Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, Macao SAR
China, Macao SAR: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 358 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, Macao SAR, 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 China, Macao SAR stood at 358 kg/An.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in China, Macao SAR peaked at 360 kg/An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 155 kg/An, in 1986.
China, Macao SAR ranks 7th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, Macao SAR, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 159 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 166 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 171 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 174 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 172 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 169 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 169 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 167 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 166 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 173 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 173 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 172 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 174 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 176 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 177 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 172 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 176 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 176 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 170 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 175 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 166 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 159 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 172 kg/An | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 161 kg/An | -6.4% |
| 1985 | 157 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 155 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 156 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 161 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 172 kg/An | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 168 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 180 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 190 kg/An | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 190 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 219 kg/An | +15.3% |
| 2002 | 204 kg/An | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 208 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 209 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 185 kg/An | -11.5% |
| 2006 | 214 kg/An | +15.7% |
| 2007 | 208 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 296 kg/An | +42.3% |
| 2009 | 337 kg/An | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 344 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 328 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 334 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 333 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 337 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 360 kg/An | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 359 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 355 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 350 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 348 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 347 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 357 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 355 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 356 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 358 kg/An | +0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, Macao SAR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +42.3% | 208 kg/An | 296 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 168.11 kg/An | 159 kg/An | 174 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 173.9 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 177 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 163.4 kg/An | 155 kg/An | 175 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 186.8 kg/An | 168 kg/An | 190 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 227 kg/An | 185 kg/An | 337 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 344.8 kg/An | 328 kg/An | 360 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 354.6 kg/An | 347 kg/An | 358 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, Macao SAR
- 4 India 382 kg/An compare
- 5 Canada 378 kg/An compare
- 5 Melanesia 182 kg/An compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 169 kg/An compare
- 6 Luxembourg 373 kg/An compare
- 8 Tajikistan 353 kg/An compare
- 8 Polynesia 160 kg/An compare
- 9 South Africa 348 kg/An compare
- 9 Viet Nam 156 kg/An compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 152 kg/An compare
- 10 Malaysia 343 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in China, Macao SAR?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in China, Macao SAR was 358 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 China, Macao SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 360 kg/An in 2015.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in China, Macao SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 155 kg/An in 1986.
- How does China, Macao SAR rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- China, Macao SAR ranks 7th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in China, Macao SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, Macao SAR 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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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.