Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Asia
Asia: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 120.21 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Asia stood at 120.21 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Asia peaked at 120.21 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 25.04 million An, in 1961.
That places Asia 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Asia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25.04 million An | — |
| 1962 | 26.02 million An | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 26.73 million An | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 27.72 million An | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 28.32 million An | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 28.81 million An | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 29.31 million An | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 29.88 million An | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 31.16 million An | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 32.17 million An | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 32.50 million An | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 32.95 million An | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 33.37 million An | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 35.48 million An | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 36.11 million An | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 36.26 million An | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 37.26 million An | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 38.18 million An | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 40.10 million An | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 39.67 million An | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 40.69 million An | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 42.77 million An | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 43.28 million An | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 44.64 million An | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 45.35 million An | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 48.44 million An | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 48.92 million An | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 50.59 million An | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 51.38 million An | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 51.56 million An | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 41.44 million An | -19.6% |
| 1992 | 50.60 million An | +22.1% |
| 1993 | 54.74 million An | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 59.78 million An | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 62.50 million An | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 63.43 million An | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 71.64 million An | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 74.78 million An | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 75.61 million An | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 77.28 million An | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 78.56 million An | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 80.27 million An | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 82.58 million An | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 85.81 million An | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 87.27 million An | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 90.43 million An | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 93.61 million An | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 94.95 million An | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 95.14 million An | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 96.28 million An | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 96.88 million An | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 98.71 million An | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 98.77 million An | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 102.52 million An | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 102.46 million An | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 104.40 million An | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 106.25 million An | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 107.97 million An | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 109.29 million An | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 111.14 million An | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 114.44 million An | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 116.91 million An | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 119.67 million An | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 120.21 million An | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.11 million An | 25.04 million An | 31.16 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 35.44 million An | 32.17 million An | 40.10 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 45.57 million An | 39.67 million An | 51.38 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 60.61 million An | 41.44 million An | 75.61 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.59 million An | 77.28 million An | 95.14 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 102.35 million An | 96.28 million An | 109.29 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 116.47 million An | 111.14 million An | 120.21 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Asia?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Asia was 120.21 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 120.21 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.04 million An in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.