Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iceland
Iceland: Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 28 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Iceland, 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 Iceland stood at 28 kg/An.
That represents a change of up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Iceland peaked at 29 kg/An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5 kg/An, in 1964.
Iceland ranks 80th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Iceland, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 7 kg/An | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 6 kg/An | -14.3% |
| 1964 | 5 kg/An | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 7 kg/An | +40.0% |
| 1966 | 9 kg/An | +28.6% |
| 1967 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7 kg/An | -22.2% |
| 1969 | 8 kg/An | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 9 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 10 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 1972 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8 kg/An | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10 kg/An | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 8 kg/An | -20.0% |
| 1977 | 7 kg/An | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 10 kg/An | +42.9% |
| 1979 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12 kg/An | +20.0% |
| 1983 | 20 kg/An | +66.7% |
| 1984 | 15 kg/An | -25.0% |
| 1985 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 24 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 28 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 28 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 29 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 29 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 28 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 28 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 28 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.11 kg/An | 5 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 9 kg/An | 7 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.4 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.3 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.4 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.7 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 28 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.4 kg/An | 28 kg/An | 29 kg/An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Iceland?
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Iceland was 28 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 Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 29 kg/An in 2020.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 kg/An in 1964.
- How does Iceland rank for raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- Iceland ranks 80th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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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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.