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...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Melanesia 55 kg/An
- Southern Africa 32 kg/An
- Syrian Arab Republic 50 kg/An
- United States of America 27 kg/An
- Northern America 26 kg/An
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 24 kg/An
- Oceania 23 kg/An
- Türkiye 23 kg/An
- Central Asia 22 kg/An
- Côte d'Ivoire 22 kg/An
- United Republic of Tanzania 22 kg/An
- Western Asia 22 kg/An
- Middle Africa 20 kg/An
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19 kg/An
- Northern Europe 21 kg/An
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 18 kg/An
- Western Europe 20 kg/An
- Central America 20 kg/An
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17 kg/An
- Asia 16 kg/An
- Americas 19 kg/An
- Caribbean 19 kg/An
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 15 kg/An
- Polynesia 15 kg/An
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 15 kg/An
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 18 kg/An
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 18 kg/An
- Republic of Moldova 14 kg/An
- Europe 17 kg/An
- South America 17 kg/An
- Northern Africa 17 kg/An
- Timor-Leste 11 kg/An
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 kg/An
- Africa 16 kg/An
- World 16 kg/An
- Cabo Verde 15 kg/An
- Eastern Europe 15 kg/An
- Southern Asia 15 kg/An
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 15 kg/An
- European Union (27) 14 kg/An
About this data
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.