Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Production in Jamaica
Jamaica: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Production was 7,407 t in 2024. βΌ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Production in Jamaica, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary β production in Jamaica is 7,407 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.1% on the previous year and up 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β production in Jamaica peaked at 18,208 t in 1992 and was at its lowest, 4,684 t, in 2011.
That places Jamaica 137th out of 188 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,427 t | 10,834 t | 12,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,539 t | 9,799 t | 12,759 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,370 t | 11,812 t | 14,592 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,652 t | 14,253 t | 18,208 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,924 t | 5,426 t | 14,260 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,546 t | 4,684 t | 6,426 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,078 t | 5,937 t | 7,805 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 134 China, Taiwan Province of 8,369 t compare
- 135 Guinea-Bissau 7,957 t compare
- 136 Estonia, Republic of 7,720 t compare
- 138 Montenegro 6,700 t compare
- 139 Djibouti 6,472 t compare
- 140 Libya 6,219 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture share gdp 8.74 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.74 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
- Rural population 40.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 1.15 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.99 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 62,998 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β production in Jamaica?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary β production in Jamaica was 7,407 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 18,208 t in 1992.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β production recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,684 t in 2011.
- How does Jamaica rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β production?
- Jamaica ranks 137th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β production rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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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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.