Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 332 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa stood at 332 kg/An.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Southern Africa peaked at 338 kg/An in 1997 and was at its lowest, 174 kg/An, in 1968.
That places Southern Africa 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 181 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 178 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 191 kg/An | +7.3% |
| 1964 | 190 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 185 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 176 kg/An | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 176 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 174 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 189 kg/An | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 191 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 188 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 193 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 188 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 205 kg/An | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 221 kg/An | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 199 kg/An | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 202 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 198 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 193 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 196 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 209 kg/An | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 213 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 200 kg/An | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 205 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 216 kg/An | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 211 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 212 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 229 kg/An | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 229 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 225 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 228 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 229 kg/An | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 213 kg/An | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 206 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 232 kg/An | +12.6% |
| 1996 | 213 kg/An | -8.2% |
| 1997 | 338 kg/An | +58.7% |
| 1998 | 237 kg/An | -29.9% |
| 1999 | 240 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 215 kg/An | -10.4% |
| 2001 | 250 kg/An | +16.3% |
| 2002 | 227 kg/An | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 246 kg/An | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 250 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 261 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 266 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 262 kg/An | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 267 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 272 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 296 kg/An | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 290 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 292 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 292 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 287 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 291 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 290 kg/An | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 281 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 292 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 320 kg/An | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 308 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 309 kg/An | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 302 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 312 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 332 kg/An | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 182.22 kg/An | 174 kg/An | 191 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 197.8 kg/An | 188 kg/An | 221 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 212 kg/An | 196 kg/An | 229 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 236.1 kg/An | 206 kg/An | 338 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 251.6 kg/An | 215 kg/An | 272 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 293.1 kg/An | 281 kg/An | 320 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 312.6 kg/An | 302 kg/An | 332 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Southern Africa?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Southern Africa was 332 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 338 kg/An in 1997.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 174 kg/An in 1968.
- How does Southern Africa rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Southern Africa ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.