Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Yield/Carcass Weight in China
China: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Yield/Carcass Weight was 153 kg/An in 2024. β² Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Yield/Carcass Weight in China, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
China recorded 153 kg/An for beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight in China peaked at 153 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 94 kg/An, in 1961.
That places China 141st out of 206 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95.56 kg/An | 94 kg/An | 98 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 96.4 kg/An | 95 kg/An | 98 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 110.7 kg/An | 97 kg/An | 134 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 140.2 kg/An | 130 kg/An | 151 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 139.7 kg/An | 135 kg/An | 146 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 146.3 kg/An | 145 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 149.4 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 153 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 138 Cabo Verde 157 kg/An compare
- 138 Cameroon 157 kg/An compare
- 140 Viet Nam 156 kg/An compare
- 141 China, mainland 153 kg/An compare
- 143 Congo 152 kg/An compare
- 143 Democratic Republic of the Congo 152 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 33.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 473.41 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 12.10 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight in China?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight in China 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 β yield/carcass weight recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 153 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 94 kg/An in 1961.
- How does China rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight?
- China ranks 141st out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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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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.