Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nepal
Nepal: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 12 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nepal, 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 Nepal is 12 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.0% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Nepal peaked at 12 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9 kg/An, in 1987.
Nepal ranks 134th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 1985 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 9 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 1988 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 12 kg/An | +20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.9 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 9 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 9 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 134 Burundi 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Croatia 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Dominican Republic 12 kg/An compare
- 134 French Guiana 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Gabon 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Gambia 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Italy 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Nicaragua 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Puerto Rico 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Réunion 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Spain 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Thailand 12 kg/An compare
- 134 Yemen 12 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Nepal?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Nepal was 12 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 12 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 kg/An in 1987.
- How does Nepal rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Nepal ranks 134th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nepal 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.