Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Paraguay
Paraguay: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 13 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Paraguay, 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 Paraguay stood at 13 kg/An.
The figure is up 8.3% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Paraguay peaked at 14 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 12 kg/An, in 2005.
That places Paraguay 120th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 14 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 13 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 12 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 12 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 13 kg/An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.5 kg/An, 84% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 13 kg/An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14 kg/An, 93% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.9 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.7 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 13 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.9 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.8 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 5 |
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- 120 Bulgaria 13 kg/An compare
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- 120 Peru 13 kg/An compare
- 120 Senegal 13 kg/An compare
- 120 Slovakia 13 kg/An compare
- 120 Somalia 13 kg/An compare
- 120 Sudan (former) 13 kg/An compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Paraguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 817.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5603 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2961 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Paraguay?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Paraguay was 13 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 14 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 kg/An in 2005.
- How does Paraguay rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Paraguay ranks 120th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.