Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production was 1.72 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
1.72 million t
Change on year
up 4.2%
Rank
3rd
of 17 groups
All-time high
1.72 million t
in 2024
All-time low
230,338 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 1.72 million t for meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 1.72 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 230,338 t, in 1961.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year

Annual values for Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 230,338 t
1962 236,400 t +2.6%
1963 243,206 t +2.9%
1964 249,420 t +2.6%
1965 253,084 t +1.5%
1966 255,550 t +1.0%
1967 266,634 t +4.3%
1968 269,014 t +0.9%
1969 279,012 t +3.7%
1970 285,892 t +2.5%
1971 301,262 t +5.4%
1972 311,196 t +3.3%
1973 317,537 t +2.0%
1974 325,050 t +2.4%
1975 332,439 t +2.3%
1976 338,167 t +1.7%
1977 342,593 t +1.3%
1978 356,853 t +4.2%
1979 366,887 t +2.8%
1980 396,721 t +8.1%
1981 419,473 t +5.7%
1982 441,441 t +5.2%
1983 458,013 t +3.8%
1984 494,228 t +7.9%
1985 505,709 t +2.3%
1986 567,786 t +12.3%
1987 588,780 t +3.7%
1988 609,837 t +3.6%
1989 635,045 t +4.1%
1990 683,009 t +7.6%
1991 714,573 t +4.6%
1992 744,501 t +4.2%
1993 776,995 t +4.4%
1994 863,586 t +11.1%
1995 914,925 t +5.9%
1996 807,532 t -11.7%
1997 873,305 t +8.1%
1998 902,281 t +3.3%
1999 924,193 t +2.4%
2000 938,806 t +1.6%
2001 1.00 million t +6.8%
2002 1.08 million t +7.4%
2003 1.08 million t +0.3%
2004 1.11 million t +2.7%
2005 1.16 million t +4.5%
2006 1.31 million t +13.4%
2007 1.36 million t +3.1%
2008 1.39 million t +2.6%
2009 1.43 million t +2.6%
2010 1.47 million t +3.0%
2011 1.51 million t +3.0%
2012 1.53 million t +1.2%
2013 1.57 million t +2.2%
2014 1.58 million t +1.1%
2015 1.64 million t +3.2%
2016 1.64 million t -0.0%
2017 1.67 million t +2.0%
2018 1.69 million t +1.4%
2019 1.58 million t -6.4%
2020 1.58 million t -0.2%
2021 1.64 million t +3.6%
2022 1.71 million t +4.7%
2023 1.65 million t -3.5%
2024 1.72 million t +4.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 253,629 t 230,338 t 279,012 t 9
1970s 327,788 t 285,892 t 366,887 t 10
1980s 511,703 t 396,721 t 635,045 t 10
1990s 820,490 t 683,009 t 924,193 t 10
2000s 1.19 million t 938,806 t 1.43 million t 10
2010s 1.59 million t 1.47 million t 1.69 million t 10
2020s 1.66 million t 1.58 million t 1.72 million t 5

Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

  1. 1 India 4.57 million t compare
  2. 2 Pakistan 1.27 million t compare
  3. 3 China 779,459 t compare
  4. 3 Viet Nam 68,900 t compare
  5. 4 China, mainland 779,090 t compare
  6. 5 Egypt 200,000 t compare
  7. 6 Nepal 138,271 t compare
  8. 6 Türkiye 13,781 t compare

See the full ranking of 52 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 1.72 million 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 1.72 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 230,338 t in 1961.
How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 3rd out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
Is meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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Indicator
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
52 places, 2,938 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.