Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 2.20 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia is 2.20 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 9.7% on the previous year and up 47.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Western Asia peaked at 2.44 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 212,904 t, in 1961.
Western Asia ranks 20th of 29 groups 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 212,904 t | — |
| 1962 | 232,159 t | +9.0% |
| 1963 | 239,680 t | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 228,939 t | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 232,088 t | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 230,191 t | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 228,170 t | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 238,467 t | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 251,685 t | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 251,103 t | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 246,551 t | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 231,890 t | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 240,459 t | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 266,518 t | +10.8% |
| 1975 | 271,375 t | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 262,309 t | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 293,070 t | +11.7% |
| 1978 | 261,954 t | -10.6% |
| 1979 | 320,272 t | +22.3% |
| 1980 | 315,073 t | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 332,944 t | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 362,365 t | +8.8% |
| 1983 | 368,134 t | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 615,068 t | +67.1% |
| 1985 | 538,352 t | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 666,456 t | +23.8% |
| 1987 | 533,135 t | -20.0% |
| 1988 | 533,917 t | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 587,976 t | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 586,981 t | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 511,252 t | -12.9% |
| 1992 | 665,374 t | +30.1% |
| 1993 | 664,590 t | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 702,010 t | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 673,447 t | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 674,463 t | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 813,921 t | +20.7% |
| 1998 | 777,417 t | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 797,276 t | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 852,431 t | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 974,318 t | +14.3% |
| 2002 | 1.02 million t | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 1.03 million t | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 1.04 million t | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1.05 million t | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 1.09 million t | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 1.13 million t | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 1.21 million t | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 1.27 million t | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 1.32 million t | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 1.41 million t | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 1.49 million t | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 1.54 million t | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 1.49 million t | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 1.54 million t | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 1.62 million t | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 1.78 million t | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 1.95 million t | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 2.05 million t | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 2.08 million t | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 2.24 million t | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 2.36 million t | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 2.44 million t | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 2.20 million t | -9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 232,698 t | 212,904 t | 251,685 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 264,550 t | 231,890 t | 320,272 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 485,342 t | 315,073 t | 666,456 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 686,673 t | 511,252 t | 813,921 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.07 million t | 852,431 t | 1.27 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.62 million t | 1.32 million t | 2.05 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.26 million t | 2.08 million t | 2.44 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Western Asia?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Western Asia was 2.20 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.44 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 212,904 t in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
- Western Asia ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.