Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight was 1,674 g/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Northern Europe stood at 1,674 g/An.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Northern Europe peaked at 1,687 g/An in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,468 g/An, in 1962.
That places Northern Europe 15th 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 Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | g/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,480 g/An | — |
| 1962 | 1,468 g/An | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 1,477 g/An | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 1,480 g/An | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 1,489 g/An | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 1,502 g/An | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 1,507 g/An | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 1,553 g/An | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 1,547 g/An | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 1,548 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 1,551 g/An | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 1,541 g/An | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 1,550 g/An | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 1,531 g/An | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 1,546 g/An | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 1,590 g/An | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 1,543 g/An | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 1,548 g/An | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 1,558 g/An | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 1,566 g/An | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 1,554 g/An | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 1,580 g/An | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 1,586 g/An | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 1,567 g/An | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 1,621 g/An | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 1,668 g/An | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 1,656 g/An | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 1,658 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 1,660 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1,639 g/An | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 1,641 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 1,642 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,665 g/An | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 1,662 g/An | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 1,661 g/An | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,660 g/An | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,662 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,677 g/An | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1,684 g/An | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 1,683 g/An | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,687 g/An | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,682 g/An | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,670 g/An | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,666 g/An | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,668 g/An | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,644 g/An | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 1,637 g/An | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,641 g/An | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,639 g/An | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,639 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,637 g/An | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,656 g/An | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 1,644 g/An | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,640 g/An | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,641 g/An | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,635 g/An | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,633 g/An | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,642 g/An | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,669 g/An | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,676 g/An | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,664 g/An | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,686 g/An | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 1,683 g/An | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,674 g/An | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,500 g/An | 1,468 g/An | 1,553 g/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,551 g/An | 1,531 g/An | 1,590 g/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,612 g/An | 1,554 g/An | 1,668 g/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,659 g/An | 1,639 g/An | 1,684 g/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,662 g/An | 1,637 g/An | 1,687 g/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,644 g/An | 1,633 g/An | 1,669 g/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,677 g/An | 1,664 g/An | 1,686 g/An | 5 |
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Production 14.31 million t (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield 73,100 kg/ha (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested 195,749 ha (2024)
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 17.74 million An (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production 367,371 t (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested 271,477 ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield 2,840 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Northern Europe?
- Meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Northern Europe was 1,674 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 Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,687 g/An in 2001.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,468 g/An in 1962.
- How does Northern Europe rank for meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight?
- Northern Europe ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.