Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Zambia
Zambia: Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight was 1,021 g/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight in Zambia, 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 Zambia is 1,021 g/An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Zambia peaked at 1,022 g/An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,000 g/An, in 1961.
Zambia ranks 147th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,009 g/An | 1,000 g/An | 1,022 g/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 144 Mauritius 1,028 g/An compare
- 145 Burundi 1,025 g/An compare
- 145 Niue 1,025 g/An compare
- 148 Paraguay 1,012 g/An compare
- 149 Eswatini 1,010 g/An compare
- 150 Congo 1,000 g/An compare
- 150 Dominica 1,000 g/An compare
- 150 Nigeria 1,000 g/An compare
- 150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,000 g/An compare
- 150 Sudan (former) 1,000 g/An compare
- 150 Vanuatu 1,000 g/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture share gdp 4.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.85 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 683.84 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Zambia?
- Meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight in Zambia was 1,021 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,022 g/An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 g/An in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight?
- Zambia ranks 147th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zambia 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.