Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Cuba
Cuba: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 201 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Cuba is 201 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.1% on the previous year and up 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Cuba peaked at 234 kg/An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 113 kg/An, in 1992.
Cuba ranks 101st 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 Cuba, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 173 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 177 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 174 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 166 kg/An | -4.6% |
| 1975 | 162 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 166 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 165 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 166 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 164 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 163 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 159 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 157 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 155 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 158 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 155 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 160 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 156 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 158 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 156 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 151 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 125 kg/An | -17.2% |
| 1992 | 113 kg/An | -9.6% |
| 1993 | 123 kg/An | +8.8% |
| 1994 | 141 kg/An | +14.6% |
| 1995 | 145 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 151 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 151 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 151 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 145 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 148 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 148 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 142 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 151 kg/An | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 137 kg/An | -9.3% |
| 2005 | 142 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 154 kg/An | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 161 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 164 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 164 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 168 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 168 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 169 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 166 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 168 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 164 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 169 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 165 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 183 kg/An | +10.9% |
| 2019 | 148 kg/An | -19.1% |
| 2020 | 158 kg/An | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 225 kg/An | +42.4% |
| 2022 | 214 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 234 kg/An | +9.3% |
| 2024 | 201 kg/An | -14.1% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 201 kg/An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 204 kg/An, 99% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 201 kg/An is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 203 kg/An, 99% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +42.4% | 158 kg/An | 225 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 170 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 168.3 kg/An | 162 kg/An | 177 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 157.7 kg/An | 155 kg/An | 163 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 139.6 kg/An | 113 kg/An | 151 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 151.1 kg/An | 137 kg/An | 164 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 166.8 kg/An | 148 kg/An | 183 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 206.4 kg/An | 158 kg/An | 234 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Cuba?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Cuba was 201 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 234 kg/An in 2023.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 113 kg/An in 1992.
- How does Cuba rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Cuba ranks 101st out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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.