Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per was 0.002 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Papua New Guinea is 0.002 An per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.0063 An per person in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.0016 An per person, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 161st 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0016 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0018 An per person | +13.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0021 An per person | +16.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0023 An per person | +11.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0027 An per person | +17.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0029 An per person | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0032 An per person | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0037 An per person | +16.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0042 An per person | +12.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0039 An per person | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 0.004 An per person | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0048 An per person | +18.1% |
| 1973 | 0.005 An per person | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0053 An per person | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0055 An per person | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 0.006 An per person | +9.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0063 An per person | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0047 An per person | -25.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0049 An per person | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0047 An per person | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0044 An per person | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0043 An per person | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0042 An per person | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0041 An per person | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0046 An per person | +12.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0039 An per person | -14.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0039 An per person | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0038 An per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0037 An per person | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0036 An per person | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0037 An per person | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0035 An per person | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0035 An per person | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0035 An per person | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0035 An per person | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0035 An per person | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0033 An per person | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0033 An per person | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0032 An per person | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0033 An per person | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0035 An per person | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0034 An per person | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0033 An per person | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0033 An per person | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0032 An per person | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0031 An per person | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0031 An per person | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.003 An per person | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0029 An per person | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0028 An per person | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0027 An per person | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0027 An per person | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0026 An per person | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0026 An per person | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0024 An per person | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0024 An per person | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0023 An per person | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0023 An per person | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0022 An per person | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0022 An per person | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0021 An per person | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0021 An per person | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0021 An per person | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.002 An per person | -1.4% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.002 An per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0264 An per person, 8% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 0.002 An per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0161 An per person, 13% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Papua New Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | -25.9% | 0.0063 An per person | 0.0047 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0027 An per person | 0.0016 An per person | 0.0042 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.005 An per person | 0.0039 An per person | 0.0063 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0041 An per person | 0.0037 An per person | 0.0047 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0034 An per person | 0.0032 An per person | 0.0037 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0032 An per person | 0.0029 An per person | 0.0035 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0025 An per person | 0.0022 An per person | 0.0028 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0021 An per person | 0.002 An per person | 0.0022 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Papua New Guinea?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Papua New Guinea was 0.002 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0063 An per person in 1977.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0016 An per person in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 161st out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.