Buffalo fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, mainland
China, mainland: Buffalo fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 5.10 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Buffalo fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, buffalo fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland stood at 5.10 million An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, buffalo fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland peaked at 5.10 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 210,000 An, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 4th of 26 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Buffalo fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 210,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 230,000 An | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 307,500 An | +33.7% |
| 1964 | 345,000 An | +12.2% |
| 1965 | 387,500 An | +12.3% |
| 1966 | 420,000 An | +8.4% |
| 1967 | 437,500 An | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 437,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 442,500 An | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 442,500 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 500,000 An | +13.0% |
| 1972 | 537,500 An | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 630,000 An | +17.2% |
| 1974 | 625,000 An | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 650,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 660,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 650,000 An | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 650,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 742,000 An | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 750,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 762,500 An | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 782,500 An | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 925,000 An | +18.2% |
| 1984 | 1.00 million An | +8.1% |
| 1985 | 1.13 million An | +12.9% |
| 1986 | 1.32 million An | +17.2% |
| 1987 | 1.44 million An | +8.8% |
| 1988 | 1.95 million An | +35.4% |
| 1989 | 1.52 million An | -22.1% |
| 1990 | 1.56 million An | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 1.80 million An | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 1.89 million An | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 2.34 million An | +23.8% |
| 1994 | 2.63 million An | +12.3% |
| 1995 | 3.00 million An | +14.2% |
| 1996 | 2.50 million An | -16.7% |
| 1997 | 3.24 million An | +29.6% |
| 1998 | 3.38 million An | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 3.66 million An | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 3.60 million An | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 3.78 million An | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 3.86 million An | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 3.03 million An | -21.5% |
| 2004 | 3.29 million An | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 3.45 million An | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 2.88 million An | -16.5% |
| 2007 | 3.07 million An | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 3.06 million An | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 4.29 million An | +40.3% |
| 2010 | 4.32 million An | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 4.20 million An | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 4.22 million An | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 4.19 million An | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 4.20 million An | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 4.21 million An | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 4.26 million An | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 4.34 million An | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 4.40 million An | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 4.53 million An | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 4.57 million An | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 4.71 million An | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 4.84 million An | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 5.02 million An | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 5.10 million An | +1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Buffalo fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, mainland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +40.3% | 3.06 million An | 4.29 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 357,500 An | 210,000 An | 442,500 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 608,700 An | 442,500 An | 742,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.16 million An | 750,000 An | 1.95 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.60 million An | 1.56 million An | 3.66 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.43 million An | 2.88 million An | 4.29 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.29 million An | 4.19 million An | 4.53 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.85 million An | 4.57 million An | 5.10 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 1 India 11.95 million An compare
- 2 Pakistan 8.86 million An compare
- 3 China 5.10 million An compare
- 3 Viet Nam 351,925 An compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 200,680 An compare
- 5 Egypt 620,000 An compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 168,600 An compare
- 6 Nepal 477,000 An compare
- 6 Türkiye 59,965 An compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,334 An compare
- 7 Philippines 460,132 An compare
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- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.4723 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 3.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate -4.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2596 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is buffalo fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland?
- Buffalo fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland was 5.10 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest buffalo fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 5.10 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest buffalo fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 210,000 An in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for buffalo fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered?
- China, mainland ranks 4th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is buffalo fat, unrendered — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Buffalo fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.