Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in India
India: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per was 0.0082 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in India, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
India recorded 0.0082 An per person for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in India peaked at 0.0241 An per person in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.0082 An per person, in 2020.
That places India 129th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in India, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0231 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.023 An per person | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0228 An per person | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0227 An per person | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0228 An per person | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0227 An per person | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0229 An per person | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0231 An per person | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0231 An per person | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0231 An per person | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0232 An per person | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0228 An per person | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0228 An per person | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0228 An per person | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0228 An per person | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0228 An per person | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0228 An per person | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0226 An per person | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0227 An per person | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0228 An per person | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0227 An per person | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0241 An per person | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0236 An per person | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0233 An per person | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0229 An per person | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0225 An per person | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0227 An per person | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0223 An per person | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0219 An per person | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0209 An per person | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 0.009 An per person | -56.9% |
| 1992 | 0.009 An per person | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.009 An per person | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0089 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0088 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0088 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0087 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0087 An per person | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0086 An per person | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0086 An per person | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0086 An per person | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0085 An per person | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0085 An per person | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0085 An per person | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0085 An per person | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0086 An per person | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0086 An per person | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0086 An per person | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0086 An per person | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.009 An per person | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 0.009 An per person | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0089 An per person | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0089 An per person | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0088 An per person | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0086 An per person | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0085 An per person | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0083 An per person | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0087 An per person | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0084 An per person | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0082 An per person | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0083 An per person | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0083 An per person | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0083 An per person | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0082 An per person | -0.3% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 0.0082 An per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0264 An per person, 31% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- India's 0.0082 An per person is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.0161 An per person, 51% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in India changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -56.9% | 0.0209 An per person | 0.009 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0229 An per person | 0.0227 An per person | 0.0231 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0228 An per person | 0.0226 An per person | 0.0232 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0229 An per person | 0.0219 An per person | 0.0241 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0101 An per person | 0.0086 An per person | 0.0209 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0086 An per person | 0.0085 An per person | 0.0086 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0087 An per person | 0.0083 An per person | 0.009 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0083 An per person | 0.0082 An per person | 0.0083 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in India?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in India was 0.0082 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0241 An per person in 1982.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0082 An per person in 2020.
- How does India rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per?
- India ranks 129th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.