Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 16 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 16 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 6.7% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Middle Africa peaked at 16 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10 kg/An, in 1973.
That places Middle Africa 8th out of 20 regions with data for 2024, putting it 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 Middle Africa, 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 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1972 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 1974 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 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 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 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 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 14 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16 kg/An | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.44 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.4 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.7 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.5 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 14 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.8 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 16 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 5 Israel 32 kg/An compare
- 5 South Africa 32 kg/An compare
- 7 Montenegro 31 kg/An compare
- 7 North Macedonia 31 kg/An compare
- 9 Kyrgyzstan 30 kg/An compare
- 10 Fiji 29 kg/An compare
- 10 Georgia 29 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Middle Africa?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Middle Africa was 16 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 kg/An in 1973.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Middle Africa ranks 8th out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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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About this data
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.