Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria
Nigeria: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 9 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria is 9 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria peaked at 12 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 9 kg/An, in 2012.
That places Nigeria 174th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 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 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 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 | 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 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 kg/An | -16.7% |
| 2012 | 9 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 10 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 9 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 10 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 9 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 10 kg/An | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 9 kg/An | +0.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 9 kg/An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14 kg/An, 64% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 9 kg/An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12.5 kg/An, 72% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.9 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.8 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 9 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 9 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria was 9 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 12 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 kg/An in 2012.
- How does Nigeria rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Nigeria ranks 174th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.