Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 21,642 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR, 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 China, Hong Kong SAR stood at 21,642 An. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.9% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 234,651 An in 1980 and was at its lowest, 21,642 An, in 2024.
China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 143rd of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 103,262 An | — |
| 1962 | 134,365 An | +30.1% |
| 1963 | 119,657 An | -10.9% |
| 1964 | 149,257 An | +24.7% |
| 1965 | 181,040 An | +21.3% |
| 1966 | 190,000 An | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 170,000 An | -10.5% |
| 1968 | 180,000 An | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 191,000 An | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 194,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 178,000 An | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 201,000 An | +12.9% |
| 1973 | 198,903 An | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 177,941 An | -10.5% |
| 1975 | 200,183 An | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 196,393 An | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 198,066 An | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 200,160 An | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 223,782 An | +11.8% |
| 1980 | 234,651 An | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 220,880 An | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 214,560 An | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 200,410 An | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 178,160 An | -11.1% |
| 1985 | 186,560 An | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 184,400 An | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 182,910 An | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 179,730 An | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 168,480 An | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 166,390 An | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 155,430 An | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 149,860 An | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 136,010 An | -9.2% |
| 1994 | 131,900 An | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 108,439 An | -17.8% |
| 1996 | 80,042 An | -26.2% |
| 1997 | 58,920 An | -26.4% |
| 1998 | 64,501 An | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 61,653 An | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 57,547 An | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 50,649 An | -12.0% |
| 2002 | 47,741 An | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 45,318 An | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 47,797 An | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 48,201 An | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 46,349 An | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 41,412 An | -10.7% |
| 2008 | 28,606 An | -30.9% |
| 2009 | 28,434 An | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 28,124 An | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 28,591 An | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 25,953 An | -9.2% |
| 2013 | 26,500 An | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 25,222 An | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 23,000 An | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 22,000 An | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 22,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 21,948 An | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 22,105 An | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 21,710 An | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 21,780 An | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 21,834 An | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 23,000 An | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 21,642 An | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 157,620 An | 103,262 An | 191,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 196,843 An | 177,941 An | 223,782 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 195,074 An | 168,480 An | 234,651 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 111,314 An | 58,920 An | 166,390 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,205 An | 28,434 An | 57,547 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,544 An | 21,948 An | 28,591 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,993 An | 21,642 An | 23,000 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in China, Hong Kong SAR was 21,642 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 China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 234,651 An in 1980.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,642 An in 2024.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 143rd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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.