Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 19.71 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa stood at 19.71 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Africa peaked at 19.71 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.83 million An, in 1963.
That places Eastern Africa 14th out of 29 groups 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.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.89 million An | — |
| 1962 | 5.88 million An | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 5.83 million An | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 5.90 million An | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 5.85 million An | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 6.28 million An | +7.3% |
| 1967 | 6.37 million An | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 6.53 million An | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 6.71 million An | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 6.99 million An | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 6.63 million An | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 6.77 million An | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 7.09 million An | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 7.32 million An | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 6.99 million An | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 7.11 million An | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 7.52 million An | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 8.22 million An | +9.3% |
| 1979 | 8.04 million An | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 7.96 million An | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 7.72 million An | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 8.06 million An | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 8.33 million An | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 8.35 million An | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 8.50 million An | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 9.17 million An | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 8.26 million An | -9.9% |
| 1988 | 8.56 million An | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 9.01 million An | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 9.26 million An | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 10.74 million An | +15.9% |
| 1992 | 11.06 million An | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 10.19 million An | -7.9% |
| 1994 | 10.32 million An | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 10.86 million An | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 11.05 million An | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 11.27 million An | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 12.15 million An | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 13.13 million An | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 13.26 million An | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 12.17 million An | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 12.44 million An | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 12.21 million An | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 12.09 million An | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 12.85 million An | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 13.20 million An | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 12.80 million An | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 13.68 million An | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 14.12 million An | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 15.31 million An | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 15.85 million An | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 16.36 million An | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 16.63 million An | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 16.44 million An | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 16.65 million An | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 17.34 million An | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 17.69 million An | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 18.16 million An | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 18.67 million An | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 17.89 million An | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 18.08 million An | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 18.22 million An | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 19.08 million An | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 19.71 million An | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.14 million An | 5.83 million An | 6.71 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.27 million An | 6.63 million An | 8.22 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.39 million An | 7.72 million An | 9.17 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.00 million An | 9.26 million An | 13.13 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.88 million An | 12.09 million An | 14.12 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.91 million An | 15.31 million An | 18.67 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.59 million An | 17.89 million An | 19.71 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 11 Russian Federation 7.54 million An compare
- 12 Uzbekistan 6.04 million An compare
- 13 New Zealand 4.68 million An compare
- 14 Chad 4.34 million An compare
- 15 France 3.99 million An compare
- 16 Ethiopia 3.95 million An compare
- 17 Canada 3.41 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -0.4094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oranges — Area harvested 87,521 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production 135,663 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 50.84 million An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 69,790 t (2024)
- Oranges — Production 1.05 million t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 25.89 million An (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Production 22.11 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Africa?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Africa was 19.71 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 19.71 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.83 million An in 1963.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Eastern Africa ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.