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

Latest (2024)
934,300 t
Change on year
up 3.7%
World rank
17th
of 190 countries
All-time high
1.22 million t
in 1975
All-time low
645,000 t
in 2001
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024

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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

Annual values for Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 20,349 t compare
  2. 14 Uzbekistan 1.16 million t compare
  3. 15 South Africa 1.10 million t compare
  4. 15 Melanesia 12,234 t compare
  5. 16 Germany 1.02 million t compare
  6. 16 Republic of Moldova 2,261 t compare
  7. 17 Timor-Leste 1,981 t compare
  8. 18 Zimbabwe 755,211 t compare
  9. 18 Polynesia 1,812 t compare
  10. 19 Colombia 743,678 t compare
  11. 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 252.21 t compare
  12. 19 Micronesia 252.21 t compare
  13. 20 New Zealand 741,844 t compare

See the full ranking of 239 places →

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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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Indicator
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,892 data points, 1961–2024
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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.