Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 4,060 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Puerto Rico stood at 4,060 t. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Puerto Rico peaked at 28,128 t in 1979 and was at its lowest, 4,060 t, in 2024.
That places Puerto Rico 147th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,304 t | — |
| 1962 | 13,548 t | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 15,008 t | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 16,093 t | +7.2% |
| 1965 | 18,381 t | +14.2% |
| 1966 | 20,192 t | +9.9% |
| 1967 | 20,279 t | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 19,189 t | -5.4% |
| 1969 | 18,100 t | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 18,103 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,178 t | +11.5% |
| 1972 | 20,775 t | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 21,407 t | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 22,280 t | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 20,052 t | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 21,055 t | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 21,057 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 25,428 t | +20.8% |
| 1979 | 28,128 t | +10.6% |
| 1980 | 22,079 t | -21.5% |
| 1981 | 17,123 t | -22.4% |
| 1982 | 16,980 t | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 21,200 t | +24.9% |
| 1984 | 25,809 t | +21.7% |
| 1985 | 24,418 t | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 25,409 t | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 27,656 t | +8.8% |
| 1988 | 22,205 t | -19.7% |
| 1989 | 19,896 t | -10.4% |
| 1990 | 20,929 t | +5.2% |
| 1991 | 18,859 t | -9.9% |
| 1992 | 20,551 t | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 18,712 t | -8.9% |
| 1994 | 17,835 t | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 16,218 t | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 13,669 t | -15.7% |
| 1997 | 15,713 t | +15.0% |
| 1998 | 13,500 t | -14.1% |
| 1999 | 17,545 t | +30.0% |
| 2000 | 15,122 t | -13.8% |
| 2001 | 12,511 t | -17.3% |
| 2002 | 10,647 t | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 9,656 t | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 12,583 t | +30.3% |
| 2005 | 9,802 t | -22.1% |
| 2006 | 10,458 t | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 9,694 t | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 9,073 t | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 8,783 t | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 8,238 t | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 7,706 t | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 6,939 t | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 6,884 t | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 6,793 t | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 7,004 t | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 6,063 t | -13.4% |
| 2017 | 5,698 t | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 5,376 t | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 5,095 t | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 4,860 t | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 4,577 t | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 4,357 t | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 4,114 t | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 4,060 t | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,122 t | 13,304 t | 20,279 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,846 t | 18,103 t | 28,128 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,278 t | 16,980 t | 27,656 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,353 t | 13,500 t | 20,929 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,833 t | 8,783 t | 15,122 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,580 t | 5,095 t | 8,238 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,394 t | 4,060 t | 4,860 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 144 Iceland 4,860 t compare
- 145 Fiji 4,160 t compare
- 146 North Macedonia 4,135 t compare
- 148 Guyana 3,256 t compare
- 149 New Caledonia 2,984 t compare
- 150 Guadeloupe 2,647 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Puerto Rico?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Puerto Rico was 4,060 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 28,128 t in 1979.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,060 t in 2024.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- Puerto Rico ranks 147th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.