Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Zambia
Zambia: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 12 kg/An in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 12 kg/An for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Zambia peaked at 13 kg/An in 2016 and was at its lowest, 12 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Zambia 133rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 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 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 13 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 13 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 12 kg/An | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 12 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 12 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 | 12.2 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.4 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 133 Bahamas 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Benin 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Botswana 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Cameroon 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Costa Rica 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Croatia 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Gambia 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Italy 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Portugal 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 kg/An compare
- 133 Spain 12 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Zambia?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Zambia was 12 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 13 kg/An in 2016.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Zambia ranks 133rd out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zambia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.