Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 151 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 151 kg/An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Eastern Africa peaked at 154 kg/An in 2007 and was at its lowest, 119 kg/An, in 1974.
Eastern Africa ranks 27th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 122 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 122 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 123 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 124 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 126 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 126 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 125 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 126 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 125 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 127 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 127 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 128 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 124 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 119 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 121 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 124 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 125 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 124 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 123 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 122 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 123 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 123 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 121 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 121 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 121 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 119 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 125 kg/An | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 126 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 123 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 121 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 141 kg/An | +16.5% |
| 1992 | 143 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 139 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 137 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 135 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 142 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 141 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 136 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 137 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 129 kg/An | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 142 kg/An | +10.1% |
| 2002 | 142 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 146 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 147 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 148 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 148 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 154 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 150 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 153 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 152 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 150 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 147 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 149 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 147 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 151 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 130 kg/An | -13.9% |
| 2017 | 133 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 135 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 142 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 145 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 147 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 148 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 150 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 151 kg/An | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 124.33 kg/An | 122 kg/An | 126 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 124.2 kg/An | 119 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 122.4 kg/An | 119 kg/An | 126 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 137.2 kg/An | 121 kg/An | 143 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 145.9 kg/An | 129 kg/An | 154 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 143.6 kg/An | 130 kg/An | 152 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 148.2 kg/An | 145 kg/An | 151 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Eastern Africa?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Eastern Africa was 151 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 154 kg/An in 2007.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 119 kg/An in 1974.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Eastern Africa ranks 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.