Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in South America
South America: Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight was 29 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight in South America, 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 South America is 29 kg/An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in South America peaked at 32 kg/An in 1973 and was at its lowest, 23 kg/An, in 2005.
That places South America 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 South America, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 30 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1963 | 30 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 30 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 30 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 31 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 30 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 30 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 31 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 30 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 30 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 30 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 32 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 30 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 29 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 25 kg/An | -13.8% |
| 1977 | 29 kg/An | +16.0% |
| 1978 | 27 kg/An | -6.9% |
| 1979 | 25 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 28 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 27 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 25 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 23 kg/An | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 24 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 27 kg/An | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 26 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 30 kg/An | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 30 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 30 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 30 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 29 kg/An | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.33 kg/An | 30 kg/An | 31 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 28.7 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 32 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.5 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.8 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 28 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.1 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 26 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 25 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.8 kg/An | 29 kg/An | 30 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 10 Cabo Verde 30 kg/An compare
- 10 Croatia 44 kg/An compare
- 10 Faroe Islands 44 kg/An compare
- 10 South Africa 44 kg/An compare
- 11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22 kg/An compare
- 12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 21 kg/An compare
- 13 Czechia 43 kg/An compare
- 13 Greece 43 kg/An compare
- 15 China, Hong Kong SAR 41 kg/An compare
- 15 Indonesia 41 kg/An compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 20 kg/An compare
- 15 Tajikistan 41 kg/An compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 19 kg/An compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 19 kg/An compare
- 16 Micronesia 19 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in South America?
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight in South America was 29 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 32 kg/An in 1973.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 kg/An in 2005.
- How does South America rank for raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight?
- South America ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of cattle — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South America 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.