Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight by country
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...
What the numbers show
Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 3,582 g/An in Rwanda; the lowest is 550 g/An in Benin.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,338 g/An, and the mean is 1,420 g/An.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 141.7%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 35.0%).
Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 3,582 g/An | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 1 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2,925 g/An | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 2 | Fiji | 3,227 g/An | 2024 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 2 | Melanesia | 2,346 g/An | 2024 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 3 | Argentina | 3,127 g/An | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 1,869 g/An | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 4 | Malawi | 3,061 g/An | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,845 g/An | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 5 | Japan | 2,914 g/An | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 1,728 g/An | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 6 | Chile | 2,567 g/An | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,561 g/An | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 7 | Malaysia | 2,450 g/An | 2024 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 2,316 g/An | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 9 | Germany | 2,303 g/An | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 9 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,451 g/An | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 10 | Hungary | 2,294 g/An | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,334 g/An | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 11 | Peru | 2,293 g/An | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 11 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,210 g/An | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 12 | Uruguay | 2,286 g/An | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 1,174 g/An | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 13 | Tajikistan | 2,267 g/An | 2024 | up 141.7% | rising |
| 14 | Sudan | 2,261 g/An | 2024 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 2,244 g/An | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia | 962 g/An | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 16 | Israel | 2,230 g/An | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 16 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 844 g/An | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 2,179 g/An | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 837 g/An | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 18 | Lebanon | 2,134 g/An | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 18 | Caribbean | 1,564 g/An | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 816 g/An | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 19 | Brazil | 2,131 g/An | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,497 g/An | 2024 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 798 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Poland | 2,107 g/An | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 589 g/An | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 21 | Ecuador | 2,096 g/An | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 22 | Russian Federation | 2,068 g/An | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 23 | Tunisia | 2,060 g/An | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 24 | Georgia | 2,031 g/An | 2024 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 25 | Australia | 2,007 g/An | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 26 | Cyprus | 2,004 g/An | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 27 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,987 g/An | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 27 | Cabo Verde | 1,200 g/An | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 1,968 g/An | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 29 | France | 1,952 g/An | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 1,948 g/An | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 31 | Canada | 1,910 g/An | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 1,889 g/An | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 33 | Mexico | 1,887 g/An | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 34 | Ukraine | 1,868 g/An | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 35 | New Zealand | 1,867 g/An | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 36 | Finland | 1,846 g/An | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 37 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1,838 g/An | 2005 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 38 | South Africa | 1,837 g/An | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 39 | Honduras | 1,828 g/An | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 39 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,828 g/An | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 41 | Guyana | 1,815 g/An | 2024 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 42 | Croatia | 1,814 g/An | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 43 | Slovenia | 1,794 g/An | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 44 | Lithuania | 1,793 g/An | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 1,782 g/An | 2024 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 46 | Serbia | 1,773 g/An | 2024 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 47 | Panama | 1,770 g/An | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 48 | Belize | 1,769 g/An | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 48 | Mozambique | 1,769 g/An | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 50 | Iceland | 1,767 g/An | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 1,760 g/An | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 52 | Latvia | 1,753 g/An | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 53 | Belgium | 1,733 g/An | 2024 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 54 | Ireland | 1,717 g/An | 2024 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 55 | Colombia | 1,708 g/An | 2024 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 56 | Seychelles | 1,703 g/An | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 57 | Estonia | 1,689 g/An | 2018 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 58 | Greece | 1,678 g/An | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 59 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,676 g/An | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,670 g/An | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,670 g/An | 2024 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 62 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,669 g/An | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 63 | Romania | 1,665 g/An | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 64 | Sweden | 1,657 g/An | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 65 | Portugal | 1,656 g/An | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 66 | China | 1,655 g/An | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 67 | China, mainland | 1,650 g/An | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 68 | Guatemala | 1,647 g/An | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 68 | Jamaica | 1,647 g/An | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 70 | Malta | 1,643 g/An | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 1,633 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 72 | Norway | 1,624 g/An | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 1,599 g/An | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 74 | Suriname | 1,563 g/An | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 75 | Guinea | 1,562 g/An | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 76 | Senegal | 1,554 g/An | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 77 | Denmark | 1,550 g/An | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 78 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,534 g/An | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 79 | Slovakia | 1,527 g/An | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 80 | New Caledonia | 1,523 g/An | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 81 | India | 1,494 g/An | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 82 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,482 g/An | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 83 | Kenya | 1,481 g/An | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 84 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1,477 g/An | 1999 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 85 | Austria | 1,473 g/An | 2021 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 86 | Egypt | 1,468 g/An | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 87 | Thailand | 1,457 g/An | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 88 | Palestine | 1,442 g/An | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 89 | Barbados | 1,426 g/An | 2024 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 90 | Czechia | 1,412 g/An | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 91 | Mongolia | 1,394 g/An | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,377 g/An | 2024 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 93 | South Sudan | 1,370 g/An | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 94 | Luxembourg | 1,359 g/An | 2017 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 95 | United Arab Emirates | 1,345 g/An | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 96 | Guadeloupe | 1,343 g/An | 2006 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 97 | Iraq | 1,332 g/An | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 1,319 g/An | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 99 | Myanmar | 1,311 g/An | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 100 | Cuba | 1,300 g/An | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 100 | USSR | 1,300 g/An | 1991 | unchanged | flat |
