Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Madagascar
Madagascar: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 24,978 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Madagascar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 24,978 t for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.8% on the previous year and down 43.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Madagascar peaked at 155,295 t in 1978 and was at its lowest, 23,942 t, in 2022.
Madagascar ranks 118th 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 Madagascar, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 97,920 t | — |
| 1962 | 101,362 t | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 101,618 t | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 103,275 t | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 87,975 t | -14.8% |
| 1966 | 114,750 t | +30.4% |
| 1967 | 114,750 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 116,025 t | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 112,582 t | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 109,395 t | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 100,215 t | -8.4% |
| 1972 | 110,670 t | +10.4% |
| 1973 | 109,650 t | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 110,288 t | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 112,328 t | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 113,348 t | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 81,472 t | -28.1% |
| 1978 | 155,295 t | +90.6% |
| 1979 | 127,500 t | -17.9% |
| 1980 | 133,875 t | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 134,385 t | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 134,895 t | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 135,532 t | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 136,094 t | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 133,875 t | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 134,002 t | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 137,700 t | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 140,505 t | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 141,652 t | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 142,800 t | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 44,498 t | -68.8% |
| 1992 | 44,561 t | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 44,625 t | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 44,625 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 44,689 t | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 44,752 t | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 44,752 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 44,816 t | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 44,880 t | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 44,944 t | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 38,122 t | -15.2% |
| 2002 | 36,018 t | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 36,417 t | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 36,542 t | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 42,534 t | +16.4% |
| 2006 | 41,501 t | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 42,598 t | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 42,679 t | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 42,710 t | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 42,377 t | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 42,059 t | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 42,062 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 41,714 t | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 43,855 t | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 44,205 t | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 44,516 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 42,879 t | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 37,005 t | -13.7% |
| 2019 | 37,410 t | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 31,354 t | -16.2% |
| 2021 | 26,679 t | -14.9% |
| 2022 | 23,942 t | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 31,953 t | +33.5% |
| 2024 | 24,978 t | -21.8% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 24,978 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 63,355 t, 39% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 24,978 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 44,944 t, 56% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Madagascar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +90.6% | 81,472 t | 155,295 t |
| 1991 | -68.8% | 142,800 t | 44,498 t |
| 2023 | +33.5% | 23,942 t | 31,953 t |
| 1966 | +30.4% | 87,975 t | 114,750 t |
| 1977 | -28.1% | 113,348 t | 81,472 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 105,584 t | 87,975 t | 116,025 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 113,016 t | 81,472 t | 155,295 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 136,252 t | 133,875 t | 141,652 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,500 t | 44,498 t | 142,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,407 t | 36,018 t | 44,944 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,808 t | 37,005 t | 44,516 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,781 t | 23,942 t | 31,953 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Madagascar?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Madagascar was 24,978 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 155,295 t in 1978.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,942 t in 2022.
- How does Madagascar rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- Madagascar ranks 118th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.