Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 32 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa stood at 32 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.3% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Southern Africa peaked at 32 kg/An in 2019 and was at its lowest, 11 kg/An, in 1962.
Southern Africa ranks 1st of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 18 kg/An | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 15 kg/An | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 13 kg/An | -13.3% |
| 1975 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1988 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 17 kg/An | +21.4% |
| 1992 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 12 kg/An | -25.0% |
| 1995 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 14 kg/An | +27.3% |
| 1997 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 12 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 15 kg/An | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 19 kg/An | +18.8% |
| 2004 | 22 kg/An | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 30 kg/An | +42.9% |
| 2008 | 27 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 25 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 27 kg/An | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 25 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 28 kg/An | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 27 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 31 kg/An | +14.8% |
| 2019 | 32 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 27 kg/An | -15.6% |
| 2021 | 29 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 30 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 29 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 32 kg/An | +10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.3 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.3 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.1 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.8 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 30 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.3 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 32 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.4 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 32 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Southern Africa?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Southern Africa was 32 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 32 kg/An in 2019.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 kg/An in 1962.
- How does Southern Africa rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Southern Africa ranks 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.