Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 243 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Faroe Islands, 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 Faroe Islands stood at 243 An.
The figure is down 11.0% on the previous year and down 71.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Faroe Islands peaked at 850 An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 An, in 1961.
Faroe Islands ranks 184th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 An | — |
| 1962 | 0 An | — |
| 1963 | 0 An | — |
| 1964 | 0 An | — |
| 1965 | 0 An | — |
| 1966 | 518 An | — |
| 1967 | 495 An | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 497 An | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 501 An | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 511 An | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 510 An | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 474 An | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 458 An | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 500 An | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 541 An | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 583 An | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 583 An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 590 An | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 590 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 590 An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 590 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 590 An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 601 An | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 607 An | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 612 An | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 614 An | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 618 An | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 622 An | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 626 An | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 631 An | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 635 An | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 639 An | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 679 An | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 739 An | +8.8% |
| 1995 | 749 An | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 729 An | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 738 An | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 696 An | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 707 An | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 743 An | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 760 An | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 771 An | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 774 An | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 759 An | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 694 An | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 640 An | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 650 An | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 650 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 650 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 650 An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 800 An | +23.1% |
| 2012 | 800 An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 800 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 850 An | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 784 An | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 796 An | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 795 An | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 218 An | -72.6% |
| 2019 | 193 An | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 234 An | +21.2% |
| 2021 | 203 An | -13.2% |
| 2022 | 334 An | +64.5% |
| 2023 | 273 An | -18.3% |
| 2024 | 243 An | -11.0% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 243 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 149,497 An, 0% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 243 An is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,767 An, 0% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Faroe Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -72.6% | 795 An | 218 An |
| 2022 | +64.5% | 203 An | 334 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 223.44 An | 0 An | 518 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 534 An | 458 An | 590 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 607 An | 590 An | 626 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 694.2 An | 631 An | 749 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 709.1 An | 640 An | 774 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 668.6 An | 193 An | 850 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 257.4 An | 203 An | 334 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 515 An compare
- 182 Antigua and Barbuda 461 An compare
- 183 Equatorial Guinea 440 An compare
- 185 Saint Kitts and Nevis 226 An compare
- 186 Bahamas 105 An compare
- 187 Singapore 85 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.1% (2009)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 11,918 current US$ per person (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1607 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Faroe Islands?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Faroe Islands was 243 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 Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 850 An in 2014.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 An in 1961.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Faroe Islands ranks 184th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.