Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nepal
Nepal: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 477,000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nepal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 477,000 An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.4% on the previous year and down 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Nepal peaked at 935,885 An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 399,349 An, in 2023.
Nepal ranks 82nd of 190 countries on this measure, 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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 410,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 418,000 An | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 440,000 An | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 447,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 457,000 An | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 457,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 476,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 492,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 507,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 525,000 An | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 550,000 An | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 580,000 An | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 600,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 630,000 An | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 669,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 702,000 An | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 742,000 An | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 774,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 796,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 851,000 An | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 891,000 An | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 850,000 An | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 870,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 884,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 890,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 906,000 An | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 914,637 An | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 924,746 An | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 928,420 An | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 935,885 An | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 454,000 An | -51.5% |
| 1992 | 457,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 495,931 An | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 500,000 An | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 500,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 500,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 570,000 An | +14.0% |
| 1998 | 575,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 580,000 An | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 585,000 An | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 586,000 An | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 590,000 An | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 603,000 An | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 616,000 An | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 641,000 An | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 656,000 An | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 678,000 An | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 690,000 An | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 712,600 An | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 737,000 An | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 763,000 An | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 783,700 An | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 796,000 An | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 800,000 An | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 802,193 An | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 762,207 An | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 707,139 An | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 711,928 An | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 701,223 An | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 691,595 An | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 674,419 An | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 667,722 An | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 399,349 An | -40.2% |
| 2024 | 477,000 An | +19.4% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 477,000 An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 401,854 An, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 477,000 An is above the median for South Asia, which is 477,000 An, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nepal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -51.5% | 935,885 An | 454,000 An |
| 2023 | -40.2% | 667,722 An | 399,349 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 456,000 An | 410,000 An | 507,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 656,800 An | 525,000 An | 796,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 890,980 An | 850,000 An | 928,420 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 556,782 An | 454,000 An | 935,885 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 635,760 An | 585,000 An | 712,600 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 756,439 An | 701,223 An | 802,193 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 582,017 An | 399,349 An | 691,595 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2156 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 331.1 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7937 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.33 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Nepal?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Nepal was 477,000 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 935,885 An in 1990.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 399,349 An in 2023.
- How does Nepal rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Nepal ranks 82nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.