Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Kenya
Kenya: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 14 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Kenya, 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 Kenya is 14 kg/An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 7.7% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Kenya peaked at 16 kg/An in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7 kg/An, in 2017.
Kenya ranks 103rd of 185 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.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1984 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 10 kg/An | -33.3% |
| 2017 | 7 kg/An | -30.0% |
| 2018 | 7 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 kg/An | +28.6% |
| 2020 | 13 kg/An | +44.4% |
| 2021 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 14 kg/An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14 kg/An, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 14 kg/An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12.5 kg/An, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.2 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.2 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.9 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.2 kg/An | 7 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.2 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 103 Albania 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Angola 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Argentina 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Azerbaijan 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Belarus 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Brazil 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Ecuador 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Namibia 14 kg/An compare
- 103 New Caledonia 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Nicaragua 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Republic of Korea 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Slovenia 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Sudan 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Suriname 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Tajikistan 14 kg/An compare
- 103 Zimbabwe 14 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Kenya?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Kenya was 14 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 16 kg/An in 2013.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 kg/An in 2017.
- How does Kenya rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Kenya ranks 103rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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.