in China
China: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 18 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in China stood at 18 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in China peaked at 18 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10 kg/An, in 1961.
China ranks 25th of 168 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 16 kg/An | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.4 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.6 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.7 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 14 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.6 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.8 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 25 Bangladesh 18 kg/An compare
- 25 China, mainland 18 kg/An compare
- 25 Eswatini 18 kg/An compare
- 25 Germany 18 kg/An compare
- 25 Ghana 18 kg/An compare
- 25 Kazakhstan 18 kg/An compare
- 25 Madagascar 18 kg/An compare
- 25 Russian Federation 18 kg/An compare
- 25 Serbia and Montenegro 18 kg/An compare
- 25 Ukraine 18 kg/An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in China?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in China was 18 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 18 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 kg/An in 1961.
- How does China rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- China ranks 25th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of goat, 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.