Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Yield/Carcass Weight in Central America

Central America: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Yield/Carcass Weight was 247 kg/An in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
247 kg/An
Change on year
down 0.8%
Rank
6th
of 41 groups
All-time high
249 kg/An
in 2023
All-time low
166 kg/An
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Yield/Carcass Weight in Central America, 1961–2024

050100150200250196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.

Analysis

In 2024, beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight in Central America stood at 247 kg/An.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight in Central America peaked at 249 kg/An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 166 kg/An, in 1961.

Central America ranks 6th of 41 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 168 kg/An 166 kg/An 169 kg/An 9
1970s 175.2 kg/An 171 kg/An 179 kg/An 10
1980s 193.7 kg/An 177 kg/An 221 kg/An 10
1990s 201.6 kg/An 194 kg/An 206 kg/An 10
2000s 200.1 kg/An 196 kg/An 204 kg/An 10
2010s 213.4 kg/An 198 kg/An 233 kg/An 10
2020s 240.8 kg/An 235 kg/An 249 kg/An 5

Countries ranked near Central America

  1. 3 Indonesia 398 kg/An compare
  2. 4 India 382 kg/An compare
  3. 5 Canada 378 kg/An compare
  4. 6 Luxembourg 373 kg/An compare
  5. 7 China, Macao SAR 358 kg/An compare
  6. 8 Tajikistan 353 kg/An compare
  7. 9 South Africa 348 kg/An compare

See the full ranking of 239 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight in Central America?
Beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight in Central America was 247 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight recorded in Central America?
The highest recorded value was 249 kg/An in 2023.
What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight recorded in Central America?
The lowest recorded value was 166 kg/An in 1961.
How does Central America rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight?
Central America ranks 6th out of 41 groups with data for 2024.
Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Central America?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Central America data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Yield/Carcass Weight
Unit
kg/An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,887 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.