Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Caribbean
Caribbean: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 191,917 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 191,917 t for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Caribbean peaked at 315,406 t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 191,092 t, in 2020.
Caribbean ranks 27th of 29 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 211,389 t | — |
| 1962 | 217,986 t | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 224,817 t | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 238,901 t | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 245,810 t | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 251,802 t | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 254,586 t | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 315,406 t | +23.9% |
| 1969 | 307,649 t | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 289,014 t | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 279,464 t | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 276,186 t | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 257,685 t | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 236,042 t | -8.4% |
| 1975 | 219,777 t | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 256,309 t | +16.6% |
| 1977 | 273,072 t | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 274,040 t | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 263,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 265,406 t | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 260,958 t | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 264,693 t | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 275,154 t | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 277,968 t | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 285,681 t | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 292,956 t | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 287,161 t | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 294,028 t | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 289,477 t | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 288,462 t | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 215,485 t | -25.3% |
| 1992 | 209,924 t | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 197,675 t | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 201,300 t | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 203,391 t | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 212,741 t | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 194,709 t | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 202,747 t | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 213,883 t | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 222,792 t | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 219,659 t | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 211,923 t | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 201,296 t | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 201,244 t | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 202,411 t | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 206,463 t | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 216,103 t | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 222,280 t | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 227,535 t | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 237,978 t | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 229,240 t | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 223,968 t | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 229,325 t | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 210,656 t | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 233,586 t | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 238,119 t | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 203,127 t | -14.7% |
| 2018 | 214,518 t | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 197,130 t | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 191,092 t | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 206,865 t | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 211,325 t | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 197,224 t | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 191,917 t | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 252,038 t | 211,389 t | 315,406 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 262,459 t | 219,777 t | 289,014 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 279,348 t | 260,958 t | 294,028 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 214,032 t | 194,709 t | 288,462 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 213,171 t | 201,244 t | 227,535 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 221,765 t | 197,130 t | 238,119 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 199,685 t | 191,092 t | 211,325 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Caribbean?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Caribbean was 191,917 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 315,406 t in 1968.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 191,092 t in 2020.
- How does Caribbean rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- Caribbean ranks 27th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production. 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.