Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mozambique
Mozambique: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 150,246 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mozambique, 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 Mozambique stood at 150,246 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Mozambique peaked at 245,000 An in 1981 and was at its lowest, 58,850 An, in 2002.
That places Mozambique 115th out of 190 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.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 165,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 170,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 175,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 180,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 185,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 187,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 192,000 An | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 195,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 201,000 An | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 205,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 210,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 215,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 220,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 225,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 240,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 210,000 An | -12.5% |
| 1977 | 225,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 230,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 235,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 240,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 245,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 240,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 235,000 An | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 240,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 245,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 210,000 An | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 190,000 An | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 190,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 181,000 An | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 95,000 An | -47.5% |
| 1991 | 95,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 95,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 100,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 95,000 An | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 90,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 95,000 An | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 90,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 90,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 85,000 An | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 80,000 An | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 75,000 An | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 58,850 An | -21.5% |
| 2003 | 77,997 An | +32.5% |
| 2004 | 77,739 An | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 61,480 An | -20.9% |
| 2006 | 62,050 An | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 66,910 An | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 76,730 An | +14.7% |
| 2009 | 93,560 An | +21.9% |
| 2010 | 81,030 An | -13.4% |
| 2011 | 99,260 An | +22.5% |
| 2012 | 118,520 An | +19.4% |
| 2013 | 107,720 An | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 119,200 An | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 123,030 An | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 106,000 An | -13.8% |
| 2017 | 102,959 An | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 91,339 An | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 104,694 An | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 107,028 An | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 127,572 An | +19.2% |
| 2022 | 143,221 An | +12.3% |
| 2023 | 160,790 An | +12.3% |
| 2024 | 150,246 An | -6.6% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 150,246 An is below the median for low income countries, which is 490,275 An, 31% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 150,246 An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 281,582 An, 53% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Mozambique 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -47.5% | 181,000 An | 95,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 183,333 An | 165,000 An | 201,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 221,500 An | 205,000 An | 240,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 221,600 An | 181,000 An | 245,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 93,000 An | 85,000 An | 100,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,032 An | 58,850 An | 93,560 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 105,375 An | 81,030 An | 123,030 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 137,771 An | 107,028 An | 160,790 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2557 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2557 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 160.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6279 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Mozambique?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Mozambique was 150,246 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 245,000 An in 1981.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 58,850 An in 2002.
- How does Mozambique rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Mozambique ranks 115th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.