Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in China
China: Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 153 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in China is 153 kg/An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in China peaked at 205 kg/An in 2006 and was at its lowest, 83 kg/An, in 1965.
That places China 13th out of 25 countries 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.
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in China, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 87 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 89 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 89 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 88 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 83 kg/An | -5.7% |
| 1966 | 84 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 85 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 87 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 88 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 89 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 89 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 87 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 84 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 86 kg/An | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 86 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 89 kg/An | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 93 kg/An | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 90 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 89 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 89 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 101 kg/An | +13.5% |
| 1982 | 105 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 107 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 110 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 109 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 106 kg/An | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 101 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 101 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 101 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 101 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 101 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 101 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 100 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 103 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 100 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 100 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 100 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 100 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 138 kg/An | +38.0% |
| 2000 | 143 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 135 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 135 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 179 kg/An | +32.6% |
| 2004 | 170 kg/An | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 165 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 205 kg/An | +24.2% |
| 2007 | 204 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 202 kg/An | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 146 kg/An | -27.7% |
| 2010 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 145 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 146 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 147 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 147 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 145 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 146 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 147 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 147 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 148 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 148 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 150 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 153 kg/An | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86.67 kg/An | 83 kg/An | 89 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 88.2 kg/An | 84 kg/An | 93 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 103 kg/An | 89 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 104.4 kg/An | 100 kg/An | 138 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 168.4 kg/An | 135 kg/An | 205 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 146.1 kg/An | 145 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 149.2 kg/An | 147 kg/An | 153 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in China?
- Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in China was 153 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 205 kg/An in 2006.
- What is the lowest meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 83 kg/An in 1965.
- How does China rank for meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- China ranks 13th out of 25 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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 — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.