Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Madagascar
Madagascar: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 106 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Madagascar, 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 Madagascar is 106 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 15.2% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Madagascar peaked at 128 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 106 kg/An, in 2024.
Madagascar ranks 179th of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 128 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 127 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 128 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 127 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 127 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 128 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 127 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 127 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 127 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 126 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 125 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 125 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 112 kg/An | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 111 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 125 kg/An | +12.6% |
| 2024 | 106 kg/An | -15.2% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 106 kg/An is below the median for low income countries, which is 119 kg/An, 89% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 106 kg/An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 135 kg/An, 79% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 128 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 128 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 128 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 128 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 127.4 kg/An | 127 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 125.1 kg/An | 125 kg/An | 126 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 115.8 kg/An | 106 kg/An | 125 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 177 Burkina Faso 107 kg/An compare
- 177 Papua New Guinea 107 kg/An compare
- 180 Ethiopia PDR 105 kg/An compare
- 181 Cook Islands 103 kg/An compare
- 181 Gabon 103 kg/An compare
- 181 Ghana 103 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Madagascar?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Madagascar was 106 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 128 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 106 kg/An in 2024.
- How does Madagascar rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Madagascar ranks 179th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.