Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iceland
Iceland: Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 86 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Iceland is 86 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Iceland peaked at 86 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 46 kg/An, in 1978.
That places Iceland 46th out of 172 countries 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 pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iceland, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 54 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1963 | 55 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 55 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 55 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 55 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 55 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 55 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 55 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 55 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 60 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 56 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 58 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 57 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 57 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 58 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 59 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 46 kg/An | -22.0% |
| 1979 | 50 kg/An | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 57 kg/An | +14.0% |
| 1981 | 57 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 59 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 57 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 55 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 57 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 55 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 54 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 56 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 56 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 56 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 57 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 58 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 59 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 61 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 62 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 64 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 67 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 68 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 72 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 74 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 77 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 82 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 78 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 77 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 75 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 76 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 75 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 78 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 76 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 77 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 80 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 80 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 83 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 82 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 85 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 80 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 82 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 83 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 83 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 85 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 84 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 86 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 85 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 86 kg/An | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55 kg/An | 54 kg/An | 56 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 55.6 kg/An | 46 kg/An | 60 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 56.3 kg/An | 54 kg/An | 59 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.4 kg/An | 56 kg/An | 72 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.8 kg/An | 74 kg/An | 82 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.5 kg/An | 77 kg/An | 85 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.2 kg/An | 84 kg/An | 86 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 43 Ecuador 89 kg/An compare
- 44 China, Macao SAR 88 kg/An compare
- 44 Luxembourg 88 kg/An compare
- 46 Malta 86 kg/An compare
- 48 Lithuania 85 kg/An compare
- 49 Latvia 84 kg/An compare
- 49 Madagascar 84 kg/An compare
- 49 Mexico 84 kg/An compare
- 49 New Caledonia 84 kg/An compare
- 49 Norway 84 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 Iceland?
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Iceland was 86 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 86 kg/An in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 46 kg/An in 1978.
- How does Iceland rank for meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Iceland ranks 46th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.