Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mongolia
Mongolia: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 857,651 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia stood at 857,651 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 29.8% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Mongolia peaked at 1.32 million An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 265,000 An, in 1963.
That places Mongolia 58th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 455,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 320,000 An | -29.7% |
| 1963 | 265,000 An | -17.2% |
| 1964 | 290,000 An | +9.4% |
| 1965 | 330,000 An | +13.8% |
| 1966 | 366,000 An | +10.9% |
| 1967 | 398,000 An | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 350,000 An | -12.1% |
| 1969 | 372,000 An | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 378,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 354,000 An | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 450,000 An | +27.1% |
| 1973 | 375,000 An | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 394,000 An | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 440,000 An | +11.7% |
| 1976 | 494,000 An | +12.3% |
| 1977 | 453,000 An | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 512,000 An | +13.0% |
| 1979 | 541,000 An | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 537,000 An | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 500,000 An | -6.9% |
| 1982 | 470,000 An | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 490,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 485,000 An | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 490,000 An | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 513,200 An | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 521,900 An | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 554,900 An | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 536,400 An | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 525,700 An | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 684,600 An | +30.2% |
| 1992 | 609,900 An | -10.9% |
| 1993 | 479,100 An | -21.4% |
| 1994 | 459,900 An | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 523,900 An | +13.9% |
| 1996 | 679,000 An | +29.6% |
| 1997 | 697,400 An | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 755,600 An | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 809,400 An | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 886,600 An | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 549,600 An | -38.0% |
| 2002 | 502,500 An | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 388,700 An | -22.6% |
| 2004 | 454,200 An | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 389,200 An | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 367,600 An | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 402,300 An | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 459,500 An | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 516,016 An | +12.3% |
| 2010 | 383,275 An | -25.7% |
| 2011 | 446,272 An | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 449,304 An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 450,000 An | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 631,372 An | +40.3% |
| 2015 | 695,900 An | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 790,081 An | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 802,700 An | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.00 million An | +24.9% |
| 2019 | 943,746 An | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 1.32 million An | +39.8% |
| 2021 | 899,369 An | -31.8% |
| 2022 | 1.10 million An | +22.7% |
| 2023 | 1.22 million An | +10.7% |
| 2024 | 857,651 An | -29.8% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 857,651 An is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 300,000 An, 2.9× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 857,651 An is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 326,552 An, 2.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 349,556 An | 265,000 An | 455,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 439,100 An | 354,000 An | 541,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 509,840 An | 470,000 An | 554,900 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 622,450 An | 459,900 An | 809,400 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 491,622 An | 367,600 An | 886,600 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 659,485 An | 383,275 An | 1.00 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 million An | 857,651 An | 1.32 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 55 South Sudan 966,271 An compare
- 56 Turkmenistan 909,318 An compare
- 57 Tajikistan 887,582 An compare
- 59 Belgium-Luxembourg 840,000 An compare
- 60 Cameroon 810,432 An compare
- 61 Belgium 809,220 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Mongolia?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Mongolia was 857,651 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.32 million An in 2020.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 265,000 An in 1963.
- How does Mongolia rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Mongolia ranks 58th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.