Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 131 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Afghanistan stood at 131 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Afghanistan peaked at 180 kg/An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 95 kg/An, in 1970.
Afghanistan ranks 150th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 119 kg/An | 119 kg/An | 119 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 111.6 kg/An | 95 kg/An | 122 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 124.7 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 127 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 180 kg/An | 180 kg/An | 180 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 180 kg/An | 180 kg/An | 180 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 171 kg/An | 142 kg/An | 180 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 136.8 kg/An | 131 kg/An | 157 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 147 Philippines 135 kg/An compare
- 147 Romania 135 kg/An compare
- 149 Chad 133 kg/An compare
- 151 Yugoslav SFR 130 kg/An compare
- 152 Mauritania 126 kg/An compare
- 152 Mongolia 126 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Afghanistan?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Afghanistan was 131 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 180 kg/An in 1990.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 95 kg/An in 1970.
- How does Afghanistan rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Afghanistan ranks 150th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.