Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in China
China: Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 34 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in China stood at 34 kg/An.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in China peaked at 35 kg/An in 1993 and was at its lowest, 20 kg/An, in 1961.
That places China 44th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 28 kg/An | +21.7% |
| 1988 | 29 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 31 kg/An | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 32 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 33 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 34 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 35 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 30 kg/An | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 31 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 32 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 31 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 31 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 33 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 32 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 31 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 31 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 30 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 30 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 29 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 30 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 31 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 30 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 32 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 32 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 32 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 32 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 33 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 33 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 33 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 32 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 32 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 33 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 33 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 33 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 33 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 33 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 33 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 34 kg/An | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.22 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 21 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.2 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 31 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.2 kg/An | 30 kg/An | 35 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.6 kg/An | 29 kg/An | 32 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.5 kg/An | 32 kg/An | 33 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.2 kg/An | 33 kg/An | 34 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in China?
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in China was 34 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 35 kg/An in 1993.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 kg/An in 1961.
- How does China rank for raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- China ranks 44th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.