Africa vs India: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Africa
45.09 million An
in 2024
India
11.95 million An
in 2024
Africa rank
6th
India rank
8th

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Africa
  • India
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M196119922024

How they compare

Africa currently reports 45.09 million An against 11.95 million An in India, a difference of 33.13 million An.

That makes Africa's figure about 3.8 times India's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.

Africa ranks 6th and India ranks 8th of 29 groups.

Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa India Difference Ahead
1960s 14.91 million An 11.23 million An 3.69 million An Africa
1970s 18.63 million An 13.83 million An 4.80 million An Africa
1980s 22.71 million An 17.47 million An 5.24 million An Africa
1990s 27.93 million An 9.46 million An 18.47 million An Africa
2000s 32.33 million An 9.80 million An 22.53 million An Africa
2010s 40.84 million An 11.48 million An 29.36 million An Africa
2020s 43.98 million An 11.79 million An 32.20 million An Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, Africa or India?
Africa, at 45.09 million An against 11.95 million An in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered between Africa and India?
33.13 million An, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and India?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Africa and India rank globally for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
Africa ranks 6th and India ranks 8th of 29 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,892 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.