Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 242,938 An in 2024. β¬ Flat
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Sri Lanka, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka is 242,938 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 11.0% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka peaked at 299,674 An in 2005 and was at its lowest, 200,065 An, in 1989.
Sri Lanka ranks 102nd of 188 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 249,879 An | 220,946 An | 275,413 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 264,666 An | 217,158 An | 288,850 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 229,339 An | 200,065 An | 247,464 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 262,256 An | 222,245 An | 284,503 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 281,058 An | 249,873 An | 299,674 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 255,049 An | 231,651 An | 290,760 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 229,914 An | 218,905 An | 242,938 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 99 Finland 264,220 An compare
- 100 Eritrea, The State of 254,199 An compare
- 101 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 247,091 An compare
- 103 Madagascar, Republic of 236,569 An compare
- 104 Niger 233,112 An compare
- 105 Albania 231,759 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.36 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.36 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Sri Lanka was 242,938 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 299,674 An in 2005.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 200,065 An in 1989.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered?
- Sri Lanka ranks 102nd out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β 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.