Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Cameroon
Cameroon: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 12 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Cameroon, 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 Cameroon stood at 12 kg/An.
That represents a change of down 14.3% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Cameroon peaked at 14 kg/An in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9 kg/An, in 2010.
That places Cameroon 146th out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.2 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.8 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 146 Bahamas 12 kg/An compare
- 146 Benin 12 kg/An compare
- 146 Botswana 12 kg/An compare
- 146 Costa Rica 12 kg/An compare
- 146 Croatia 12 kg/An compare
- 146 Gambia 12 kg/An compare
- 146 Italy 12 kg/An compare
- 146 Portugal 12 kg/An compare
- 146 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 kg/An compare
- 146 Spain 12 kg/An compare
- 146 Zambia 12 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture share gdp 16.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 44.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 13.25 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 805,353 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Cameroon?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Cameroon 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 14 kg/An in 2016.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 kg/An in 2010.
- How does Cameroon rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Cameroon ranks 146th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.