Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Namibia
Namibia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 14 kg/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 14 kg/An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Namibia peaked at 19 kg/An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 13 kg/An, in 2017.
That places Namibia 110th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 15 kg/An | -16.7% |
| 1996 | 17 kg/An | +13.3% |
| 1997 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 19 kg/An | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15 kg/An | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 17 kg/An | +13.3% |
| 2012 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13 kg/An | -18.8% |
| 2018 | 16 kg/An | +23.1% |
| 2019 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.3 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 17 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 18 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.7 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.6 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 110 Azerbaijan 14 kg/An compare
- 110 Bahamas 14 kg/An compare
- 110 Belarus 14 kg/An compare
- 110 Botswana 14 kg/An compare
- 110 Dominica 14 kg/An compare
- 110 Ecuador 14 kg/An compare
- 110 India 14 kg/An compare
- 110 Kenya 14 kg/An compare
- 110 Mozambique 14 kg/An compare
- 110 Slovakia 14 kg/An compare
- 110 Slovenia 14 kg/An compare
- 110 Tajikistan 14 kg/An compare
- 110 Zambia 14 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Namibia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Namibia 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 19 kg/An in 1998.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 kg/An in 2017.
- How does Namibia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Namibia ranks 110th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Namibia 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.