Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Asia
Western Asia: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 22 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia stood at 22 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Asia peaked at 22 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13 kg/An, in 1974.
That places Western Asia 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 20 kg/An | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.9 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.6 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.7 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.6 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.2 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.6 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 22 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 2 Malaysia 50 kg/An compare
- 2 Rwanda 50 kg/An compare
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 50 kg/An compare
- 2 Zimbabwe 50 kg/An compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 24 kg/An compare
- 4 Türkiye 23 kg/An compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 22 kg/An compare
- 5 Israel 41 kg/An compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 22 kg/An compare
- 6 Egypt 40 kg/An compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19 kg/An compare
- 7 Montenegro 37 kg/An compare
- 8 Grenada 36 kg/An compare
- 8 Jamaica 36 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Asia?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Asia was 22 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 22 kg/An in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 kg/An in 1974.
- How does Western Asia rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Western Asia ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.