Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 107 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Papua New Guinea, 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 Papua New Guinea stood at 107 kg/An. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Papua New Guinea peaked at 150 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 107 kg/An, in 2024.
That places Papua New Guinea 177th 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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 150 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 143 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 120 kg/An | -16.1% |
| 2018 | 119 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 117 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 115 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 114 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 111 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 109 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 107 kg/An | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 150 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 150 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 150 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 150 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 150 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 139.9 kg/An | 117 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 111.2 kg/An | 107 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 175 Djibouti 108 kg/An compare
- 175 Somalia 108 kg/An compare
- 177 Burkina Faso 107 kg/An compare
- 179 Madagascar 106 kg/An compare
- 180 Ethiopia PDR 105 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 17.02 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.02 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Papua New Guinea?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Papua New Guinea was 107 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 150 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 107 kg/An in 2024.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 177th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.