Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria
Nigeria: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 8 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria, 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 Nigeria is 8 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria peaked at 11 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 8 kg/An, in 2012.
Nigeria ranks 173rd of 179 countries on this measure, 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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 9 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 1978 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 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 | 8 kg/An | -27.3% |
| 2013 | 9 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 8 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 9 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 8 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 9 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 8 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.1 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.9 kg/An | 8 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 8 kg/An | 8 kg/An | 8 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 172 South Sudan 9 kg/An compare
- 173 Burkina Faso 8 kg/An compare
- 175 Bangladesh 6 kg/An compare
- 175 Bhutan 6 kg/An compare
- 175 Myanmar 6 kg/An compare
- 175 Sao Tome and Principe 6 kg/An compare
- 175 Trinidad and Tobago 6 kg/An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria was 8 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 11 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 kg/An in 2012.
- How does Nigeria rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Nigeria ranks 173rd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria 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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About this data
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.