Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 2.97 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 2.97 million t for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 2.97 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 718,096 t, in 1963.
That places Eastern Africa 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 718,429 t | — |
| 1962 | 719,663 t | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 718,096 t | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 729,314 t | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 735,769 t | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 792,142 t | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 796,741 t | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 823,503 t | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 841,512 t | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 885,701 t | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 842,432 t | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 865,931 t | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 881,456 t | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 872,804 t | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 847,638 t | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 885,095 t | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 941,474 t | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 1.02 million t | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 988,708 t | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 969,448 t | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 950,404 t | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 993,770 t | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 1.01 million t | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 1.01 million t | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 1.03 million t | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 1.09 million t | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 1.03 million t | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 1.07 million t | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 1.11 million t | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 1.12 million t | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 1.52 million t | +35.0% |
| 1992 | 1.58 million t | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 1.41 million t | -10.8% |
| 1994 | 1.42 million t | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 1.46 million t | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 1.57 million t | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 1.59 million t | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 1.65 million t | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 1.79 million t | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 1.71 million t | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 1.73 million t | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 1.77 million t | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 1.78 million t | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1.78 million t | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 1.91 million t | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 1.96 million t | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 1.97 million t | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 2.06 million t | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 2.16 million t | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 2.32 million t | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 2.37 million t | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 2.40 million t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 2.47 million t | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 2.42 million t | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 2.52 million t | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 2.26 million t | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 2.34 million t | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 2.46 million t | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 2.66 million t | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 2.59 million t | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 2.66 million t | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 2.69 million t | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 2.87 million t | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 2.97 million t | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 763,908 t | 718,096 t | 841,512 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 903,153 t | 842,432 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.03 million t | 950,404 t | 1.11 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.51 million t | 1.12 million t | 1.79 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.88 million t | 1.71 million t | 2.16 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.42 million t | 2.26 million t | 2.66 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.76 million t | 2.59 million t | 2.97 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 15 South Africa 1.10 million t compare
- 16 Germany 1.02 million t compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 934,300 t compare
- 18 Zimbabwe 755,211 t compare
- 19 Colombia 743,678 t compare
- 20 New Zealand 741,844 t compare
- 21 Spain 718,450 t compare
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- Oranges — Area harvested 87,521 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production 135,663 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 50.84 million An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 69,790 t (2024)
- Oranges — Production 1.05 million t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 25.89 million An (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Production 22.11 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Eastern Africa?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Eastern Africa was 2.97 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.97 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 718,096 t in 1963.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.