Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Canada
Canada: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 378 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Canada recorded 378 kg/An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Canada peaked at 387 kg/An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 182 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Canada 5th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 191.78 kg/An | 182 kg/An | 207 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 219.5 kg/An | 209 kg/An | 239 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 246.4 kg/An | 234 kg/An | 265 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 291.9 kg/An | 268 kg/An | 321 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 333.6 kg/An | 320 kg/An | 342 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 327.5 kg/An | 259 kg/An | 373 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 378.8 kg/An | 373 kg/An | 387 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 2 Singapore 400 kg/An compare
- 3 Indonesia 398 kg/An compare
- 4 India 382 kg/An compare
- 6 Luxembourg 373 kg/An compare
- 7 China, Macao SAR 358 kg/An compare
- 8 Tajikistan 353 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture share gdp 1.93 (2022)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.93 (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 17.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 7.13 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 42.53 billion current US$ (2022)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 27,780 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Canada?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Canada was 378 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 387 kg/An in 2022.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 182 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Canada rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Canada ranks 5th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.