Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland
Switzerland: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 20 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland stood at 20 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland peaked at 22 kg/An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 17 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Switzerland 37th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 17 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 17 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 1978 | 18 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 18 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 18 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 19 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 19 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 21 kg/An | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 22 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 22 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 21 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 20 kg/An | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 20 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.56 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.9 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.5 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.8 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 19 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.6 kg/An | 19 kg/An | 22 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.2 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 37 Algeria 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Belgium-Luxembourg 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Belize 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Cuba 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Estonia 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Germany 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Kazakhstan 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Lithuania 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Mauritius 20 kg/An compare
- 37 New Zealand 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Norway 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Saudi Arabia 20 kg/An compare
- 37 Serbia 20 kg/An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Switzerland was 20 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 22 kg/An in 2015.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Switzerland ranks 37th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.