Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production was 61,421 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Afghanistan is 61,421 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.9% on the previous year and down 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Afghanistan peaked at 171,000 t in 1998 and was at its lowest, 43,000 t, in 1961.
Afghanistan ranks 92nd of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 45,800 t | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 47,250 t | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 48,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 48,700 t | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 68,000 t | +39.6% |
| 1967 | 65,000 t | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 71,000 t | +9.2% |
| 1969 | 75,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 62,000 t | -17.3% |
| 1971 | 62,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 61,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 63,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 62,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 61,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 62,300 t | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 66,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 67,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 71,000 t | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 67,000 t | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 68,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 69,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 68,000 t | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 68,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 68,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 68,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 70,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 71,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 71,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 86,400 t | +21.7% |
| 1991 | 86,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 86,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 97,200 t | +12.5% |
| 1994 | 113,400 t | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 130,000 t | +14.6% |
| 1996 | 143,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 156,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 171,000 t | +9.6% |
| 1999 | 149,000 t | -12.9% |
| 2000 | 126,000 t | -15.4% |
| 2001 | 108,000 t | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 150,000 t | +38.9% |
| 2003 | 137,000 t | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 149,300 t | +9.0% |
| 2005 | 141,100 t | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 117,300 t | -16.9% |
| 2007 | 137,000 t | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 133,000 t | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 135,000 t | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 131,000 t | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 138,000 t | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 139,000 t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 134,000 t | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 120,545 t | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 111,438 t | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 107,533 t | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 115,754 t | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 96,127 t | -17.0% |
| 2019 | 89,007 t | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 97,277 t | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 78,714 t | -19.1% |
| 2022 | 71,967 t | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 66,678 t | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 61,421 t | -7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,861 t | 43,000 t | 75,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 63,730 t | 61,000 t | 71,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,800 t | 67,000 t | 71,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 121,880 t | 86,400 t | 171,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 133,370 t | 108,000 t | 150,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 118,240 t | 89,007 t | 139,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 75,211 t | 61,421 t | 97,277 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Afghanistan?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Afghanistan was 61,421 t 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 — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 171,000 t in 1998.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,000 t in 1961.
- How does Afghanistan rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production?
- Afghanistan ranks 92nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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 — 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.