Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Central Asia
Central Asia: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 2.24 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Central Asia is 2.24 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 61.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Central Asia peaked at 2.24 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 883,722 t, in 2000.
Central Asia ranks 19th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.09 million t | — |
| 1993 | 1.21 million t | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 1.19 million t | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 1.11 million t | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 992,277 t | -10.4% |
| 1997 | 960,394 t | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 918,261 t | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 887,513 t | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 883,722 t | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 888,465 t | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 937,968 t | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 987,335 t | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 1.04 million t | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 1.09 million t | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 1.13 million t | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 1.19 million t | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 1.24 million t | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 1.28 million t | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 1.21 million t | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 1.21 million t | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.24 million t | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 1.31 million t | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 1.38 million t | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 1.50 million t | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 1.60 million t | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 1.68 million t | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 1.94 million t | +15.0% |
| 2019 | 1.91 million t | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 1.94 million t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 1.99 million t | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 2.02 million t | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 2.13 million t | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 2.24 million t | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.04 million t | 887,513 t | 1.21 million t | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.07 million t | 883,722 t | 1.28 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.50 million t | 1.21 million t | 1.94 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.06 million t | 1.94 million t | 2.24 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
- 16 Germany 1.02 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 2,261 t compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 1,981 t compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 934,300 t compare
- 18 Zimbabwe 755,211 t compare
- 18 Polynesia 1,812 t compare
- 19 Colombia 743,678 t compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 252.21 t compare
- 19 Micronesia 252.21 t compare
- 20 New Zealand 741,844 t compare
- 21 Spain 718,450 t compare
- 22 Italy 677,184 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central Asia
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 5.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2181 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value -0.7329 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Central Asia?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Central Asia was 2.24 million 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 Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.24 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 883,722 t in 2000.
- How does Central Asia rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- Central Asia ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central Asia 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.