Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 934,300 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 934,300 t for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in 2024.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 1.22 million t in 1975 and was at its lowest, 645,000 t, in 2001.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 907,472 t | — |
| 1962 | 919,519 t | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 946,485 t | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 878,268 t | -7.2% |
| 1965 | 834,319 t | -5.0% |
| 1966 | 868,575 t | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 923,530 t | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 907,603 t | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 873,553 t | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 947,000 t | +8.4% |
| 1971 | 937,000 t | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 905,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 854,000 t | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 1.07 million t | +25.5% |
| 1975 | 1.22 million t | +13.3% |
| 1976 | 1.06 million t | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 1.02 million t | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 1.03 million t | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 1.05 million t | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 1.10 million t | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 1.04 million t | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 965,000 t | -7.3% |
| 1983 | 1.04 million t | +7.6% |
| 1984 | 1.15 million t | +11.0% |
| 1985 | 1.18 million t | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 1.06 million t | -9.9% |
| 1987 | 1.12 million t | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 946,101 t | -15.4% |
| 1989 | 977,789 t | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 1.00 million t | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 1.02 million t | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 973,000 t | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 888,000 t | -8.7% |
| 1994 | 947,000 t | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 1.00 million t | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 710,000 t | -29.1% |
| 1997 | 688,000 t | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 699,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 679,000 t | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 705,000 t | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 645,000 t | -8.5% |
| 2002 | 694,000 t | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 699,000 t | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 719,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 762,000 t | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 847,281 t | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 882,000 t | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 862,000 t | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 833,000 t | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 908,000 t | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 936,000 t | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 885,000 t | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 847,000 t | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 877,000 t | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 885,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 915,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 905,000 t | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 922,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 914,000 t | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 932,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 906,200 t | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 923,400 t | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 900,600 t | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 934,300 t | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 895,480 t | 834,319 t | 946,485 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.01 million t | 854,000 t | 1.22 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.06 million t | 946,101 t | 1.18 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 860,731 t | 679,000 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 764,828 t | 645,000 t | 882,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 899,400 t | 847,000 t | 936,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 919,300 t | 900,600 t | 934,300 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 20,349 t compare
- 14 Uzbekistan 1.16 million t compare
- 15 South Africa 1.10 million t compare
- 15 Melanesia 12,234 t compare
- 16 Germany 1.02 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 2,261 t compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 1,981 t compare
- 18 Zimbabwe 755,211 t compare
- 18 Polynesia 1,812 t compare
- 19 Colombia 743,678 t compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 252.21 t compare
- 19 Micronesia 252.21 t compare
- 20 New Zealand 741,844 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 934,300 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.22 million t in 1975.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 645,000 t in 2001.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 17th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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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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.