Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight was 1,395 g/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Eastern Africa stood at 1,395 g/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,395 g/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 887 g/An, in 1961.
That places Eastern Africa 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | g/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 887 g/An | — |
| 1962 | 888 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 892 g/An | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 893 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 894 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 904 g/An | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 905 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 906 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 913 g/An | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 913 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 913 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 927 g/An | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 925 g/An | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 921 g/An | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 938 g/An | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 936 g/An | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 957 g/An | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 976 g/An | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 975 g/An | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 961 g/An | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 961 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 960 g/An | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 969 g/An | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 971 g/An | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 987 g/An | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 993 g/An | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 984 g/An | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 985 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 986 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 977 g/An | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 982 g/An | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 984 g/An | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 1,011 g/An | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 1,012 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 1,014 g/An | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,015 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,018 g/An | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,018 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,020 g/An | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 1,028 g/An | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1,060 g/An | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 1,032 g/An | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 1,041 g/An | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,044 g/An | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,049 g/An | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,046 g/An | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,037 g/An | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 1,022 g/An | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 1,027 g/An | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,049 g/An | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 1,117 g/An | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 1,179 g/An | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 1,190 g/An | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 1,227 g/An | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 1,269 g/An | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 1,232 g/An | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 1,256 g/An | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,330 g/An | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 1,295 g/An | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 1,319 g/An | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 1,304 g/An | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 1,327 g/An | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 1,380 g/An | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 1,395 g/An | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 898 g/An | 887 g/An | 913 g/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 938.1 g/An | 913 g/An | 976 g/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 975.7 g/An | 960 g/An | 993 g/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,005 g/An | 977 g/An | 1,020 g/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,039 g/An | 1,022 g/An | 1,060 g/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,214 g/An | 1,049 g/An | 1,330 g/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,345 g/An | 1,304 g/An | 1,395 g/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 18 Lebanon 2,134 g/An compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 816 g/An compare
- 18 Caribbean 1,564 g/An compare
- 19 Brazil 2,131 g/An compare
- 19 Côte d'Ivoire 1,497 g/An compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 798 g/An compare
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 589 g/An compare
- 20 Poland 2,107 g/An compare
- 21 Ecuador 2,096 g/An compare
- 22 Russian Federation 2,068 g/An compare
- 23 Tunisia 2,060 g/An compare
- 24 Georgia 2,031 g/An compare
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- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.5636 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -0.4089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 7.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.0158 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.3517 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Eastern Africa?
- Meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Eastern Africa was 1,395 g/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,395 g/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 887 g/An in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight?
- Eastern Africa ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — 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.