Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Lithuania
Lithuania: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 20 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Lithuania, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 20 kg/An for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of up 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Lithuania peaked at 28 kg/An in 2002 and was at its lowest, 13 kg/An, in 2010.
Lithuania ranks 37th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 23 kg/An | — |
| 1993 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 22 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 24 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 23 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 25 kg/An | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 24 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 26 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 28 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 22 kg/An | -21.4% |
| 2004 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 16 kg/An | -27.3% |
| 2007 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 13 kg/An | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 15 kg/An | +15.4% |
| 2012 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 15 kg/An | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 19 kg/An | +26.7% |
| 2023 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 20 kg/An is above the median for high income countries, which is 18 kg/An, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Lithuania'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)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.25 kg/An | 22 kg/An | 25 kg/An | 8 |
| 2000s | 20.6 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 28 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.2 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.8 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 37 Algeria 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Belgium-Luxembourg 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Belize 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Cuba 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Estonia 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Germany 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Kazakhstan 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Mauritius 20 kg/An compare
- 37 New Zealand 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Norway 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Saudi Arabia 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Serbia 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Switzerland 20 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lithuania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 748.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7947 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3092 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Lithuania?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Lithuania 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 28 kg/An in 2002.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 13 kg/An in 2010.
- How does Lithuania rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Lithuania ranks 37th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.