Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Egypt
Egypt: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 293 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Egypt, 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 Egypt stood at 293 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Egypt peaked at 348 kg/An in 2018 and was at its lowest, 130 kg/An, in 1980.
Egypt ranks 31st of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 171 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 173 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 173 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 174 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 175 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 176 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 157 kg/An | -10.8% |
| 1969 | 151 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 146 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 144 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 142 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 140 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 138 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 134 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 132 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 132 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 131 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 130 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 130 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 130 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 131 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 131 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 132 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 136 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 136 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 133 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 134 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 133 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 187 kg/An | +40.6% |
| 1992 | 189 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 186 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 190 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 186 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 185 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 181 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 184 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 191 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 183 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 223 kg/An | +21.9% |
| 2002 | 293 kg/An | +31.4% |
| 2003 | 297 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 297 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 303 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 303 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 314 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 317 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 313 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 315 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 314 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 319 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 320 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 318 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 331 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 333 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 285 kg/An | -14.4% |
| 2018 | 348 kg/An | +22.1% |
| 2019 | 314 kg/An | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 325 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 324 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 324 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 281 kg/An | -13.3% |
| 2024 | 293 kg/An | +4.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 293 kg/An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 173 kg/An, 1.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 293 kg/An is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 208 kg/An, 1.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +40.6% | 133 kg/An | 187 kg/An |
| 2002 | +31.4% | 223 kg/An | 293 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 168.89 kg/An | 151 kg/An | 176 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 138.5 kg/An | 131 kg/An | 146 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 132.3 kg/An | 130 kg/An | 136 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 181.2 kg/An | 133 kg/An | 191 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 284.3 kg/An | 183 kg/An | 317 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 319.7 kg/An | 285 kg/An | 348 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 309.4 kg/An | 281 kg/An | 325 kg/An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Egypt?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Egypt was 293 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 348 kg/An in 2018.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 130 kg/An in 1980.
- How does Egypt rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Egypt ranks 31st out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.