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.
Americas ranks 11th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1974 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
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
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 15 kg/An compare
- 9 Kyrgyzstan 30 kg/An compare
- 9 Viet Nam 15 kg/An compare
- 9 Polynesia 15 kg/An compare
- 10 Fiji 29 kg/An compare
- 10 Georgia 29 kg/An compare
- 10 Caribbean 18 kg/An compare
- 12 China, Taiwan Province of 28 kg/An compare
- 12 Côte d'Ivoire 16 kg/An compare
- 13 Japan 27 kg/An compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14 kg/An compare
- 13 Oman 27 kg/An compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 14 kg/An compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (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 11th out of 29 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.