Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria
Nigeria: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 96 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria, 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 Nigeria is 96 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria peaked at 237 kg/An in 1967 and was at its lowest, 96 kg/An, in 2012.
That places Nigeria 185th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 227 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 225 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 224 kg/An | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 225 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 227 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 227 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 237 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 232 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 233 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 227 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 224 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 226 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 223 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1974 | 221 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 221 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 229 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 217 kg/An | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 217 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 219 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 225 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 218 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 216 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 221 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 219 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 217 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 143 kg/An | -34.1% |
| 1987 | 139 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 118 kg/An | -15.1% |
| 1989 | 156 kg/An | +32.2% |
| 1990 | 141 kg/An | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 136 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 173 kg/An | +27.2% |
| 1993 | 166 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 147 kg/An | -11.4% |
| 1995 | 146 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 131 kg/An | -10.3% |
| 1997 | 137 kg/An | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 139 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 139 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 130 kg/An | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 130 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 130 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 130 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 130 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 130 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 130 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 130 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 130 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 130 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 123 kg/An | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 119 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 96 kg/An | -19.3% |
| 2013 | 122 kg/An | +27.1% |
| 2014 | 121 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 122 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 98 kg/An | -19.7% |
| 2017 | 97 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 101 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 102 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 101 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 100 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 98 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 97 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 96 kg/An | -1.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 96 kg/An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 173 kg/An, 55% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 96 kg/An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 135 kg/An, 71% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Nigeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | -34.1% | 217 kg/An | 143 kg/An |
| 1989 | +32.2% | 118 kg/An | 156 kg/An |
| 1992 | +27.2% | 136 kg/An | 173 kg/An |
| 2013 | +27.1% | 96 kg/An | 122 kg/An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 228.56 kg/An | 224 kg/An | 237 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 222.4 kg/An | 217 kg/An | 229 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 187.2 kg/An | 118 kg/An | 225 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 145.5 kg/An | 131 kg/An | 173 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 130 kg/An | 130 kg/An | 130 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 110.1 kg/An | 96 kg/An | 123 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.4 kg/An | 96 kg/An | 101 kg/An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Nigeria was 96 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 237 kg/An in 1967.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 96 kg/An in 2012.
- How does Nigeria rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Nigeria ranks 185th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.