Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nepal
Nepal: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 290 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nepal, 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 Nepal stood at 290 kg/An.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Nepal peaked at 292 kg/An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 98 kg/An, in 1961.
Nepal ranks 34th 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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 98 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 98 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 99 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 99 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 99 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 98 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 98 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 98 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 98 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 98 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 99 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 99 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 100 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 101 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 102 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 102 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 103 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 103 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 104 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 106 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 114 kg/An | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 134 kg/An | +17.5% |
| 1983 | 136 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 138 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 141 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 141 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 142 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 144 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 145 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 145 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 210 kg/An | +44.8% |
| 1992 | 210 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 195 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 201 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 208 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 210 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 199 kg/An | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 204 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 206 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 208 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 213 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 217 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 217 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 217 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 217 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 217 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 217 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 220 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 217 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 217 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 230 kg/An | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 255 kg/An | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 260 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 269 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 274 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 279 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 291 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 292 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 290 kg/An | -0.7% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 290 kg/An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 173 kg/An, 1.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 290 kg/An is above the median for South Asia, which is 123 kg/An, 2.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nepal 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 | +44.8% | 145 kg/An | 210 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 98.33 kg/An | 98 kg/An | 99 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 101.1 kg/An | 98 kg/An | 104 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 134.1 kg/An | 106 kg/An | 145 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 198.8 kg/An | 145 kg/An | 210 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 216.3 kg/An | 208 kg/An | 220 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 232.8 kg/An | 217 kg/An | 269 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 285.2 kg/An | 274 kg/An | 292 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Nepal?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Nepal was 290 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 292 kg/An in 2023.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 98 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Nepal rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Nepal ranks 34th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.