| 102 | Uganda | 1,287 g/An | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 1,285 g/An | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 104 | Switzerland | 1,280 g/An | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 105 | Namibia | 1,256 g/An | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 106 | Algeria | 1,254 g/An | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 107 | Cameroon | 1,252 g/An | 2024 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 108 | El Salvador | 1,251 g/An | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 109 | Kuwait | 1,228 g/An | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 109 | Puerto Rico | 1,228 g/An | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 111 | Jordan | 1,203 g/An | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 112 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,200 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 1,200 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Philippines | 1,195 g/An | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 114 | Martinique | 1,195 g/An | 2006 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 116 | Singapore | 1,182 g/An | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 117 | Qatar | 1,176 g/An | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 118 | Libya | 1,174 g/An | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 119 | Pakistan | 1,173 g/An | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 120 | Czechoslovakia | 1,163 g/An | 1992 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 121 | Bahamas | 1,162 g/An | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 122 | Réunion | 1,157 g/An | 2006 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 123 | Saudi Arabia | 1,140 g/An | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 124 | Cambodia | 1,135 g/An | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 125 | Madagascar | 1,127 g/An | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 126 | Burkina Faso | 1,100 g/An | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 127 | Morocco | 1,091 g/An | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 128 | Armenia | 1,084 g/An | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 129 | Albania | 1,082 g/An | 2024 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 129 | Yemen | 1,082 g/An | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 131 | Belarus | 1,076 g/An | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 132 | French Guiana | 1,054 g/An | 2006 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 133 | Mauritius | 1,028 g/An | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 134 | Burundi | 1,025 g/An | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 134 | Niue | 1,025 g/An | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 136 | Zambia | 1,021 g/An | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 137 | Paraguay | 1,012 g/An | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 138 | Eswatini | 1,010 g/An | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 139 | Congo | 1,000 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Dominica | 1,000 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Nigeria | 1,000 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,000 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 1,000 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Sudan (former) | 1,000 g/An | 2011 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Kiribati | 991 g/An | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 146 | Angola | 948 g/An | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 147 | Grenada | 945 g/An | 2024 | down 20.1% | flat |
| 147 | Tuvalu | 945 g/An | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 149 | Bhutan | 937 g/An | 2024 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | 918 g/An | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 151 | Haiti | 915 g/An | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 152 | Republic of Korea | 911 g/An | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 153 | Yugoslav SFR | 894 g/An | 1991 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 154 | French Polynesia | 890 g/An | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 155 | Bahrain | 877 g/An | 2024 | down 25.2% | flat |
| 155 | Gambia | 877 g/An | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 865 g/An | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 158 | China, Macao SAR | 864 g/An | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 159 | Indonesia | 856 g/An | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 160 | Afghanistan | 847 g/An | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 161 | Cook Islands | 839 g/An | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 837 g/An | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 163 | Liberia | 826 g/An | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | 814 g/An | 2024 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 165 | Gabon | 813 g/An | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 813 g/An | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 167 | Samoa | 806 g/An | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 168 | Comoros | 800 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 800 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Lesotho | 800 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Mauritania | 800 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Niger | 800 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Nauru | 800 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 800 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Somalia | 800 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Ethiopia PDR | 800 g/An | 1992 | unchanged | rising |
| 177 | Chad | 799 g/An | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 178 | Oman | 795 g/An | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 179 | North Macedonia | 792 g/An | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 180 | Ghana | 769 g/An | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 181 | Nepal | 766 g/An | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 182 | Bangladesh | 750 g/An | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 183 | Tonga | 733 g/An | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 184 | Sao Tome and Principe | 724 g/An | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 185 | Botswana | 685 g/An | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 186 | Togo | 684 g/An | 2024 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 187 | Eritrea | 655 g/An | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 633 g/An | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 189 | Montenegro | 599 g/An | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 190 | Mali | 562 g/An | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 191 | Benin | 550 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 2,302 g/An
- Northern America 2,271 g/An
- South America 2,181 g/An
- Americas 2,169 g/An
- Southern Europe 2,042 g/An
- Oceania 1,993 g/An
- European Union (27) 1,982 g/An
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1,537 g/An
- Eastern Europe 1,934 g/An
- Asia 1,472 g/An
- Western Europe 1,919 g/An
- Europe 1,912 g/An
- Central Asia 1,894 g/An
- Central America 1,838 g/An
- Southern Africa 1,824 g/An
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,104 g/An
- World 1,737 g/An
- Middle Africa 1,045 g/An
- Northern Europe 1,674 g/An
- Eastern Asia 1,667 g/An
- Western Asia 1,591 g/An
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,431 g/An
- Eastern Africa 1,395 g/An
- Africa 1,388 g/An
- Northern Africa 1,383 g/An
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,369 g/An
- Southern Asia 1,293 g/An
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1,276 g/An
- South-Eastern Asia 1,198 g/An
- Western Africa 1,025 g/An
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.