Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 238 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Puerto Rico recorded 238 kg/An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Puerto Rico peaked at 309 kg/An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 120 kg/An, in 1961.
That places Puerto Rico 70th 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.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 120 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 125 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 129 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 129 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 134 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 138 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 140 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 144 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 155 kg/An | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 160 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 160 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 157 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 153 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 133 kg/An | -13.1% |
| 1976 | 137 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 140 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 135 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 137 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 140 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 144 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 181 kg/An | +25.7% |
| 1983 | 167 kg/An | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 172 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 179 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 177 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 180 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 182 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 188 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 188 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 185 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 219 kg/An | +18.4% |
| 1993 | 220 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 225 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 220 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 220 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 208 kg/An | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 205 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 206 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 201 kg/An | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 257 kg/An | +27.9% |
| 2005 | 196 kg/An | -23.7% |
| 2006 | 225 kg/An | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 227 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 230 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 242 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 248 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 254 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 260 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 266 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 280 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 309 kg/An | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 286 kg/An | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 289 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 294 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 300 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 301 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 304 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 273 kg/An | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 237 kg/An | -13.2% |
| 2024 | 238 kg/An | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 144 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 146.7 kg/An | 133 kg/An | 160 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 171 kg/An | 140 kg/An | 188 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 213.7 kg/An | 185 kg/An | 225 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 219.7 kg/An | 196 kg/An | 257 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 278.6 kg/An | 248 kg/An | 309 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 270.6 kg/An | 237 kg/An | 304 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 67 Sierra Leone 244 kg/An compare
- 68 Fiji 239 kg/An compare
- 68 Switzerland 239 kg/An compare
- 71 Greece 236 kg/An compare
- 72 Costa Rica 230 kg/An compare
- 72 Turkmenistan 230 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Puerto Rico?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Puerto Rico was 238 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 309 kg/An in 2015.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 kg/An in 1961.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Puerto Rico ranks 70th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.