Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in New Zealand
New Zealand: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 20 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand stood at 20 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in New Zealand peaked at 20 kg/An in 2012 and was at its lowest, 14 kg/An, in 1985.
New Zealand ranks 47th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 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 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1974 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 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 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.11 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 15.4 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.8 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.2 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 18 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.4 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 20 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 47 Austria 20 kg/An compare
- 47 Belgium-Luxembourg 20 kg/An compare
- 47 Belize 20 kg/An compare
- 47 Estonia 20 kg/An compare
- 47 Kazakhstan 20 kg/An compare
- 47 Lithuania 20 kg/An compare
- 47 Luxembourg 20 kg/An compare
- 47 Norway 20 kg/An compare
- 47 Saint Lucia 20 kg/An compare
- 47 Serbia 20 kg/An compare
- 47 Sri Lanka 20 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in New Zealand?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in New Zealand was 20 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 20 kg/An in 2012.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 kg/An in 1985.
- How does New Zealand rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- New Zealand ranks 47th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.