Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Egypt
Egypt: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 40 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Egypt, 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 Egypt stood at 40 kg/An.
That represents a change of up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Egypt peaked at 43 kg/An in 2005 and was at its lowest, 19 kg/An, in 1991.
Egypt ranks 6th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 23 kg/An | -11.5% |
| 1976 | 26 kg/An | +13.0% |
| 1977 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 25 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 1982 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 19 kg/An | -20.8% |
| 1992 | 26 kg/An | +36.8% |
| 1993 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 36 kg/An | +38.5% |
| 1995 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 43 kg/An | +19.4% |
| 2006 | 39 kg/An | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 35 kg/An | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 36 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 32 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 32 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 32 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 32 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 32 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 32 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 32 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 33 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 34 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 40 kg/An | +17.6% |
| 2020 | 40 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 40 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 40 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 40 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 40 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.56 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 26 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 25.4 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 26 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.9 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.1 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 36 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.9 kg/An | 35 kg/An | 43 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.1 kg/An | 32 kg/An | 40 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 40 kg/An | 40 kg/An | 40 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 24 kg/An compare
- 4 Türkiye 23 kg/An compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 22 kg/An compare
- 5 Israel 41 kg/An compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 22 kg/An compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19 kg/An compare
- 7 Montenegro 37 kg/An compare
- 8 Grenada 36 kg/An compare
- 8 Jamaica 36 kg/An compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17 kg/An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Egypt?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Egypt was 40 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 43 kg/An in 2005.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 kg/An in 1991.
- How does Egypt rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Egypt ranks 6th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.