Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight by country

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...

Countries reporting
179
Highest
65 kg/An
Fiji
Lowest
6 kg/An
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
16 kg/An
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
12,854

What the numbers show

Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 65 kg/An in Fiji; the lowest is 6 kg/An in Trinidad and Tobago.

The median across all reporting countries is 16 kg/An, and the mean is 17.98 kg/An.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Togo (up 92.3%), and the largest decrease in Martinique (down 42.1%).

Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Fiji 65 kg/An 2024 up 30.0% volatile
2 Malaysia 50 kg/An 2024 unchanged volatile
2 Rwanda 50 kg/An 2024 unchanged volatile
2 Zimbabwe 50 kg/An 2024 down 35.9% volatile
5 Israel 41 kg/An 2024 up 10.8% rising
6 Egypt 40 kg/An 2024 up 25.0% rising
7 Montenegro 37 kg/An 2024 down 7.5% falling
8 Grenada 36 kg/An 2024 up 24.1% rising
8 Jamaica 36 kg/An 2024 up 80.0% rising
10 Barbados 35 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
11 South Africa 34 kg/An 2024 up 21.4% rising
12 Japan 32 kg/An 2024 up 10.3% rising
13 North Macedonia 31 kg/An 2024 up 82.4% rising
14 Kyrgyzstan 30 kg/An 2024 up 15.4% rising
14 Oman 30 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
16 Georgia 29 kg/An 2024 up 70.6% rising
16 Lebanon 29 kg/An 2024 down 3.3% rising
18 Niger 27 kg/An 2024 down 10.0% rising
18 Singapore 27 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
20 Malta 26 kg/An 2024 up 52.9% rising
20 Uzbekistan 26 kg/An 2024 up 4.0% rising
20 Brunei Darussalam 26 kg/An 2024 up 44.4% rising
23 Czechia 25 kg/An 2024 up 8.7% flat
23 Palestine 25 kg/An 2022 down 21.9% falling
23 Togo 25 kg/An 2024 up 92.3% rising
26 Australia 24 kg/An 2024 up 9.1% rising
26 Iraq 24 kg/An 2024 down 4.0% rising
26 Mauritius 24 kg/An 2024 up 26.3% rising
26 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 24 kg/An 2024 up 9.1% falling
30 Armenia 23 kg/An 2024 up 21.1% rising
30 Australia and New Zealand 23 kg/An 2024 up 9.5% rising
32 Belgium 22 kg/An 2024 up 10.0% rising
32 Canada 22 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
32 Switzerland 22 kg/An 2024 down 4.3% rising
32 Ghana 22 kg/An 2024 up 4.8% rising
32 Ireland 22 kg/An 2024 up 10.0% falling
37 Cuba 21 kg/An 2024 up 40.0% rising
37 Germany 21 kg/An 2024 up 5.0% falling
37 Finland 21 kg/An 2024 up 5.0% rising
37 Haiti 21 kg/An 2024 up 10.5% rising
37 Mexico 21 kg/An 2024 up 5.0% rising
37 Saudi Arabia 21 kg/An 2024 up 5.0% rising
37 Sweden 21 kg/An 2024 up 5.0% rising
37 Chad 21 kg/An 2024 up 16.7% rising
37 Turkmenistan 21 kg/An 2024 up 10.5% rising
37 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 21 kg/An 2024 up 5.0% flat
47 Austria 20 kg/An 2024 down 20.0% rising
47 Belize 20 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
47 Estonia 20 kg/An 2024 up 11.1% flat
47 Kazakhstan 20 kg/An 2024 up 5.3% rising
47 Saint Lucia 20 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
47 Sri Lanka 20 kg/An 1990 unchanged flat
47 Lithuania 20 kg/An 2024 up 33.3% falling
47 Luxembourg 20 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
47 Norway 20 kg/An 2024 down 4.8% rising
47 New Zealand 20 kg/An 2024 up 5.3% rising
47 Serbia 20 kg/An 2024 up 5.3% rising
47 Belgium-Luxembourg 20 kg/An 1999 down 9.1% falling
59 Denmark 19 kg/An 2024 down 9.5% falling
59 Algeria 19 kg/An 2024 up 5.6% rising
59 France 19 kg/An 2024 up 5.6% flat
59 Hungary 19 kg/An 2024 up 5.6% rising
59 Serbia and Montenegro 19 kg/An 2005 up 26.7% rising
59 Czechoslovakia 19 kg/An 1992 up 26.7% flat
59 China, Hong Kong SAR 19 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
66 Bahrain 18 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
66 Iceland 18 kg/An 2024 up 5.9% rising
66 Latvia 18 kg/An 2024 down 10.0% falling
66 Madagascar 18 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
66 Mali 18 kg/An 2024 up 20.0% rising
66 Mauritania 18 kg/An 2024 up 20.0% rising
66 Poland 18 kg/An 2024 down 21.7% flat
66 Sudan 18 kg/An 2024 up 12.5% rising
66 Eswatini 18 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
66 Ukraine 18 kg/An 2024 up 28.6% rising
66 Uruguay 18 kg/An 2024 up 12.5% rising
66 Russian Federation 18 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
78 United Arab Emirates 17 kg/An 2024 down 5.6% flat
78 Argentina 17 kg/An 2024 down 10.5% flat
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 kg/An 2024 up 13.3% flat
78 Chile 17 kg/An 2024 up 21.4% falling
78 Mongolia 17 kg/An 2024 up 6.2% falling
78 Guadeloupe 17 kg/An 2006 unchanged rising
78 Sudan (former) 17 kg/An 2011 up 21.4% falling
85 Afghanistan 16 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
85 Angola 16 kg/An 2024 up 6.7% rising
85 Antigua and Barbuda 16 kg/An 2024 up 14.3% rising
85 Brazil 16 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
85 Colombia 16 kg/An 2024 down 20.0% rising
85 Guinea 16 kg/An 2024 up 23.1% rising
85 Kuwait 16 kg/An 2024 down 5.9% flat
85 Pakistan 16 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
