Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 15 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, mainland, 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 China, mainland stood at 15 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in China, mainland peaked at 15 kg/An in 2007 and was at its lowest, 10 kg/An, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 88th out of 185 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.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, mainland, 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 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.5 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.6 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.5 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.2 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 88 Afghanistan 15 kg/An compare
- 88 China 15 kg/An compare
- 88 Cook Islands 15 kg/An compare
- 88 El Salvador 15 kg/An compare
- 88 French Polynesia 15 kg/An compare
- 88 Guadeloupe 15 kg/An compare
- 88 Guatemala 15 kg/An compare
- 88 Honduras 15 kg/An compare
- 88 Libya 15 kg/An compare
- 88 Mali 15 kg/An compare
- 88 Papua New Guinea 15 kg/An compare
- 88 Thailand 15 kg/An compare
- 88 Tonga 15 kg/An compare
- 88 USSR 15 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in China, mainland?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in China, mainland was 15 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 15 kg/An in 2007.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 kg/An in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- China, mainland ranks 88th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.