Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 14 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in European Union (27), 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 European Union (27) stood at 14 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in European Union (27) peaked at 14 kg/An in 1974 and was at its lowest, 12 kg/An, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1988 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.56 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.6 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.5 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.3 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.2 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.7 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in European Union (27)?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in European Union (27) was 14 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 14 kg/An in 1974.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 kg/An in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- European Union (27) ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.