Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Mauritius
Mauritius: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 20 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 20 kg/An for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Mauritius peaked at 20 kg/An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7 kg/An, in 1990.
Mauritius ranks 37th of 185 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 12 kg/An | -14.3% |
| 1969 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1972 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 16 kg/An | +23.1% |
| 1975 | 14 kg/An | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 11 kg/An | -21.4% |
| 1977 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1979 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 9 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 8 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 1984 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7 kg/An | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 7 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 8 kg/An | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 9 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 10 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 9 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 14 kg/An | +55.6% |
| 2003 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 12 kg/An | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19 kg/An | +90.0% |
| 2016 | 17 kg/An | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 20 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 19 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 20 kg/An | +5.3% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 20 kg/An is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.5 kg/An, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 20 kg/An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12.5 kg/An, 1.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Mauritius changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +90.0% | 10 kg/An | 19 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 12.2 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.3 kg/An | 8 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 9 kg/An | 7 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.6 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 14 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.2 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Mauritius?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Mauritius 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 20 kg/An in 2021.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 kg/An in 1990.
- How does Mauritius rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Mauritius ranks 37th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.