Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malaysia
Malaysia: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 343 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malaysia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 343 kg/An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
The figure is up 9.9% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Malaysia peaked at 425 kg/An in 2019 and was at its lowest, 111 kg/An, in 1997.
That places Malaysia 10th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 147 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 146 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 145 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 146 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 145 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 145 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 144 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 146 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 142 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 143 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 143 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 142 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 142 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 142 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 142 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 135 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 1980 | 132 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 132 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 131 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 132 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 131 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 131 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 127 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 128 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 126 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 157 kg/An | +24.6% |
| 1992 | 159 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 145 kg/An | -8.8% |
| 1994 | 123 kg/An | -15.2% |
| 1995 | 129 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 117 kg/An | -9.3% |
| 1997 | 111 kg/An | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 120 kg/An | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 135 kg/An | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 141 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 141 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 190 kg/An | +34.8% |
| 2003 | 215 kg/An | +13.2% |
| 2004 | 233 kg/An | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 275 kg/An | +18.0% |
| 2006 | 255 kg/An | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 303 kg/An | +18.8% |
| 2008 | 343 kg/An | +13.2% |
| 2009 | 353 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 371 kg/An | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 369 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 368 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 363 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 344 kg/An | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 304 kg/An | -11.6% |
| 2016 | 328 kg/An | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 343 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 388 kg/An | +13.1% |
| 2019 | 425 kg/An | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 313 kg/An | -26.4% |
| 2021 | 282 kg/An | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 282 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 312 kg/An | +10.6% |
| 2024 | 343 kg/An | +9.9% |
Malaysia compared with similar countries
- Malaysia's 343 kg/An is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 204 kg/An, 1.7× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Malaysia's 343 kg/An is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 186.5 kg/An, 1.8× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Malaysia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +34.8% | 141 kg/An | 190 kg/An |
| 2020 | -26.4% | 425 kg/An | 313 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 145.56 kg/An | 144 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 142.3 kg/An | 135 kg/An | 146 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 130 kg/An | 127 kg/An | 132 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 132.2 kg/An | 111 kg/An | 159 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 244.9 kg/An | 141 kg/An | 353 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 360.3 kg/An | 304 kg/An | 425 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 306.4 kg/An | 282 kg/An | 343 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 7 China, Macao SAR 358 kg/An compare
- 8 Tajikistan 353 kg/An compare
- 8 Polynesia 160 kg/An compare
- 9 South Africa 348 kg/An compare
- 9 Viet Nam 156 kg/An compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 152 kg/An compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 150 kg/An compare
- 11 Germany 336 kg/An compare
- 12 Belgium-Luxembourg 335 kg/An compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 145 kg/An compare
- 13 Austria 334 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malaysia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0822 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,078 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.913 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2261 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Malaysia?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Malaysia was 343 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 425 kg/An in 2019.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 111 kg/An in 1997.
- How does Malaysia rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Malaysia ranks 10th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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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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.