Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malta
Malta: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 24 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Malta stood at 24 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and up 71.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Malta peaked at 24 kg/An in 2018 and was at its lowest, 14 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Malta 18th out of 185 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.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 16 kg/An | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 18 kg/An | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 21 kg/An | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 15 kg/An | -28.6% |
| 1967 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 18 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 1969 | 16 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 1970 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 18 kg/An | +20.0% |
| 1978 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 19 kg/An | +11.8% |
| 1980 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 16 kg/An | -20.0% |
| 1982 | 14 kg/An | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 17 kg/An | +21.4% |
| 1984 | 14 kg/An | -17.6% |
| 1985 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 16 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 17 kg/An | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 16 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 15 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 14 kg/An | -12.5% |
| 1997 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 14 kg/An | -12.5% |
| 2001 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2011 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 16 kg/An | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 18 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 24 kg/An | +33.3% |
| 2019 | 23 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 23 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 24 kg/An | +4.3% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 24 kg/An is above the median for high income countries, which is 18 kg/An, 1.3× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Malta's 24 kg/An is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 17 kg/An, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.56 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.5 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.6 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.6 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.6 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.2 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 24 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 15 Barbados 26 kg/An compare
- 15 Cabo Verde 15 kg/An compare
- 15 Uzbekistan 26 kg/An compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11 kg/An compare
- 17 Lebanon 25 kg/An compare
- 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 11 kg/An compare
- 17 Micronesia 11 kg/An compare
- 18 Australia 24 kg/An compare
- 18 Palestine 24 kg/An compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 10 kg/An compare
- 21 Armenia 23 kg/An compare
- 21 Luxembourg 23 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Malta?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Malta was 24 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 24 kg/An in 2018.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Malta rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Malta ranks 18th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.