Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in China, Macao SAR
China, Macao SAR: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 760.51 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in China, Macao SAR, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China, Macao SAR recorded 760.51 t for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in China, Macao SAR peaked at 2,705 t in 1980 and was at its lowest, 706.45 t, in 1961.
China, Macao SAR ranks 171st of 190 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 China, Macao SAR, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 706.45 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,120 t | +58.5% |
| 1963 | 1,166 t | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 1,600 t | +37.3% |
| 1965 | 1,549 t | -3.2% |
| 1966 | 1,669 t | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 1,186 t | -28.9% |
| 1968 | 1,088 t | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 1,141 t | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 1,523 t | +33.4% |
| 1971 | 1,523 t | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,479 t | +62.8% |
| 1973 | 1,907 t | -23.1% |
| 1974 | 1,669 t | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 1,977 t | +18.5% |
| 1976 | 2,103 t | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 2,183 t | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 2,293 t | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 2,142 t | -6.6% |
| 1980 | 2,705 t | +26.3% |
| 1981 | 1,773 t | -34.5% |
| 1982 | 1,452 t | -18.1% |
| 1983 | 1,414 t | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 1,190 t | -15.8% |
| 1985 | 1,685 t | +41.6% |
| 1986 | 1,578 t | -6.4% |
| 1987 | 1,541 t | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 2,041 t | +32.4% |
| 1989 | 2,189 t | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 1,614 t | -26.2% |
| 1991 | 1,605 t | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1,667 t | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 1,650 t | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1,603 t | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 1,356 t | -15.4% |
| 1996 | 1,404 t | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 1,065 t | -24.1% |
| 1998 | 1,138 t | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 1,089 t | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 1,043 t | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 1,138 t | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 1,086 t | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 1,078 t | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,129 t | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 1,071 t | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 1,239 t | +15.7% |
| 2007 | 1,170 t | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 811 t | -30.7% |
| 2009 | 908 t | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 898 t | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 918 t | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 788 t | -14.2% |
| 2013 | 800 t | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 834.62 t | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 847.5 t | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 833.12 t | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 810.82 t | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 790.26 t | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 768.65 t | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 766.69 t | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 778.73 t | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 778.39 t | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 769.45 t | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 760.51 t | -1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in China, Macao SAR changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +62.8% | 1,523 t | 2,479 t |
| 1962 | +58.5% | 706.45 t | 1,120 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,247 t | 706.45 t | 1,669 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,980 t | 1,523 t | 2,479 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,757 t | 1,190 t | 2,705 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,419 t | 1,065 t | 1,667 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,067 t | 811 t | 1,239 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 828.9 t | 768.65 t | 918 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 770.75 t | 760.51 t | 778.73 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in China, Macao SAR?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in China, Macao SAR was 760.51 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, Macao SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 2,705 t in 1980.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in China, Macao SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 706.45 t in 1961.
- How does China, Macao SAR rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- China, Macao SAR ranks 171st out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in China, Macao SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Macao 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.