Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Fiji
Fiji: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 17,424 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Fiji, 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 Fiji stood at 17,424 An.
That represents a change of down 19.0% on the previous year and down 60.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Fiji peaked at 56,000 An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 14,360 An, in 1961.
Fiji ranks 148th 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 Fiji, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,360 An | — |
| 1962 | 14,730 An | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 15,450 An | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 16,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 14,560 An | -9.0% |
| 1966 | 16,325 An | +12.1% |
| 1967 | 19,000 An | +16.4% |
| 1968 | 23,220 An | +22.2% |
| 1969 | 27,220 An | +17.2% |
| 1970 | 25,950 An | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 28,740 An | +10.8% |
| 1972 | 23,680 An | -17.6% |
| 1973 | 24,270 An | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 23,520 An | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 25,000 An | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 27,000 An | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 30,000 An | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 34,000 An | +13.3% |
| 1979 | 37,000 An | +8.8% |
| 1980 | 40,000 An | +8.1% |
| 1981 | 44,000 An | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 45,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 46,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 47,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 48,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 50,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 51,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 52,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 53,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 56,000 An | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 47,450 An | -15.3% |
| 1992 | 43,733 An | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 40,500 An | -7.4% |
| 1994 | 38,433 An | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 36,950 An | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 40,017 An | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 48,000 An | +19.9% |
| 1998 | 49,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 45,236 An | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 44,800 An | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 47,063 An | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 40,867 An | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 40,933 An | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 37,217 An | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 37,533 An | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 36,986 An | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 32,633 An | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 31,100 An | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 28,650 An | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 32,877 An | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 26,888 An | -18.2% |
| 2012 | 26,883 An | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 34,642 An | +28.9% |
| 2014 | 44,568 An | +28.7% |
| 2015 | 15,730 An | -64.7% |
| 2016 | 21,675 An | +37.8% |
| 2017 | 18,531 An | -14.5% |
| 2018 | 16,981 An | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 22,900 An | +34.9% |
| 2020 | 18,660 An | -18.5% |
| 2021 | 17,743 An | -4.9% |
| 2022 | 17,497 An | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 21,519 An | +23.0% |
| 2024 | 17,424 An | -19.0% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 17,424 An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 300,000 An, 6% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 17,424 An is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 326,552 An, 5% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Fiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -64.7% | 44,568 An | 15,730 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,874 An | 14,360 An | 27,220 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,916 An | 23,520 An | 37,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,600 An | 40,000 An | 53,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,532 An | 36,950 An | 56,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,778 An | 28,650 An | 47,063 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,168 An | 15,730 An | 44,568 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,569 An | 17,424 An | 21,519 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
- 145 Gambia 21,471 An compare
- 146 Bhutan 20,689 An compare
- 147 Cyprus 20,530 An compare
- 149 Puerto Rico 17,063 An compare
- 150 New Caledonia 13,393 An compare
- 151 North Macedonia 12,787 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Fiji?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Fiji was 17,424 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 Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 56,000 An in 1990.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,360 An in 1961.
- How does Fiji rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Fiji ranks 148th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji 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.