Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 88,021 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Arab Emirates, 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 United Arab Emirates stood at 88,021 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 47.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in United Arab Emirates peaked at 88,021 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,550 An, in 1961.
United Arab Emirates ranks 124th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,550 An | — |
| 1962 | 1,600 An | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 1,650 An | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 1,700 An | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 1,800 An | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 1,900 An | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 3,900 An | +105.3% |
| 1968 | 5,000 An | +28.2% |
| 1969 | 3,600 An | -28.0% |
| 1970 | 4,500 An | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 6,000 An | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 15,000 An | +150.0% |
| 1973 | 13,500 An | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 21,000 An | +55.6% |
| 1975 | 9,500 An | -54.8% |
| 1976 | 5,000 An | -47.4% |
| 1977 | 5,500 An | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 11,000 An | +100.0% |
| 1979 | 8,000 An | -27.3% |
| 1980 | 12,500 An | +56.2% |
| 1981 | 12,000 An | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 15,000 An | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 22,000 An | +46.7% |
| 1984 | 25,000 An | +13.6% |
| 1985 | 21,000 An | -16.0% |
| 1986 | 22,000 An | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 22,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 21,500 An | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 19,960 An | -7.2% |
| 1990 | 21,540 An | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 21,860 An | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 22,400 An | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 25,250 An | +12.7% |
| 1994 | 33,000 An | +30.7% |
| 1995 | 43,500 An | +31.8% |
| 1996 | 27,000 An | -37.9% |
| 1997 | 28,600 An | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 32,500 An | +13.6% |
| 1999 | 30,500 An | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 61,300 An | +101.0% |
| 2001 | 32,540 An | -46.9% |
| 2002 | 36,830 An | +13.2% |
| 2003 | 80,000 An | +117.2% |
| 2004 | 82,000 An | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 28,200 An | -65.6% |
| 2006 | 20,000 An | -29.1% |
| 2007 | 30,000 An | +50.0% |
| 2008 | 45,000 An | +50.0% |
| 2009 | 59,000 An | +31.1% |
| 2010 | 60,000 An | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 61,500 An | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 63,000 An | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 64,000 An | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 59,524 An | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 74,004 An | +24.3% |
| 2016 | 74,664 An | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 73,591 An | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 72,080 An | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 74,140 An | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 72,350 An | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 79,550 An | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 81,077 An | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 85,185 An | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 88,021 An | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,522 An | 1,550 An | 5,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,900 An | 4,500 An | 21,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,296 An | 12,000 An | 25,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,615 An | 21,540 An | 43,500 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,487 An | 20,000 An | 82,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 67,650 An | 59,524 An | 74,664 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 81,237 An | 72,350 An | 88,021 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.7694 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.7694 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in United Arab Emirates?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in United Arab Emirates was 88,021 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 88,021 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,550 An in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 124th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.