Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Portugal
Portugal: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 253 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Portugal, 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 Portugal is 253 kg/An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Portugal peaked at 265 kg/An in 1995 and was at its lowest, 115 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Portugal 57th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 148.22 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 189 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 208.1 kg/An | 185 kg/An | 227 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 226.4 kg/An | 213 kg/An | 241 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 244.1 kg/An | 230 kg/An | 265 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 243.1 kg/An | 231 kg/An | 254 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 237.5 kg/An | 228 kg/An | 249 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 248 kg/An | 243 kg/An | 253 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 54 Brazil 258 kg/An compare
- 55 Serbia and Montenegro 257 kg/An compare
- 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 254 kg/An compare
- 57 Mexico 253 kg/An compare
- 57 Uruguay 253 kg/An compare
- 60 Brunei Darussalam 251 kg/An compare
- 60 Estonia 251 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Portugal?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Portugal was 253 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 265 kg/An in 1995.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 115 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Portugal ranks 57th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.