Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Africa
Western Africa: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight was 118 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 118 kg/An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Western Africa peaked at 164 kg/An in 1983 and was at its lowest, 112 kg/An, in 2016.
Western Africa ranks 29th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 154 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 151 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 151 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 153 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 153 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 151 kg/An | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 151 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 147 kg/An | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 153 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 152 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 149 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 146 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 153 kg/An | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 154 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 148 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1976 | 159 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1977 | 150 kg/An | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 153 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 157 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 162 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 158 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 160 kg/An | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 164 kg/An | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 162 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 162 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 131 kg/An | -19.1% |
| 1987 | 128 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 118 kg/An | -7.8% |
| 1989 | 132 kg/An | +11.9% |
| 1990 | 128 kg/An | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 124 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 132 kg/An | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 132 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 127 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 127 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 122 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 124 kg/An | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 124 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 124 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 128 kg/An | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 128 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 129 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 126 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 127 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 127 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 128 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 126 kg/An | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 127 kg/An | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 127 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 126 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 126 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 117 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 126 kg/An | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 125 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 124 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 112 kg/An | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 113 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 115 kg/An | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 122 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 121 kg/An | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 118 kg/An | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 120 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 120 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 118 kg/An | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 151.56 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 154 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 152.1 kg/An | 146 kg/An | 159 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 147.7 kg/An | 118 kg/An | 164 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 126.4 kg/An | 122 kg/An | 132 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 127.3 kg/An | 126 kg/An | 129 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 120.6 kg/An | 112 kg/An | 126 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 119.4 kg/An | 118 kg/An | 121 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Western Africa?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight in Western Africa was 118 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 164 kg/An in 1983.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 112 kg/An in 2016.
- How does Western Africa rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight?
- Western Africa ranks 29th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.