Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Cameroon
Cameroon: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 810,432 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Cameroon, 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 Cameroon stood at 810,432 An.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Cameroon peaked at 860,000 An in 2018 and was at its lowest, 142,000 An, in 1964.
That places Cameroon 66th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 172,000 An | 142,000 An | 210,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 284,210 An | 242,800 An | 323,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 408,874 An | 320,000 An | 504,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 526,500 An | 509,000 An | 605,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 664,700 An | 620,000 An | 755,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 730,785 An | 610,274 An | 860,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 797,751 An | 783,717 An | 810,432 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture share gdp 16.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
- Rural population 44.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 13.25 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 805,353 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Cameroon?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Cameroon was 810,432 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 860,000 An in 2018.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 142,000 An in 1964.
- How does Cameroon rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Cameroon ranks 66th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.