Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iceland
Iceland: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 22,453 An in 2024. βΌ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Iceland, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland is 22,453 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland peaked at 41,500 An in 1967 and was at its lowest, 17,658 An, in 2014.
That places Iceland 153rd out of 206 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,382 An | 27,021 An | 41,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,337 An | 28,826 An | 38,117 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,843 An | 22,635 An | 29,871 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,822 An | 21,834 An | 25,948 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,217 An | 17,863 An | 24,252 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,370 An | 17,658 An | 22,841 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,640 An | 21,462 An | 23,459 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 150 Estonia 30,700 An compare
- 151 Jamaica 28,554 An compare
- 152 Luxembourg 25,270 An compare
- 154 China, Hong Kong SAR 21,642 An compare
- 155 Papua New Guinea 21,543 An compare
- 156 Gambia 21,471 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture share gdp 3.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 5.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 22,689 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.41 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes β Production 1,362 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Iceland was 22,453 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 41,500 An in 1967.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,658 An in 2014.
- How does Iceland rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered?
- Iceland ranks 153rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β 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.