Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Melanesia
Melanesia: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 182 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Melanesia, 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 Melanesia is 182 kg/An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Melanesia peaked at 192 kg/An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 120 kg/An, in 1991.
Melanesia ranks 5th of 20 countries on this measure, in the top 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 Melanesia, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 183 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 180 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 175 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 180 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 174 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 168 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 171 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 176 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 174 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 179 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 179 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 178 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 176 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 177 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 178 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 175 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 167 kg/An | -4.6% |
| 1978 | 175 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 176 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 176 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 178 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 176 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 177 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 180 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 182 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 180 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 175 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 182 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 183 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 183 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 120 kg/An | -34.4% |
| 1992 | 125 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 129 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 135 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 134 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 137 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 134 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 130 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 135 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 132 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 128 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 129 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 132 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 135 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 133 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 132 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 136 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 138 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 137 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 139 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 150 kg/An | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 143 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 135 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 126 kg/An | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 192 kg/An | +52.4% |
| 2016 | 148 kg/An | -22.9% |
| 2017 | 180 kg/An | +21.6% |
| 2018 | 174 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 151 kg/An | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 154 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 186 kg/An | +20.8% |
| 2022 | 176 kg/An | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 178 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 182 kg/An | +2.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +52.4% | 126 kg/An | 192 kg/An |
| 1991 | -34.4% | 183 kg/An | 120 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 175.67 kg/An | 168 kg/An | 183 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 176 kg/An | 167 kg/An | 179 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 178.9 kg/An | 175 kg/An | 183 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 136.2 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 183 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 133.2 kg/An | 128 kg/An | 138 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 153.8 kg/An | 126 kg/An | 192 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 175.2 kg/An | 154 kg/An | 186 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 2 Singapore 400 kg/An compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 228 kg/An compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 205 kg/An compare
- 3 Indonesia 398 kg/An compare
- 4 India 382 kg/An compare
- 5 Canada 378 kg/An compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 169 kg/An compare
- 6 Luxembourg 373 kg/An compare
- 7 China, Macao SAR 358 kg/An compare
- 8 Tajikistan 353 kg/An compare
- 8 Polynesia 160 kg/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Melanesia?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Melanesia was 182 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 192 kg/An in 2015.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 kg/An in 1991.
- How does Melanesia rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Melanesia ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.