Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in New Zealand
New Zealand: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per was 0.8852 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 0.8852 An per person for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in New Zealand peaked at 1.24 An per person in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.8047 An per person, in 1984.
New Zealand ranks 1st of 167 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.9478 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 1.06 An per person | +12.1% |
| 1963 | 1.06 An per person | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 1.04 An per person | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 0.9012 An per person | -13.0% |
| 1966 | 0.8412 An per person | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 0.8876 An per person | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 0.988 An per person | +11.3% |
| 1969 | 1.09 An per person | +10.7% |
| 1970 | 1.11 An per person | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 1.01 An per person | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 0.9735 An per person | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 1.04 An per person | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 1 An per person | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 1.16 An per person | +15.7% |
| 1976 | 1.24 An per person | +7.2% |
| 1977 | 1.14 An per person | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 1.17 An per person | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 1.03 An per person | -11.6% |
| 1980 | 0.9573 An per person | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 0.977 An per person | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 1.03 An per person | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 0.9749 An per person | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 0.8047 An per person | -17.5% |
| 1985 | 0.8676 An per person | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 0.8731 An per person | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.9718 An per person | +11.3% |
| 1988 | 0.9677 An per person | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.9706 An per person | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8125 An per person | -16.3% |
| 1991 | 0.8191 An per person | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.8242 An per person | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.8265 An per person | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8086 An per person | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 0.8539 An per person | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 1.02 An per person | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 0.9952 An per person | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 1.02 An per person | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9267 An per person | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 0.9118 An per person | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.8438 An per person | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8641 An per person | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9308 An per person | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 1.03 An per person | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 0.9415 An per person | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 0.8797 An per person | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 0.873 An per person | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8654 An per person | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.9125 An per person | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8774 An per person | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8929 An per person | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8749 An per person | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9097 An per person | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9509 An per person | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 1.03 An per person | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 1.01 An per person | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9106 An per person | -9.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8925 An per person | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.906 An per person | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9117 An per person | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9303 An per person | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9018 An per person | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8914 An per person | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 0.8852 An per person | -0.7% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.8852 An per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0368 An per person, 24.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.8852 An per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0161 An per person, 55.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9803 An per person | 0.8412 An per person | 1.09 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.09 An per person | 0.9735 An per person | 1.24 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9393 An per person | 0.8047 An per person | 1.03 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8908 An per person | 0.8086 An per person | 1.02 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9053 An per person | 0.8438 An per person | 1.03 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9257 An per person | 0.8749 An per person | 1.03 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9041 An per person | 0.8852 An per person | 0.9303 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in New Zealand?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in New Zealand was 0.8852 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 An per person in 1976.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8047 An per person in 1984.
- How does New Zealand rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per?
- New Zealand ranks 1st out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.