Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Northern America
Northern America: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 13.58 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Northern America is 13.58 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Northern America peaked at 14.30 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.08 million t, in 1962.
Northern America ranks 4th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8.08 million t | — |
| 1962 | 8.08 million t | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 8.59 million t | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 9.61 million t | +11.9% |
| 1965 | 9.82 million t | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 10.22 million t | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 10.38 million t | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 10.68 million t | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 10.73 million t | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 10.95 million t | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 11.08 million t | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 11.27 million t | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 10.72 million t | -4.9% |
| 1974 | 11.67 million t | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 12.36 million t | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 13.33 million t | +7.9% |
| 1977 | 12.99 million t | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 12.34 million t | -4.9% |
| 1979 | 10.87 million t | -11.9% |
| 1980 | 10.97 million t | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 11.37 million t | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 11.45 million t | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 11.78 million t | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 11.92 million t | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 12.02 million t | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 12.32 million t | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 11.84 million t | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 11.83 million t | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 11.58 million t | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 11.37 million t | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 11.18 million t | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 11.29 million t | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 11.33 million t | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 11.35 million t | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 11.99 million t | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 12.46 million t | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 12.67 million t | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 12.74 million t | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 12.95 million t | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 13.28 million t | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 13.46 million t | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 13.19 million t | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 13.54 million t | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 13.45 million t | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 12.65 million t | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 12.57 million t | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 13.19 million t | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 13.33 million t | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 13.33 million t | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 13.06 million t | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 13.08 million t | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 12.94 million t | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 12.81 million t | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 12.77 million t | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 11.83 million t | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 12.62 million t | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 13.15 million t | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 13.52 million t | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 13.73 million t | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 13.72 million t | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 14.12 million t | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 14.30 million t | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 13.63 million t | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 13.58 million t | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.58 million t | 8.08 million t | 10.73 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.76 million t | 10.72 million t | 13.33 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.71 million t | 10.97 million t | 12.32 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.93 million t | 11.18 million t | 12.95 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.20 million t | 12.57 million t | 13.54 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.95 million t | 11.83 million t | 13.73 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.87 million t | 13.58 million t | 14.30 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Northern America?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Northern America was 13.58 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 14.30 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.08 million t in 1962.
- How does Northern America rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- Northern America ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.