Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Barbados
Barbados: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 26 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Barbados, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 26 kg/An for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Barbados peaked at 27 kg/An in 2010 and was at its lowest, 14 kg/An, in 1961.
Barbados ranks 15th 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 Barbados, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 25 kg/An | +78.6% |
| 1991 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 24 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 23 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 21 kg/An | -8.7% |
| 2002 | 25 kg/An | +19.0% |
| 2003 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 25 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 25 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 27 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 26 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 27 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 25 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 27 kg/An | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 26 kg/An | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 24 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 2022 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 26 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 26 kg/An | +0.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 26 kg/An is above the median for high income countries, which is 18 kg/An, 1.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 26 kg/An is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14 kg/An, 1.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.5 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.8 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 26 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.3 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.4 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 26 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 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
- 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 Australia 24 kg/An compare
- 18 Malta 24 kg/An compare
- 18 Palestine 24 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.19 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3404 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.403 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Barbados?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Barbados was 26 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 27 kg/An in 2010.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Barbados rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Barbados ranks 15th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados 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.