Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 202 kg/An in 2023. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2023, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Nicaragua stood at 202 kg/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Nicaragua peaked at 215 kg/An in 1974 and was at its lowest, 134 kg/An, in 2012.
That places Nicaragua 100th out of 190 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 148 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 156 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 182 kg/An | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 183 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 186 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 187 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 197 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 194 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 194 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 193 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 195 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 212 kg/An | +8.7% |
| 1973 | 207 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 215 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 199 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 196 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 204 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 196 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 171 kg/An | -12.8% |
| 1980 | 177 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 175 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 172 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 171 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 174 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 168 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 163 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 159 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 147 kg/An | -7.5% |
| 1989 | 138 kg/An | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 137 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 139 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 140 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 150 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 141 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 146 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 152 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 146 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 144 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 144 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 149 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 149 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 155 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 155 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 154 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 151 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 157 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 158 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 156 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 162 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 162 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 141 kg/An | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 134 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 154 kg/An | +14.9% |
| 2014 | 159 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 162 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 169 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 180 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 175 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 178 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 185 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 184 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 193 kg/An | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 202 kg/An | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 180.78 kg/An | 148 kg/An | 197 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 198.8 kg/An | 171 kg/An | 215 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 164.4 kg/An | 138 kg/An | 177 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 143.9 kg/An | 137 kg/An | 152 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 154.6 kg/An | 149 kg/An | 162 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 161.4 kg/An | 134 kg/An | 180 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 191 kg/An | 184 kg/An | 202 kg/An | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Nicaragua?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Nicaragua was 202 kg/An in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 215 kg/An in 1974.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 134 kg/An in 2012.
- How does Nicaragua rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Nicaragua ranks 100th out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.