Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 5,802 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1961–2024
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 China, Hong Kong SAR is 5,802 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 40,460 t in 1987 and was at its lowest, 5,802 t, in 2024.
China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 141st 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 — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 20,150 t | +30.0% |
| 1963 | 17,950 t | -10.9% |
| 1964 | 22,400 t | +24.8% |
| 1965 | 27,150 t | +21.2% |
| 1966 | 28,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 25,000 t | -10.7% |
| 1968 | 26,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 28,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 29,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 26,000 t | -10.3% |
| 1972 | 30,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1973 | 29,000 t | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 26,000 t | -10.3% |
| 1975 | 29,200 t | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 28,700 t | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 27,695 t | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 31,123 t | +12.4% |
| 1979 | 31,777 t | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 33,862 t | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 35,130 t | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 36,550 t | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 36,840 t | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 36,640 t | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 38,100 t | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 39,630 t | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 40,460 t | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 39,900 t | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 37,290 t | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 39,390 t | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 37,530 t | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 35,290 t | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 32,100 t | -9.0% |
| 1994 | 28,910 t | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 25,264 t | -12.6% |
| 1996 | 20,107 t | -20.4% |
| 1997 | 15,000 t | -25.4% |
| 1998 | 19,000 t | +26.7% |
| 1999 | 18,000 t | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 15,000 t | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 14,000 t | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 13,000 t | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 14,000 t | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 12,400 t | -11.4% |
| 2008 | 8,600 t | -30.6% |
| 2009 | 8,500 t | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 8,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 7,800 t | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 7,900 t | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 7,538 t | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 6,900 t | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 6,600 t | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 6,600 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6,461 t | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 6,417 t | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 6,255 t | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 6,126 t | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 6,024 t | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 6,000 t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 5,802 t | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,350 t | 15,500 t | 28,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,850 t | 26,000 t | 31,777 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,440 t | 33,862 t | 40,460 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,059 t | 15,000 t | 39,390 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,150 t | 8,500 t | 18,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,322 t | 6,417 t | 8,500 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,041 t | 5,802 t | 6,255 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in China, Hong Kong SAR was 5,802 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 China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 40,460 t in 1987.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,802 t in 2024.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 141st out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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.