Africa vs China: Buffalo fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Africa
620,000 An
in 2024
China
5.10 million An
in 2024
Africa rank
7th
China rank
3rd

Buffalo fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Africa
  • China
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How they compare

China currently reports 5.10 million An against 620,000 An in Africa, a difference of 4.48 million An.

That makes China's figure about 8.2 times Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.

Africa ranks 7th and China ranks 3rd of 17 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 2 and China in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa China Difference Ahead
1960s 553,556 An 387,988 An 165,567 An Africa
1970s 803,180 An 642,053 An 161,127 An Africa
1980s 1.01 million An 1.18 million An 171,062 An China
1990s 1.32 million An 2.61 million An 1.29 million An China
2000s 1.18 million An 3.43 million An 2.25 million An China
2010s 1.12 million An 4.29 million An 3.17 million An China
2020s 618,600 An 4.85 million An 4.23 million An China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher buffalo fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered, Africa or China?
China, at 5.10 million An against 620,000 An in Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in buffalo fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered between Africa and China?
4.48 million An, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Africa and China rank globally for buffalo fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
Africa ranks 7th and China ranks 3rd of 17 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Buffalo fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Buffalo fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
53 places, 2,945 data points, 1961–2024
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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.