Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas
Americas: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 17 kg/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Americas is 17 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Americas peaked at 17 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 15 kg/An, in 1998.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.3 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 16 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.8 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.1 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.4 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 17 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 2 Rwanda 37 kg/An compare
- 3 Egypt 35 kg/An compare
- 3 Sri Lanka 35 kg/An compare
- 5 Israel 32 kg/An compare
- 5 South Africa 32 kg/An compare
- 7 Montenegro 31 kg/An compare
- 7 North Macedonia 31 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 32.73 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.37 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.02 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 267.48 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 25.17 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 94 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 63,435 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 397,122 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Americas?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Americas was 17 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 17 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 kg/An in 1998.
- How does Americas rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Americas ranks 5th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sheep and Goat Meat — 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.