Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia
Australia: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 24 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia, 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 Australia is 24 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Australia peaked at 25 kg/An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 17 kg/An, in 1968.
Australia ranks 18th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1969 | 19 kg/An | +11.8% |
| 1970 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1971 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 19 kg/An | +11.8% |
| 1975 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 21 kg/An | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 22 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 23 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 24 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 24 kg/An is above the median for high income countries, which is 18 kg/An, 1.3× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Australia's 24 kg/An is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 15 kg/An, 1.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.9 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.1 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.6 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.2 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 22 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.4 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 15 Barbados 26 kg/An compare
- 15 Cabo Verde 15 kg/An compare
- 15 Uzbekistan 26 kg/An compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11 kg/An compare
- 17 Lebanon 25 kg/An compare
- 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 11 kg/An compare
- 17 Micronesia 11 kg/An compare
- 18 Malta 24 kg/An compare
- 18 Palestine 24 kg/An compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 10 kg/An compare
- 21 Armenia 23 kg/An compare
- 21 Luxembourg 23 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Australia?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Australia was 24 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 25 kg/An in 2021.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 kg/An in 1968.
- How does Australia rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Australia ranks 18th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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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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.