Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 14 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Zimbabwe, 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 Zimbabwe stood at 14 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Zimbabwe peaked at 14 kg/An in 2016 and was at its lowest, 12 kg/An, in 1965.
That places Zimbabwe 102nd out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.44 kg/An | 12 kg/An | 13 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 | 13.1 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.2 kg/An | 13 kg/An | 14 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 102 Albania 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Angola 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Argentina 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Azerbaijan, Republic of 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Belarus, Republic of 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Brazil 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Ecuador 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Kenya 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Namibia 14 kg/An compare
- 102 New Caledonia 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Nicaragua 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Republic of Korea 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Slovenia, Republic of 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Sudan 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Suriname 14 kg/An compare
- 102 Tajikistan, Republic of 14 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Zimbabwe?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Zimbabwe was 14 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 14 kg/An in 2016.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 kg/An in 1965.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Zimbabwe ranks 102nd out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.