Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malawi
Malawi: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 11 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 11 kg/An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Malawi peaked at 14 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 10 kg/An, in 2002.
That places Malawi 150th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malawi, 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 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 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 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10 kg/An | -28.6% |
| 2003 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13 kg/An | +18.2% |
| 2014 | 11 kg/An | -15.4% |
| 2015 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.5 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.2 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 150 Cameroon 11 kg/An compare
- 150 Equatorial Guinea 11 kg/An compare
- 150 Faroe Islands 11 kg/An compare
- 150 Greece 11 kg/An compare
- 150 Martinique 11 kg/An compare
- 150 Morocco 11 kg/An compare
- 150 Sierra Leone 11 kg/An compare
- 150 Uganda 11 kg/An compare
- 150 Yugoslav SFR 11 kg/An compare
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0012 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Malawi?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Malawi was 11 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 Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 14 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 kg/An in 2002.
- How does Malawi rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Malawi ranks 150th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi 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.