Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 328 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
328 kg/An
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
15th
of 190 countries
All-time high
335 kg/An
in 2010
All-time low
213 kg/An
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024

0100200300196119922024

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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 328 kg/An, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 335 kg/An in 2010 and was at its lowest, 213 kg/An, in 1961.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 15th of 190 countries on this measure, 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961 to 2024.
Year kg/An Change
1961 213 kg/An
1962 215 kg/An +0.9%
1963 222 kg/An +3.3%
1964 227 kg/An +2.3%
1965 233 kg/An +2.6%
1966 224 kg/An -3.9%
1967 219 kg/An -2.2%
1968 226 kg/An +3.2%
1969 230 kg/An +1.8%
1970 234 kg/An +1.7%
1971 241 kg/An +3.0%
1972 248 kg/An +2.9%
1973 247 kg/An -0.4%
1974 231 kg/An -6.5%
1975 227 kg/An -1.7%
1976 238 kg/An +4.8%
1977 249 kg/An +4.6%
1978 255 kg/An +2.4%
1979 258 kg/An +1.2%
1980 259 kg/An +0.4%
1981 262 kg/An +1.2%
1982 266 kg/An +1.5%
1983 264 kg/An -0.8%
1984 267 kg/An +1.1%
1985 275 kg/An +3.0%
1986 269 kg/An -2.2%
1987 272 kg/An +1.1%
1988 280 kg/An +2.9%
1989 284 kg/An +1.4%
1990 284 kg/An +0.0%
1991 282 kg/An -0.7%
1992 257 kg/An -8.9%
1993 256 kg/An -0.4%
1994 260 kg/An +1.6%
1995 263 kg/An +1.2%
1996 296 kg/An +12.5%
1997 301 kg/An +1.7%
1998 300 kg/An -0.3%
1999 296 kg/An -1.3%
2000 290 kg/An -2.0%
2001 298 kg/An +2.8%
2002 304 kg/An +2.0%
2003 307 kg/An +1.0%
2004 307 kg/An +0.0%
2005 316 kg/An +2.9%
2006 320 kg/An +1.3%
2007 331 kg/An +3.4%
2008 328 kg/An -0.9%
2009 331 kg/An +0.9%
2010 335 kg/An +1.2%
2011 330 kg/An -1.5%
2012 330 kg/An +0.0%
2013 323 kg/An -2.1%
2014 329 kg/An +1.9%
2015 334 kg/An +1.5%
2016 329 kg/An -1.5%
2017 329 kg/An +0.0%
2018 328 kg/An -0.3%
2019 323 kg/An -1.5%
2020 330 kg/An +2.2%
2021 330 kg/An +0.0%
2022 328 kg/An -0.6%
2023 326 kg/An -0.6%
2024 328 kg/An +0.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 223.22 kg/An 213 kg/An 233 kg/An 9
1970s 242.8 kg/An 227 kg/An 258 kg/An 10
1980s 269.8 kg/An 259 kg/An 284 kg/An 10
1990s 279.5 kg/An 256 kg/An 301 kg/An 10
2000s 313.2 kg/An 290 kg/An 331 kg/An 10
2010s 329 kg/An 323 kg/An 335 kg/An 10
2020s 328.4 kg/An 326 kg/An 330 kg/An 5

Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

  1. 12 Belgium-Luxembourg 335 kg/An compare
  2. 12 United Republic of Tanzania 145 kg/An compare
  3. 13 Austria 334 kg/An compare
  4. 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 139 kg/An compare
  5. 14 Republic of Korea 332 kg/An compare
  6. 14 Micronesia 139 kg/An compare
  7. 16 Finland 327 kg/An compare
  8. 17 France 326 kg/An compare
  9. 17 Republic of Moldova 126 kg/An compare
  10. 18 Lao People's Democratic Republic 123 kg/An compare
  11. 18 Sweden 325 kg/An compare

See the full ranking of 239 places →

More agriculture & rural data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

All data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland →

Frequently asked questions

What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 328 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The highest recorded value was 335 kg/An in 2010.
What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
The lowest recorded value was 213 kg/An in 1961.
How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 15th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/beef-and-buffalo-meat-primary-yield-carcass-weight/united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/beef-and-buffalo-meat-primary-yield-carcass-weight/united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland/">Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight
Unit
kg/An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,887 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.