Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria
Nigeria: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 10 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria, 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 Nigeria stood at 10 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria peaked at 13 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 9 kg/An, in 2011.
That places Nigeria 129th out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 12 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 10 kg/An | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 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 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 kg/An | -30.8% |
| 2012 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.6 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 13 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 13 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 13 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.1 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 129 Brunei Darussalam 10 kg/An compare
- 129 China, Hong Kong SAR 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Comoros 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Dominican Republic 10 kg/An compare
- 129 French Guiana 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Gabon 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Greece 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Guyana 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Indonesia 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Israel 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Myanmar 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Paraguay 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Senegal 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Uganda 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Vanuatu 10 kg/An compare
- 129 Yemen 10 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria was 10 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 13 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 kg/An in 2011.
- How does Nigeria rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Nigeria ranks 129th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.