Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria
Nigeria: Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 12 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 12 kg/An for raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria peaked at 29 kg/An in 1967 and was at its lowest, 12 kg/An, in 2012.
That places Nigeria 185th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 29 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1968 | 28 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 28 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 27 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 28 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 26 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 26 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 26 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 17 kg/An | -34.6% |
| 1987 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 14 kg/An | -17.6% |
| 1989 | 19 kg/An | +35.7% |
| 1990 | 17 kg/An | -10.5% |
| 1991 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 21 kg/An | +31.2% |
| 1993 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 18 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 16 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 12 kg/An | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 15 kg/An | +25.0% |
| 2014 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12 kg/An | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27.44 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 29 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 26.8 kg/An | 26 kg/An | 28 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.5 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.7 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 16 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.4 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria?
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria was 12 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 29 kg/An in 1967.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 kg/An in 2012.
- How does Nigeria rank for raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- Nigeria ranks 185th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.