Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Benin
Benin: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 12 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Benin stood at 12 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Benin peaked at 12 kg/An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7 kg/An, in 1973.
Benin ranks 133rd of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 9 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 1971 | 8 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7 kg/An | -12.5% |
| 1974 | 9 kg/An | +28.6% |
| 1975 | 10 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 10 kg/An | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 12 kg/An | +20.0% |
| 2024 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 12 kg/An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14 kg/An, 86% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Benin's 12 kg/An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12.5 kg/An, 96% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.1 kg/An | 7 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.1 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.4 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 133 Bahamas 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Botswana 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Cameroon 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Costa Rica 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Croatia 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Gambia 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Italy 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Portugal 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Spain 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Zambia 12 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Benin?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Benin was 12 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 12 kg/An in 2021.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 kg/An in 1973.
- How does Benin rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Benin ranks 133rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.