Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 18 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Mozambique, 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 Mozambique stood at 18 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.6% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Mozambique peaked at 54 kg/An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 12 kg/An, in 1961.
Mozambique ranks 55th of 185 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.2 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 54 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.8 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.2 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 55 Bahrain 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Brunei Darussalam 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Central African Republic 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Chile 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Czechoslovakia 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Eswatini 18 kg/An compare
- 55 France 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Hungary 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Iceland 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Latvia 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Madagascar 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Poland 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Russian Federation 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Serbia and Montenegro 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Ukraine 18 kg/An compare
- 55 Uruguay 18 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2557 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2557 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 160.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6279 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 25.57 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 25.57 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Mozambique?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Mozambique was 18 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 54 kg/An in 1990.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Mozambique rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Mozambique ranks 55th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.