Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight was 814 g/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sierra Leone, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Sierra Leone is 814 g/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Sierra Leone peaked at 924 g/An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 796 g/An, in 2019.
That places Sierra Leone 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | g/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 906 g/An | — |
| 1962 | 906 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 906 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 905 g/An | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 905 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 905 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 904 g/An | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 904 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 905 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 905 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 905 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 904 g/An | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 904 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 904 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 904 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 904 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 904 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 903 g/An | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 903 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 903 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 902 g/An | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 903 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 902 g/An | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 902 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 903 g/An | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 917 g/An | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 918 g/An | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 917 g/An | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 918 g/An | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 918 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 918 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 918 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 917 g/An | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 916 g/An | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 916 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 916 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 917 g/An | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 918 g/An | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 914 g/An | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 918 g/An | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 918 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 840 g/An | -8.5% |
| 2018 | 819 g/An | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 796 g/An | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 924 g/An | +16.1% |
| 2021 | 870 g/An | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 840 g/An | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 829 g/An | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 814 g/An | -1.8% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 814 g/An is below the median for low income countries, which is 871 g/An, 93% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 814 g/An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 974 g/An, 84% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 905.11 g/An | 904 g/An | 906 g/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 904 g/An | 903 g/An | 905 g/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 902.2 g/An | 902 g/An | 903 g/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 902 g/An | 902 g/An | 902 g/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 916 g/An | 903 g/An | 918 g/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 887.2 g/An | 796 g/An | 918 g/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 855.4 g/An | 814 g/An | 924 g/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 161 Cook Islands 839 g/An compare
- 162 Guinea-Bissau 837 g/An compare
- 163 Liberia 826 g/An compare
- 165 Equatorial Guinea 813 g/An compare
- 165 Gabon 813 g/An compare
- 167 Samoa 806 g/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Sierra Leone?
- Meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Sierra Leone was 814 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 924 g/An in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 796 g/An in 2019.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight?
- Sierra Leone ranks 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.