Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Europe
Western Europe: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 20 kg/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 20 kg/An for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
The figure is up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe peaked at 21 kg/An in 1974 and was at its lowest, 18 kg/An, in 1989.
Western Europe ranks 9th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 1982 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 20 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 21 kg/An | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 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 | 19.78 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 20.1 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 19 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.1 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 19 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.8 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.2 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 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
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17 kg/An compare
- 10 Barbados 35 kg/An compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 15 kg/An compare
- 11 South Africa 34 kg/An compare
- 11 Polynesia 15 kg/An compare
- 12 Japan 32 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Western Europe 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 21 kg/An in 1974.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 kg/An in 1989.
- How does Western Europe rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Western Europe ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.