Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 12 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica is 12 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Costa Rica peaked at 14 kg/An in 1965 and was at its lowest, 12 kg/An, in 1991.
Costa Rica ranks 133rd of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 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 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 12 kg/An | -14.3% |
| 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 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.56 kg/An | 13 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 | 12.2 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 133 Bahamas 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Benin 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Botswana 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Cameroon 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
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 672.15 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2027 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.37 (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Costa Rica?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Costa Rica 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 14 kg/An in 1965.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 kg/An in 1991.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Costa Rica ranks 133rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.