Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Kenya
Kenya: Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 19 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Kenya is 19 kg/An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.0% on the previous year and down 45.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Kenya peaked at 42 kg/An in 2007 and was at its lowest, 11 kg/An, in 2017.
That places Kenya 154th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 24 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 23 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1968 | 25 kg/An | +8.7% |
| 1969 | 23 kg/An | -8.0% |
| 1970 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 24 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 23 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 20 kg/An | -13.0% |
| 1975 | 22 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 22 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 19 kg/An | -9.5% |
| 1984 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 19 kg/An | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 22 kg/An | +15.8% |
| 1992 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 22 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 19 kg/An | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 21 kg/An | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 18 kg/An | -14.3% |
| 1999 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 14 kg/An | -22.2% |
| 2001 | 23 kg/An | +64.3% |
| 2002 | 28 kg/An | +21.7% |
| 2003 | 33 kg/An | +17.9% |
| 2004 | 35 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 36 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 36 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 42 kg/An | +16.7% |
| 2008 | 39 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 38 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 39 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 35 kg/An | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 30 kg/An | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 32 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 35 kg/An | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 35 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13 kg/An | -62.9% |
| 2017 | 11 kg/An | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 17 kg/An | +41.7% |
| 2020 | 20 kg/An | +17.6% |
| 2021 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.78 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 22.4 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 20.3 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 22 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.4 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 32.4 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 42 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.9 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 39 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.8 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 154 Antigua and Barbuda 19 kg/An compare
- 154 Azerbaijan 19 kg/An compare
- 154 Mozambique 19 kg/An compare
- 154 Sri Lanka 19 kg/An compare
- 154 USSR 19 kg/An compare
- 154 Yugoslav SFR 19 kg/An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Kenya?
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Kenya was 19 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 42 kg/An in 2007.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 kg/An in 2017.
- How does Kenya rank for raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- Kenya ranks 154th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.