Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Spain
Spain: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2.48 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Spain is 2.48 million An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Spain peaked at 2.76 million An in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.12 million An, in 1962.
That places Spain 29th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.30 million An | 1.12 million An | 1.52 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.78 million An | 1.49 million An | 2.04 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.90 million An | 1.81 million An | 1.98 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.19 million An | 1.92 million An | 2.55 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.58 million An | 2.31 million An | 2.76 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.34 million An | 2.18 million An | 2.51 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.50 million An | 2.42 million An | 2.60 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 26 Sudan (former) 2.84 million An compare
- 27 Zimbabwe 2.74 million An compare
- 28 Italy 2.71 million An compare
- 30 Kazakhstan 2.44 million An compare
- 31 Ethiopia PDR 2.33 million An compare
- 32 Yugoslav SFR 2.31 million An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture share gdp 2.68 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.68 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Rural population 19.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 9.62 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 51.14 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 421,320 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Spain?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Spain was 2.48 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 2.76 million An in 2003.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.12 million An in 1962.
- How does Spain rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Spain ranks 29th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.