Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Barbados
Barbados: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 167 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Barbados, 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 Barbados stood at 167 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.5% on the previous year and down 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Barbados peaked at 209 kg/An in 2012 and was at its lowest, 124 kg/An, in 1978.
That places Barbados 123rd out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Barbados, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 144 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 143 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 146 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 142 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 135 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 1966 | 138 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 140 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 139 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 156 kg/An | +12.2% |
| 1970 | 157 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 140 kg/An | -10.8% |
| 1972 | 140 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 142 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 138 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 131 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 138 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 131 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 124 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1979 | 157 kg/An | +26.6% |
| 1980 | 141 kg/An | -10.2% |
| 1981 | 133 kg/An | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 152 kg/An | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 150 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 157 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 168 kg/An | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 174 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 176 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 159 kg/An | -9.7% |
| 1989 | 181 kg/An | +13.8% |
| 1990 | 195 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 187 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 194 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 194 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 195 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 194 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 196 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 199 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 191 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 194 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 193 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 194 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 194 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 176 kg/An | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 193 kg/An | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 192 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 192 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 192 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 191 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 193 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 199 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 190 kg/An | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 209 kg/An | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 209 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 208 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 205 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 205 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 184 kg/An | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 207 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 208 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 205 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 208 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 207 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 205 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 167 kg/An | -18.5% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 167 kg/An is below the median for high income countries, which is 260.5 kg/An, 64% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 167 kg/An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 203 kg/An, 82% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Barbados changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +26.6% | 124 kg/An | 157 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 142.56 kg/An | 135 kg/An | 156 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 139.8 kg/An | 124 kg/An | 157 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 159.1 kg/An | 133 kg/An | 181 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 193.9 kg/An | 187 kg/An | 199 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 191 kg/An | 176 kg/An | 194 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 202.4 kg/An | 184 kg/An | 209 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 198.4 kg/An | 167 kg/An | 208 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Barbados
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0155 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.19 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3404 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.403 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Barbados?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Barbados was 167 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 209 kg/An in 2012.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 124 kg/An in 1978.
- How does Barbados rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Barbados ranks 123rd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados 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.