Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 10 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Sierra Leone, 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 Sierra Leone stood at 10 kg/An. 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 Sierra Leone peaked at 11 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 10 kg/An, in 1969.
Sierra Leone ranks 162nd of 185 countries on this measure, 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 Sierra Leone, 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 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 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 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 10 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.89 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.1 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.4 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 162 Bhutan 10 kg/An compare
- 162 China, Hong Kong SAR 10 kg/An compare
- 162 Congo 10 kg/An compare
- 162 Guyana 10 kg/An compare
- 162 Indonesia 10 kg/An compare
- 162 Malawi 10 kg/An compare
- 162 Romania 10 kg/An compare
- 162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10 kg/An compare
- 162 South Sudan 10 kg/An compare
- 162 Uganda 10 kg/An compare
- 162 Vanuatu 10 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sierra Leone
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2954 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 250 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5407 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 29.54 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.54 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.4% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Sierra Leone?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Sierra Leone was 10 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 11 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 kg/An in 1969.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Sierra Leone ranks 162nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.