Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Africa
Africa: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production was 7.19 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Africa stood at 7.19 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Africa peaked at 7.19 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.88 million t, in 1961.
That places Africa 9th out of 29 groups 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 cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.88 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.89 million t | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 1.95 million t | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 2.02 million t | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 2.07 million t | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 2.13 million t | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 2.13 million t | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 2.20 million t | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 2.29 million t | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 2.35 million t | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 2.35 million t | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 2.41 million t | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 2.51 million t | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 2.54 million t | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 2.47 million t | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 2.62 million t | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 2.75 million t | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 2.92 million t | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 3.01 million t | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 3.07 million t | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 3.03 million t | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 3.16 million t | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 3.23 million t | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 3.31 million t | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 3.35 million t | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 3.22 million t | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 3.15 million t | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 3.17 million t | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 3.24 million t | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 3.34 million t | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 3.94 million t | +17.9% |
| 1992 | 4.09 million t | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 3.91 million t | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 3.80 million t | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 3.83 million t | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 3.93 million t | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 4.29 million t | +9.4% |
| 1998 | 4.15 million t | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 4.41 million t | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 4.40 million t | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 4.44 million t | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 4.64 million t | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 4.68 million t | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 4.75 million t | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 5.00 million t | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 5.14 million t | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 5.25 million t | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 5.41 million t | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 5.59 million t | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 5.86 million t | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 5.97 million t | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 6.03 million t | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 6.31 million t | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 6.34 million t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 6.56 million t | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 6.30 million t | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 6.33 million t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 6.51 million t | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 6.79 million t | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 6.71 million t | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 6.82 million t | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 6.88 million t | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 7.03 million t | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 7.19 million t | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.06 million t | 1.88 million t | 2.29 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.59 million t | 2.35 million t | 3.01 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.19 million t | 3.03 million t | 3.35 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.97 million t | 3.34 million t | 4.41 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.93 million t | 4.40 million t | 5.59 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.30 million t | 5.86 million t | 6.79 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.93 million t | 6.71 million t | 7.19 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 6 Argentina 3.18 million t compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 379,169 t compare
- 7 Australia 2.59 million t compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 349,417 t compare
- 8 Mexico 2.25 million t compare
- 8 Viet Nam 270,000 t compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 235,157 t compare
- 9 Russian Federation 1.69 million t compare
- 10 Pakistan 1.37 million t compare
- 11 France 1.30 million t compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 47,505 t compare
- 12 Canada 1.29 million t compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 41,649 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Africa?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Africa was 7.19 million 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 Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7.19 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.88 million t in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production?
- Africa ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa 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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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.