Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Yield/Carcass Weight in World

World: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Yield/Carcass Weight was 231 kg/An in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
231 kg/An
Change on year
up 1.3%
Rank
16th
of 33 groups
All-time high
231 kg/An
in 2024
All-time low
158 kg/An
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Yield/Carcass Weight in World, 1961–2024

050100150200250196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.

Analysis

The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight in World is 231 kg/An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight in World peaked at 231 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 158 kg/An, in 1962.

That places World 16th out of 33 groups 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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 165.89 kg/An 158 kg/An 177 kg/An 9
1970s 186.7 kg/An 180 kg/An 190 kg/An 10
1980s 195.6 kg/An 190 kg/An 202 kg/An 10
1990s 204.1 kg/An 201 kg/An 210 kg/An 10
2000s 207.9 kg/An 204 kg/An 212 kg/An 10
2010s 217.3 kg/An 212 kg/An 223 kg/An 10
2020s 228.6 kg/An 227 kg/An 231 kg/An 5

Countries ranked near World

  1. 13 Republic of Korea 332 kg/An compare
  2. 13 RΓ©union 245 kg/An compare
  3. 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 328 kg/An compare
  4. 15 Finland 327 kg/An compare
  5. 16 France 326 kg/An compare
  6. 17 Sweden 325 kg/An compare
  7. 18 North Macedonia 323 kg/An compare
  8. 19 Faroe Islands 317 kg/An compare

See the full ranking of 239 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight in World?
Beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight in World was 231 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight recorded in World?
The highest recorded value was 231 kg/An in 2024.
What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 158 kg/An in 1962.
How does World rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight?
World ranks 16th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” yield/carcass weight rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this World data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” 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
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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.