Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Uganda
Uganda: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 10 kg/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 10 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.1% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Uganda peaked at 13 kg/An in 1977 and was at its lowest, 10 kg/An, in 2013.
Uganda ranks 162nd of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Uganda, 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 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 12 kg/An | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 13 kg/An | +18.2% |
| 1978 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 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 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 11 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 10 kg/An | -9.1% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 10 kg/An is below the median for low income countries, which is 12.5 kg/An, 80% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 10 kg/An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12.5 kg/An, 80% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.8 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.7 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 13 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 | 11.1 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.6 kg/An | 10 kg/An | 11 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 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 Sierra Leone 10 kg/An compare
- 162 South Sudan 10 kg/An compare
- 162 Vanuatu 10 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Uganda?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Uganda 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 13 kg/An in 1977.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 kg/An in 2013.
- How does Uganda rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Uganda ranks 162nd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uganda 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.