Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in El Salvador
El Salvador: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 115,831 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in El Salvador is 115,831 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.0% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in El Salvador peaked at 240,000 An in 2002 and was at its lowest, 99,944 An, in 2013.
El Salvador ranks 120th of 190 countries on this measure, 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 El Salvador, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 135,900 An | — |
| 1962 | 134,300 An | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 138,600 An | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 134,500 An | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 133,900 An | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 141,600 An | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 136,700 An | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 131,300 An | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 130,800 An | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 132,100 An | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 134,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 153,000 An | +14.2% |
| 1973 | 159,000 An | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 187,000 An | +17.6% |
| 1975 | 175,000 An | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 208,803 An | +19.3% |
| 1977 | 188,368 An | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 217,169 An | +15.3% |
| 1979 | 202,771 An | -6.6% |
| 1980 | 185,430 An | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 147,946 An | -20.2% |
| 1982 | 148,864 An | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 146,703 An | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 147,538 An | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 140,281 An | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 145,211 An | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 125,943 An | -13.3% |
| 1988 | 149,158 An | +18.4% |
| 1989 | 167,991 An | +12.6% |
| 1990 | 162,520 An | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 140,501 An | -13.5% |
| 1992 | 131,829 An | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 147,796 An | +12.1% |
| 1994 | 162,600 An | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 175,290 An | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 162,000 An | -7.6% |
| 1997 | 209,100 An | +29.1% |
| 1998 | 205,600 An | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 203,956 An | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 207,634 An | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 208,000 An | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 240,000 An | +15.4% |
| 2003 | 176,686 An | -26.4% |
| 2004 | 160,159 An | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 163,055 An | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 184,719 An | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 188,919 An | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 194,236 An | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 187,951 An | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 199,400 An | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 141,288 An | -29.1% |
| 2012 | 158,345 An | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 99,944 An | -36.9% |
| 2014 | 106,070 An | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 112,287 An | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 113,004 An | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 110,695 An | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 111,043 An | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 111,854 An | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 113,126 An | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 118,647 An | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 113,691 An | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 106,222 An | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 115,831 An | +9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 135,289 An | 130,800 An | 141,600 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 175,721 An | 132,100 An | 217,169 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 150,506 An | 125,943 An | 185,430 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 170,119 An | 131,829 An | 209,100 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 191,136 An | 160,159 An | 240,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 126,393 An | 99,944 An | 199,400 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 113,503 An | 106,222 An | 118,647 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in El Salvador?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in El Salvador was 115,831 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 240,000 An in 2002.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 99,944 An in 2013.
- How does El Salvador rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- El Salvador ranks 120th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.