Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Europe
Europe: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 17 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Europe is 17 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Europe peaked at 17 kg/An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 13 kg/An, in 1966.
Europe ranks 15th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.1 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.7 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.6 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 12 Japan 32 kg/An compare
- 13 North Macedonia 31 kg/An compare
- 14 Kyrgyzstan 30 kg/An compare
- 14 Oman 30 kg/An compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 14 kg/An compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 11 kg/An compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 kg/An compare
- 16 Georgia 29 kg/An compare
- 16 Lebanon 29 kg/An compare
- 18 Niger 27 kg/An compare
- 18 Singapore 27 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Europe?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Europe was 17 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 17 kg/An in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 kg/An in 1966.
- How does Europe rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Europe ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.