Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in India
India: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 13 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
India recorded 13 kg/An for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in India peaked at 13 kg/An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11 kg/An, in 1961.
India ranks 119th of 184 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.
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 | 11.6 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.4 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 119 Bulgaria 13 kg/An compare
- 119 Burundi 13 kg/An compare
- 119 Dominica 13 kg/An compare
- 119 Jordan 13 kg/An compare
- 119 Pakistan 13 kg/An compare
- 119 Paraguay 13 kg/An compare
- 119 Peru 13 kg/An compare
- 119 Senegal 13 kg/An compare
- 119 Slovak Republic 13 kg/An compare
- 119 Somalia 13 kg/An compare
- 119 Sudan (former) 13 kg/An compare
- 119 Togo 13 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture share gdp 16.23 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.23 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 64.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 941.42 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 642.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 37.61 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in India?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in India was 13 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 13 kg/An in 2023.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 kg/An in 1961.
- How does India rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- India ranks 119th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.