Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 13.69 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Eastern Europe recorded 13.69 million An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Europe peaked at 52.09 million An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 13.50 million An, in 2023.
That places Eastern Europe 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33.98 million An | — |
| 1962 | 38.38 million An | +13.0% |
| 1963 | 44.49 million An | +15.9% |
| 1964 | 41.67 million An | -6.3% |
| 1965 | 39.82 million An | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 40.64 million An | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 45.60 million An | +12.2% |
| 1968 | 47.33 million An | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 45.22 million An | -4.5% |
| 1970 | 43.27 million An | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 41.06 million An | -5.1% |
| 1972 | 42.41 million An | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 43.23 million An | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 44.68 million An | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 45.76 million An | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 47.57 million An | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 45.31 million An | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 46.74 million An | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 46.81 million An | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 47.10 million An | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 46.22 million An | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 46.39 million An | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 46.37 million An | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 48.72 million An | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 48.48 million An | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 48.56 million An | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 49.98 million An | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 49.54 million An | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 50.07 million An | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 52.09 million An | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 48.85 million An | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 39.78 million An | -18.6% |
| 1993 | 37.92 million An | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 37.82 million An | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 35.98 million An | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 32.53 million An | -9.6% |
| 1997 | 30.17 million An | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 27.72 million An | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 24.83 million An | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 23.84 million An | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 21.76 million An | -8.7% |
| 2002 | 22.15 million An | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 22.76 million An | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 21.41 million An | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 19.35 million An | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 18.30 million An | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 18.27 million An | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 17.86 million An | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 17.45 million An | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 17.21 million An | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 16.01 million An | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 15.48 million An | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 15.55 million An | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 15.97 million An | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 15.45 million An | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 15.24 million An | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 15.10 million An | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 14.82 million An | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 14.60 million An | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 14.58 million An | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 14.37 million An | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 13.83 million An | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 13.50 million An | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 13.69 million An | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41.90 million An | 33.98 million An | 47.33 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 44.68 million An | 41.06 million An | 47.57 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 48.14 million An | 46.22 million An | 50.07 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.77 million An | 24.83 million An | 52.09 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.32 million An | 17.45 million An | 23.84 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.54 million An | 14.60 million An | 17.21 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.00 million An | 13.50 million An | 14.58 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 345,606 An compare
- 12 Uzbekistan 6.04 million An compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 182,882 An compare
- 13 New Zealand 4.68 million An compare
- 14 Chad 4.34 million An compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 135,659 An compare
- 15 France 3.99 million An compare
- 15 Melanesia 67,279 An compare
- 16 Ethiopia 3.95 million An compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 20,401 An compare
- 17 Canada 3.41 million An compare
- 17 Republic of Moldova 17,988 An compare
- 18 Sudan 3.36 million An compare
- 18 Polynesia 11,302 An compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 4.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -3.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.646 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -5.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Europe?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Europe was 13.69 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 52.09 million An in 1990.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.50 million An in 2023.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Eastern Europe ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.