Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Melanesia
Melanesia: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 27 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 27 kg/An for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 92.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Melanesia peaked at 27 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8 kg/An, in 2009.
That places Melanesia 2nd out of 20 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 Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 11 kg/An | -15.4% |
| 1982 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 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 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 14 kg/An | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 12 kg/An | -14.3% |
| 1994 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10 kg/An | -23.1% |
| 2003 | 13 kg/An | +30.0% |
| 2004 | 12 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 8 kg/An | -38.5% |
| 2010 | 8 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13 kg/An | +62.5% |
| 2012 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 16 kg/An | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 14 kg/An | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 10 kg/An | -28.6% |
| 2016 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13 kg/An | +18.2% |
| 2022 | 15 kg/An | +15.4% |
| 2023 | 25 kg/An | +66.7% |
| 2024 | 27 kg/An | +8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.6 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.3 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.1 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.1 kg/An | 8 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.9 kg/An | 8 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.2 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 27 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 1 Malaysia 39 kg/An compare
- 1 Syrian Arab Republic 47 kg/An compare
- 2 Rwanda 37 kg/An compare
- 3 Egypt 35 kg/An compare
- 3 Sri Lanka 35 kg/An compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 26 kg/An compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 23 kg/An compare
- 5 Israel 32 kg/An compare
- 5 South Africa 32 kg/An compare
- 5 Türkiye 22 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 8.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -19.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4201 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.8374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Melanesia?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Melanesia 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 27 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 kg/An in 2009.
- How does Melanesia rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Melanesia ranks 2nd out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.