Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in Nigeria
Nigeria: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing was 3.31 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Nigeria is 3.31 million An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Nigeria peaked at 3.31 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 649,648 An, in 1962.
Nigeria ranks 19th of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 688,389 An | — |
| 1962 | 649,648 An | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 678,654 An | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 768,538 An | +13.2% |
| 1965 | 809,528 An | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 766,867 An | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 719,486 An | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 698,418 An | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 850,773 An | +21.8% |
| 1970 | 863,207 An | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 839,732 An | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 725,838 An | -13.6% |
| 1973 | 1.02 million An | +40.0% |
| 1974 | 1.02 million An | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 824,550 An | -18.8% |
| 1976 | 1.08 million An | +31.5% |
| 1977 | 1.01 million An | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 1.13 million An | +12.2% |
| 1979 | 1.25 million An | +10.9% |
| 1980 | 1.64 million An | +31.2% |
| 1981 | 1.51 million An | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 1.69 million An | +11.8% |
| 1983 | 1.86 million An | +10.3% |
| 1984 | 1.94 million An | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 2.02 million An | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 1.98 million An | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 1.92 million An | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 2.01 million An | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 1.40 million An | -30.5% |
| 1990 | 1.44 million An | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 1.50 million An | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 1.21 million An | -19.2% |
| 1993 | 1.47 million An | +21.4% |
| 1994 | 1.80 million An | +22.0% |
| 1995 | 1.83 million An | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 2.14 million An | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 2.14 million An | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 2.14 million An | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 2.14 million An | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 2.14 million An | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 2.43 million An | +13.4% |
| 2002 | 2.75 million An | +13.1% |
| 2003 | 2.37 million An | -13.9% |
| 2004 | 2.49 million An | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 2.35 million An | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 2.00 million An | -15.1% |
| 2007 | 2.52 million An | +26.4% |
| 2008 | 2.52 million An | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 2.54 million An | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 2.50 million An | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 2.95 million An | +18.0% |
| 2012 | 3.00 million An | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 3.10 million An | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 3.14 million An | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 3.16 million An | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 3.04 million An | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 3.11 million An | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 3.16 million An | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 3.19 million An | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 3.21 million An | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 3.25 million An | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 3.27 million An | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 3.29 million An | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 3.31 million An | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 736,700 An | 649,648 An | 850,773 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 975,926 An | 725,838 An | 1.25 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.80 million An | 1.40 million An | 2.02 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.78 million An | 1.21 million An | 2.14 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.41 million An | 2.00 million An | 2.75 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.04 million An | 2.50 million An | 3.19 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.27 million An | 3.21 million An | 3.31 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 16 Ethiopia 3.95 million An compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 17,988 An compare
- 17 Canada 3.41 million An compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 13,342 An compare
- 18 Sudan 3.36 million An compare
- 18 Polynesia 11,302 An compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,817 An compare
- 19 Micronesia 1,817 An compare
- 20 Colombia 3.23 million An compare
- 21 South Africa 3.16 million An compare
- 22 Germany 3.03 million An compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Nigeria?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in Nigeria was 3.31 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 3.31 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 649,648 An in 1962.
- How does Nigeria rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing?
- Nigeria ranks 19th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — 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.