Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Germany
Germany: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 20 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Germany, 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 Germany is 20 kg/An, measured in 2024.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Germany peaked at 30 kg/An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 18 kg/An, in 1964.
That places Germany 37th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1965 | 20 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 24 kg/An | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 25 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 23 kg/An | -8.0% |
| 1976 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 22 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 23 kg/An | +9.5% |
| 1988 | 18 kg/An | -21.7% |
| 1989 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 23 kg/An | +27.8% |
| 1991 | 21 kg/An | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 19 kg/An | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 22 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 21 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 20 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 21 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 30 kg/An | +50.0% |
| 2016 | 29 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 29 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 21 kg/An | -27.6% |
| 2019 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 24 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 20 kg/An | -16.7% |
| 2022 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 20 kg/An is above the median for high income countries, which is 18 kg/An, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Germany's 20 kg/An is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18.5 kg/An, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Germany changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +50.0% | 20 kg/An | 30 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.33 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 22.3 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 21.2 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.1 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.2 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 22 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.1 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 30 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.8 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 5 |
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- 37 New Zealand 20 kg/An compare
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- 37 Saudi Arabia 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Serbia 20 kg/An compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Germany?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Germany was 20 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 30 kg/An in 2015.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 kg/An in 1964.
- How does Germany rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Germany ranks 37th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.