Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas
Americas: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 19 kg/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Americas stood at 19 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Americas peaked at 19 kg/An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 16 kg/An, in 1998.
That places Americas 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1975 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.4 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.5 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.1 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.1 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.9 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.6 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Americas?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Americas was 19 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 19 kg/An in 2017.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 16 kg/An in 1998.
- How does Americas rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Americas ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.