Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Cyprus
Cyprus: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 15 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 15 kg/An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Cyprus peaked at 26 kg/An in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15 kg/An, in 1980.
That places Cyprus 94th out of 179 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 sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 16 kg/An | -15.8% |
| 1965 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1974 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 17 kg/An | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 18 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 1984 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 21 kg/An | +10.5% |
| 1990 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 22 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 24 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 22 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 22 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 20 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 21 kg/An | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 16 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.67 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.1 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 18 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.1 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.5 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 26 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.5 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.6 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
- 94 Albania 15 kg/An compare
- 94 Central African Republic 15 kg/An compare
- 94 Comoros 15 kg/An compare
- 94 Costa Rica 15 kg/An compare
- 94 El Salvador 15 kg/An compare
- 94 French Polynesia 15 kg/An compare
- 94 Guatemala 15 kg/An compare
- 94 Honduras 15 kg/An compare
- 94 Libya 15 kg/An compare
- 94 New Caledonia 15 kg/An compare
- 94 Papua New Guinea 15 kg/An compare
- 94 Paraguay 15 kg/An compare
- 94 Qatar 15 kg/An compare
- 94 Senegal 15 kg/An compare
- 94 USSR 15 kg/An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Cyprus?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Cyprus was 15 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 Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 26 kg/An in 2000.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 kg/An in 1980.
- How does Cyprus rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Cyprus ranks 94th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus 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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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.