Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Liberia
Liberia: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 8,388 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Liberia, 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 Liberia stood at 8,388 An.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Liberia peaked at 25,600 An in 1972 and was at its lowest, 7,800 An, in 1989.
Liberia ranks 158th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Liberia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,300 An | — |
| 1962 | 16,900 An | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 17,500 An | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 18,100 An | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 18,800 An | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 19,900 An | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 19,000 An | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 16,500 An | -13.2% |
| 1969 | 16,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 21,500 An | +30.3% |
| 1971 | 23,500 An | +9.3% |
| 1972 | 25,600 An | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 23,700 An | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 18,800 An | -20.7% |
| 1975 | 17,000 An | -9.6% |
| 1976 | 17,500 An | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 17,700 An | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 17,500 An | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 17,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 13,300 An | -24.0% |
| 1981 | 14,700 An | +10.5% |
| 1982 | 18,000 An | +22.4% |
| 1983 | 21,800 An | +21.1% |
| 1984 | 17,500 An | -19.7% |
| 1985 | 12,500 An | -28.6% |
| 1986 | 11,500 An | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 11,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,100 An | -20.9% |
| 1989 | 7,800 An | -14.3% |
| 1990 | 8,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8,150 An | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 8,360 An | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 8,450 An | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 8,600 An | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 8,800 An | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 9,000 An | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 9,100 An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 9,282 An | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 9,296 An | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 9,435 An | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 9,462 An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 9,044 An | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 9,175 An | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 8,937 An | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 9,004 An | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 8,802 An | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 8,675 An | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 8,512 An | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 8,388 An | -1.5% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 8,388 An is below the median for low income countries, which is 490,275 An, 2% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 8,388 An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 281,582 An, 3% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Liberia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +30.3% | 16,500 An | 21,500 An |
| 1985 | -28.6% | 17,500 An | 12,500 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,722 An | 16,300 An | 19,900 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,030 An | 17,000 An | 25,600 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,770 An | 7,800 An | 21,800 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,000 An | 8,000 An | 8,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,156 An | 8,000 An | 8,600 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,153 An | 8,800 An | 9,462 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,676 An | 8,388 An | 9,004 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Liberia?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Liberia was 8,388 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 Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 25,600 An in 1972.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,800 An in 1989.
- How does Liberia rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Liberia ranks 158th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia 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.