Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Latvia
Latvia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 18 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Latvia, 1992–2024
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 Latvia stood at 18 kg/An.
The figure is down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Latvia peaked at 29 kg/An in 1993 and was at its lowest, 17 kg/An, in 2017.
Latvia ranks 66th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Latvia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 28 kg/An | — |
| 1993 | 29 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 27 kg/An | -6.9% |
| 1995 | 25 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 23 kg/An | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 24 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 22 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 25 kg/An | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 25 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 23 kg/An | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 25 kg/An | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 23 kg/An | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 22 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17 kg/An | -15.0% |
| 2018 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.12 kg/An | 22 kg/An | 29 kg/An | 8 |
| 2000s | 24.5 kg/An | 22 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.7 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.6 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 66 Bahrain 18 kg/An compare
- 66 Eswatini 18 kg/An compare
- 66 Iceland 18 kg/An compare
- 66 Madagascar 18 kg/An compare
- 66 Mali 18 kg/An compare
- 66 Mauritania 18 kg/An compare
- 66 Poland 18 kg/An compare
- 66 Russian Federation 18 kg/An compare
- 66 Sudan 18 kg/An compare
- 66 Ukraine 18 kg/An compare
- 66 Uruguay 18 kg/An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3137 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.8% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Latvia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Latvia was 18 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 29 kg/An in 1993.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 kg/An in 2017.
- How does Latvia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Latvia ranks 66th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia 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.