Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Peru
Peru: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.38 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Peru, 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 Peru stood at 1.38 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Peru peaked at 1.38 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 509,830 An, in 1963.
Peru ranks 43rd of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 551,140 An | — |
| 1962 | 548,790 An | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 509,830 An | -7.1% |
| 1964 | 667,990 An | +31.0% |
| 1965 | 624,140 An | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 632,960 An | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 637,990 An | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 653,257 An | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 695,145 An | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 710,418 An | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 746,016 An | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 714,119 An | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 706,979 An | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 713,543 An | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 714,982 An | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 718,980 An | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 707,249 An | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 726,557 An | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 704,813 An | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 689,991 An | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 719,207 An | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 709,191 An | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 868,764 An | +22.5% |
| 1984 | 771,548 An | -11.2% |
| 1985 | 730,342 An | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 658,300 An | -9.9% |
| 1987 | 728,178 An | +10.6% |
| 1988 | 811,590 An | +11.5% |
| 1989 | 795,876 An | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 855,616 An | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 787,050 An | -8.0% |
| 1992 | 704,038 An | -10.5% |
| 1993 | 666,200 An | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 603,167 An | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 625,412 An | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 631,871 An | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 702,521 An | +11.2% |
| 1998 | 742,324 An | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 893,578 An | +20.4% |
| 2000 | 875,746 An | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 920,031 An | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 951,383 An | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 986,402 An | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 1.02 million An | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 1.07 million An | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 1.13 million An | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 1.14 million An | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1.15 million An | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 1.17 million An | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 1.22 million An | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 1.27 million An | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 1.32 million An | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1.38 million An | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 1.38 million An | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.37 million An | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.36 million An | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.33 million An | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 1.35 million An | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 1.36 million An | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.25 million An | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 1.30 million An | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 1.32 million An | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1.34 million An | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 1.38 million An | +2.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 1.38 million An is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 300,000 An, 4.6× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Peru's 1.38 million An is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 307,018 An, 4.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Peru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +31.0% | 509,830 An | 667,990 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 613,471 An | 509,830 An | 695,145 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 716,366 An | 704,813 An | 746,016 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 748,299 An | 658,300 An | 868,764 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 721,178 An | 603,167 An | 893,578 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 million An | 875,746 An | 1.17 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.33 million An | 1.22 million An | 1.38 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.32 million An | 1.25 million An | 1.38 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Peru?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Peru was 1.38 million 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 1.38 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 509,830 An in 1963.
- How does Peru rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Peru ranks 43rd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.