Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jamaica
Jamaica: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 28,554 An in 2024. βΌ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Jamaica, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica stood at 28,554 An.
The figure is down 4.5% 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 Jamaica peaked at 85,248 An in 1993 and was at its lowest, 20,404 An, in 2010.
That places Jamaica 140th out of 188 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 | 60,397 An | 57,642 An | 62,855 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,815 An | 55,628 An | 67,616 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 65,082 An | 59,117 An | 70,661 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,096 An | 61,406 An | 85,248 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,774 An | 21,009 An | 66,532 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,939 An | 20,404 An | 27,724 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,865 An | 27,439 An | 29,885 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 137 Libya 32,226 An compare
- 138 Montenegro 32,000 An compare
- 139 Estonia 30,700 An compare
- 141 Luxembourg 25,270 An compare
- 142 Iceland 22,453 An compare
- 143 China, Hong Kong SAR 21,642 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 1.15 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 62,998 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Jamaica was 28,554 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 85,248 An in 1993.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,404 An in 2010.
- How does Jamaica rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered?
- Jamaica ranks 140th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.