Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Japan
Japan: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 27 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Japan, 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 Japan is 27 kg/An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Japan peaked at 29 kg/An in 1993 and was at its lowest, 8 kg/An, in 1971.
That places Japan 13th out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.78 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.1 kg/An | 8 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.9 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 26 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.7 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 29 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.4 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 28 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 25 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 26 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.4 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.9583 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Japan?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Japan was 27 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 29 kg/An in 1993.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 kg/An in 1971.
- How does Japan rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Japan ranks 13th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.