Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 21,543 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 21,543 An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Papua New Guinea peaked at 22,000 An in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3,200 An, in 1961.
Papua New Guinea ranks 144th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,200 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,700 An | +15.6% |
| 1963 | 4,400 An | +18.9% |
| 1964 | 5,000 An | +13.6% |
| 1965 | 6,000 An | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 6,600 An | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 7,500 An | +13.6% |
| 1968 | 8,900 An | +18.7% |
| 1969 | 10,200 An | +14.6% |
| 1970 | 9,850 An | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 10,335 An | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 12,500 An | +20.9% |
| 1973 | 13,500 An | +8.0% |
| 1974 | 14,500 An | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 15,370 An | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 17,219 An | +12.0% |
| 1977 | 18,500 An | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 14,000 An | -24.3% |
| 1979 | 14,900 An | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 14,600 An | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 14,200 An | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 13,900 An | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 13,900 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 13,900 An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 16,000 An | +15.1% |
| 1986 | 14,000 An | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 14,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 14,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 14,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 14,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 14,700 An | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 14,400 An | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 15,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 15,800 An | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 16,200 An | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 16,700 An | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 16,500 An | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 17,000 An | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 17,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 18,000 An | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 20,000 An | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 20,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 20,500 An | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 20,700 An | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 20,900 An | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 21,100 An | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 21,400 An | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 21,400 An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 21,400 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 21,500 An | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 21,600 An | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 22,000 An | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 21,769 An | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 21,830 An | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 21,202 An | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 21,443 An | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 20,853 An | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 21,194 An | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 21,102 An | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 21,223 An | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 21,291 An | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 21,375 An | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 21,459 An | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 21,543 An | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,167 An | 3,200 An | 10,200 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,067 An | 9,850 An | 18,500 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,250 An | 13,900 An | 16,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,730 An | 14,000 An | 17,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,540 An | 18,000 An | 21,400 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,449 An | 20,853 An | 22,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,378 An | 21,223 An | 21,543 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 17.02 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.02 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Papua New Guinea?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Papua New Guinea was 21,543 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 22,000 An in 2012.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,200 An in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 144th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.