Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Production in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Production was 428,612 t in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
428,612 t
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
33rd
of 206 countries
All-time high
442,177 t
in 2020
All-time low
235,000 t
in 1995
Years of data
32
1993–2024

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Production in Ethiopia, 1993–2024

0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k1993200820241993: 238.4k t1994: 237.8k t1995: 235.0k t1996: 267.0k t1997: 270.0k t1998: 274.0k t1999: 290.0k t2000: 294.0k t2001: 303.5k t2002: 352.5k t2003: 338.2k t2004: 336.0k t2005: 350.3k t2006: 374.0k t2007: 363.0k t2008: 380.0k t2009: 355.0k t2010: 420.0k t2011: 410.0k t2012: 338.1k t2013: 340.8k t2014: 378.9k t2015: 387.8k t2016: 387.9k t2017: 396.0k t2018: 400.0k t2019: 419.3k t2020: 442.2k t2021: 422.8k t2022: 406.0k t2023: 419.0k t2024: 428.6k t

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Ethiopia recorded 428,612 t for beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in Ethiopia peaked at 442,177 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 235,000 t, in 1995.

Ethiopia ranks 33rd of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 258,893 t 235,000 t 290,000 t 7
2000s 344,651 t 294,000 t 380,000 t 10
2010s 387,891 t 338,150 t 420,000 t 10
2020s 423,708 t 405,990 t 442,177 t 5

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

  1. 30 Japan 461,905 t compare
  2. 31 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 433,330 t compare
  3. 32 Kazakhstan 429,336 t compare
  4. 33 RΓ©union 1,859 t compare
  5. 34 Paraguay 427,140 t compare
  6. 35 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 418,690 t compare
  7. 36 Belarus 399,000 t compare

See the full ranking of 239 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in Ethiopia?
Beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in Ethiopia was 428,612 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production recorded in Ethiopia?
The highest recorded value was 442,177 t in 2020.
What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production recorded in Ethiopia?
The lowest recorded value was 235,000 t in 1995.
How does Ethiopia rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production?
Ethiopia ranks 33rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production rising or falling in Ethiopia?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,892 data points, 1961–2024
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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.