Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, Macao SAR
China, Macao SAR: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2,127 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, Macao SAR, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
China, Macao SAR recorded 2,127 An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in China, Macao SAR peaked at 15,500 An in 1980 and was at its lowest, 2,127 An, in 2024.
That places China, Macao SAR 174th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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, Macao SAR, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,455 An | — |
| 1962 | 6,738 An | +51.2% |
| 1963 | 6,801 An | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 9,202 An | +35.3% |
| 1965 | 8,989 An | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 9,860 An | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 7,032 An | -28.7% |
| 1968 | 6,526 An | -7.2% |
| 1969 | 6,878 An | +5.4% |
| 1970 | 8,808 An | +28.1% |
| 1971 | 8,801 An | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 14,448 An | +64.2% |
| 1973 | 10,952 An | -24.2% |
| 1974 | 9,496 An | -13.3% |
| 1975 | 11,178 An | +17.7% |
| 1976 | 12,212 An | +9.3% |
| 1977 | 12,429 An | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 13,025 An | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 12,600 An | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 15,500 An | +23.0% |
| 1981 | 10,700 An | -31.0% |
| 1982 | 9,150 An | -14.5% |
| 1983 | 8,200 An | -10.4% |
| 1984 | 7,400 An | -9.8% |
| 1985 | 10,700 An | +44.6% |
| 1986 | 10,200 An | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 9,900 An | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 12,700 An | +28.3% |
| 1989 | 12,725 An | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 9,615 An | -24.4% |
| 1991 | 8,912 An | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 8,792 An | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 8,688 An | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 8,435 An | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 7,141 An | -15.3% |
| 1996 | 7,388 An | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 5,607 An | -24.1% |
| 1998 | 5,987 An | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 5,731 An | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 5,489 An | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 5,201 An | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 5,317 An | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 5,183 An | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 5,396 An | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 5,804 An | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 5,800 An | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 5,613 An | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 2,744 An | -51.1% |
| 2009 | 2,691 An | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 2,609 An | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 2,800 An | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 2,358 An | -15.8% |
| 2013 | 2,400 An | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 2,476 An | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 2,355 An | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 2,319 An | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 2,287 An | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 2,255 An | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 2,210 An | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 2,208 An | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,179 An | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 2,190 An | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,158 An | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 2,127 An | -1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, Macao SAR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +64.2% | 8,801 An | 14,448 An |
| 1962 | +51.2% | 4,455 An | 6,738 An |
| 2008 | -51.1% | 5,613 An | 2,744 An |
| 1985 | +44.6% | 7,400 An | 10,700 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,387 An | 4,455 An | 9,860 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,395 An | 8,801 An | 14,448 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,718 An | 7,400 An | 15,500 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,630 An | 5,607 An | 9,615 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,924 An | 2,691 An | 5,804 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,407 An | 2,210 An | 2,800 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,172 An | 2,127 An | 2,208 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in China, Macao SAR?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in China, Macao SAR was 2,127 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, Macao SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 15,500 An in 1980.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China, Macao SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,127 An in 2024.
- How does China, Macao SAR rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- China, Macao SAR ranks 174th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in China, Macao SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, Macao 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.