Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, mainland
China, mainland: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 153 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 153 kg/An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in China, mainland peaked at 153 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 83 kg/An, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 134th of 190 countries on this measure, 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 China, mainland, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 83 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 87 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 87 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 87 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 87 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 87 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 87 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 88 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 89 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 89 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 90 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 89 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 90 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 91 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 92 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 92 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 92 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 93 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 96 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 97 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 100 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 101 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 102 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 103 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 119 kg/An | +15.5% |
| 1988 | 124 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 132 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 136 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 142 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 146 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 150 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 129 kg/An | -14.0% |
| 1995 | 134 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 140 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 134 kg/An | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 133 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 148 kg/An | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 142 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 138 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 138 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 137 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 136 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 135 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 140 kg/An | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 144 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 139 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 146 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 145 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 146 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 147 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 146 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 145 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 146 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 147 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 147 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 148 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 148 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 150 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 153 kg/An | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.89 kg/An | 83 kg/An | 89 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 90.5 kg/An | 89 kg/An | 92 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 106.7 kg/An | 93 kg/An | 132 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 139.2 kg/An | 129 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 139.5 kg/An | 135 kg/An | 146 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 146 kg/An | 145 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 149.2 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 153 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in China, mainland?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in China, mainland was 153 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, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 153 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 83 kg/An in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- China, mainland ranks 134th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.