85 Tunisia 16 kg/An 2024 up 23.1% rising
94 Albania 15 kg/An 2024 up 25.0% rising
94 Central African Republic 15 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
94 Comoros 15 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
94 Costa Rica 15 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
94 Cyprus 15 kg/An 2024 down 28.6% rising
94 Guatemala 15 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
94 Honduras 15 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
94 Libya 15 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
94 New Caledonia 15 kg/An 2024 down 6.2% flat
94 Papua New Guinea 15 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
94 Paraguay 15 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
94 French Polynesia 15 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
94 Qatar 15 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
94 Senegal 15 kg/An 2024 down 16.7% rising
94 El Salvador 15 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
94 USSR 15 kg/An 1991 unchanged rising
110 Azerbaijan 14 kg/An 2024 down 6.7% falling
110 Bahamas 14 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
110 Belarus 14 kg/An 2024 down 6.7% falling
110 Botswana 14 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
110 Dominica 14 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
110 Ecuador 14 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
110 India 14 kg/An 2024 up 16.7% rising
110 Kenya 14 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
110 Mozambique 14 kg/An 2024 up 16.7% rising
110 Namibia 14 kg/An 2024 down 12.5% flat
110 Slovakia 14 kg/An 2024 up 55.6% rising
110 Slovenia 14 kg/An 2024 unchanged falling
110 Tajikistan 14 kg/An 2024 down 6.7% flat
110 Zambia 14 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
124 Bulgaria 13 kg/An 2024 up 30.0% rising
124 China 13 kg/An 2024 down 18.8% rising
124 Jordan 13 kg/An 2024 up 62.5% falling
124 Peru 13 kg/An 2024 up 8.3% rising
124 Philippines 13 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
124 Portugal 13 kg/An 2024 up 8.3% rising
124 Somalia 13 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
124 Suriname 13 kg/An 2024 up 18.2% flat
124 Republic of Korea 13 kg/An 2024 down 7.1% falling
124 China, mainland 13 kg/An 2024 down 18.8% rising
134 Burundi 12 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
134 Dominican Republic 12 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
134 Spain 12 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
134 Gabon 12 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
134 Gambia 12 kg/An 2024 up 9.1% flat
134 Croatia 12 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
134 Italy 12 kg/An 2024 up 20.0% rising
134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 kg/An 2024 unchanged falling
134 Nicaragua 12 kg/An 2023 unchanged flat
134 Nepal 12 kg/An 2024 up 33.3% falling
134 Puerto Rico 12 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
134 Thailand 12 kg/An 2024 down 7.7% falling
134 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12 kg/An 2024 down 7.7% falling
134 Yemen 12 kg/An 2024 up 9.1% rising
134 French Guiana 12 kg/An 2006 unchanged flat
134 Réunion 12 kg/An 2006 down 7.7% flat
150 Cameroon 11 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
150 Faroe Islands 11 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
150 Equatorial Guinea 11 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
150 Greece 11 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
150 Morocco 11 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
150 Malawi 11 kg/An 2024 unchanged falling
150 Sierra Leone 11 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
150 Uganda 11 kg/An 2024 up 10.0% falling
150 Martinique 11 kg/An 2006 down 42.1% rising
150 Yugoslav SFR 11 kg/An 1991 down 8.3% rising
160 Benin 10 kg/An 2024 unchanged rising
160 Congo 10 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
160 Djibouti 10 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
160 Eritrea 10 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
160 Ethiopia 10 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
160 Guinea-Bissau 10 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
160 Guyana 10 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
160 Indonesia 10 kg/An 2024 up 11.1% flat
160 Liberia 10 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
160 Lesotho 10 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
160 Romania 10 kg/An 2024 unchanged falling
160 Ethiopia PDR 10 kg/An 1992 unchanged flat
172 South Sudan 9 kg/An 2024 down 25.0% falling
173 Burkina Faso 8 kg/An 2024 unchanged falling
173 Nigeria 8 kg/An 2024 unchanged falling
175 Bangladesh 6 kg/An 2024 unchanged flat
175 Bhutan 6 kg/An 2024 falling
175 Myanmar 6 kg/An 2024 down 40.0% falling
175 Sao Tome and Principe 6 kg/An 2024 unchanged falling
175 Trinidad and Tobago 6 kg/An 2024 down 25.0% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight
Unit
kg/An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 12,854 data points, 1961–2024
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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.