Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in World
World: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 15 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in World, 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 World is 15 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in World peaked at 15 kg/An in 2001 and was at its lowest, 14 kg/An, in 1961.
World ranks 15th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in World, 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 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 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 | 14 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 15 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 15 kg/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.9 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 15 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 12 China, Taiwan Province of 28 kg/An compare
- 12 Côte d'Ivoire 16 kg/An compare
- 13 Japan 27 kg/An compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 14 kg/An compare
- 13 Oman 27 kg/An compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 14 kg/An compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14 kg/An compare
- 15 Barbados 26 kg/An compare
- 15 Cabo Verde 15 kg/An compare
- 15 Uzbekistan 26 kg/An compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11 kg/An compare
- 17 Lebanon 25 kg/An compare
- 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 11 kg/An compare
- 17 Micronesia 11 kg/An compare
- 18 Australia 24 kg/An compare
- 18 Malta 24 kg/An compare
- 18 Palestine 24 kg/An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in World?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in World was 15 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 15 kg/An in 2001.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 kg/An in 1961.
- How does World rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- World ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.