Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production was 779,090 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 779,090 t for meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production in China, mainland peaked at 779,090 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 16,500 t, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 4th out of 25 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 24,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 27,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 30,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 33,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 34,500 t | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 35,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 36,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 36,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 42,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1972 | 45,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 51,000 t | +13.3% |
| 1974 | 52,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 54,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 55,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 55,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 55,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 63,000 t | +14.5% |
| 1980 | 65,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 75,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1982 | 80,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 97,000 t | +21.2% |
| 1984 | 108,000 t | +11.3% |
| 1985 | 122,000 t | +13.0% |
| 1986 | 139,000 t | +13.9% |
| 1987 | 144,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 195,000 t | +35.4% |
| 1989 | 152,000 t | -22.1% |
| 1990 | 156,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 180,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 189,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 234,000 t | +23.8% |
| 1994 | 270,000 t | +15.4% |
| 1995 | 300,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 250,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1997 | 324,000 t | +29.6% |
| 1998 | 338,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 505,400 t | +49.5% |
| 2000 | 513,120 t | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 508,600 t | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 521,900 t | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 542,500 t | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 560,400 t | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 568,100 t | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 590,330 t | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 626,220 t | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 617,680 t | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 626,180 t | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 629,070 t | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 610,710 t | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 614,750 t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 613,090 t | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 615,720 t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 616,890 t | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 616,910 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 634,620 t | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 644,060 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 667,280 t | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 672,450 t | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 697,510 t | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 718,260 t | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 752,680 t | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 779,090 t | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,222 t | 16,500 t | 36,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,800 t | 36,000 t | 63,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 117,700 t | 65,000 t | 195,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 274,640 t | 156,000 t | 505,400 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 567,503 t | 508,600 t | 626,220 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 626,310 t | 610,710 t | 667,280 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 723,998 t | 672,450 t | 779,090 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 1 India 4.57 million t compare
- 2 Pakistan 1.27 million t compare
- 3 China 779,459 t compare
- 3 Viet Nam 68,900 t compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 39,521 t compare
- 5 Egypt 200,000 t compare
- 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 22,112 t compare
- 6 Nepal 138,271 t compare
- 6 Türkiye 13,781 t compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,639 t compare
- 7 Philippines 64,789 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production in China, mainland?
- Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production in China, mainland was 779,090 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 779,090 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,500 t in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production?
- China, mainland ranks 4th out of 25 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. 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 Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production. 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.