Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa
Africa: Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 50 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa stood at 50 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa peaked at 55 kg/An in 2003 and was at its lowest, 44 kg/An, in 1976.
Africa ranks 20th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 48 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 48 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 48 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 47 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 46 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 48 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 46 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 46 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 46 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 46 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 46 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 46 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 46 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 45 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 44 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 45 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 44 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 48 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 50 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 51 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 52 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 52 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 52 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 53 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 53 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 53 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 53 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 53 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 53 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 53 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 55 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 54 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 54 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 55 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 54 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 52 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 52 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 50 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 50 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 51 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 51 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 53 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 52 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 53 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 54 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 52 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 45 kg/An | -13.5% |
| 2020 | 49 kg/An | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 45 kg/An | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 49 kg/An | +8.9% |
| 2023 | 47 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 50 kg/An | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47.22 kg/An | 46 kg/An | 48 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 45.1 kg/An | 44 kg/An | 46 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.1 kg/An | 44 kg/An | 45 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.7 kg/An | 48 kg/An | 53 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.5 kg/An | 52 kg/An | 55 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.1 kg/An | 45 kg/An | 54 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 48 kg/An | 45 kg/An | 50 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 17 Grenada 99 kg/An compare
- 17 Micronesia 35 kg/An compare
- 18 Austria 98 kg/An compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 30 kg/An compare
- 19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28 kg/An compare
- 19 South Africa 97 kg/An compare
- 20 Cabo Verde 50 kg/An compare
- 20 Germany 96 kg/An compare
- 21 Argentina 95 kg/An compare
- 21 Colombia 95 kg/An compare
- 21 France 95 kg/An compare
- 21 Hungary 95 kg/An compare
- 21 Poland 95 kg/An compare
- 21 Slovenia 95 kg/An compare
- 21 Sweden 95 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa?
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Africa was 50 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 55 kg/An in 2003.
- What is the lowest meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 44 kg/An in 1976.
- How does Africa rank for meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Africa ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of pig 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.