Australia and New Zealand vs Brazil: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Australia and New Zealand
13.37 million An
in 2024
Brazil
39.69 million An
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand rank
7th
Brazil rank
4th

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

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Brazil
10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 39.69 million An against 13.37 million An in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 26.32 million An.

That makes Brazil's figure about 3.0 times Australia and New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 7th and Brazil ranks 4th of 190 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia and New Zealand averaged higher in 2 and Brazil in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Brazil Difference Ahead
1960s 8.33 million An 7.80 million An 526,850 An Australia and New Zealand
1970s 12.17 million An 11.84 million An 332,634 An Australia and New Zealand
1980s 11.04 million An 18.95 million An 7.91 million An Brazil
1990s 11.73 million An 25.56 million An 13.82 million An Brazil
2000s 12.45 million An 37.40 million An 24.95 million An Brazil
2010s 12.95 million An 39.56 million An 26.61 million An Brazil
2020s 11.86 million An 32.24 million An 20.37 million An Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, Australia and New Zealand or Brazil?
Brazil, at 39.69 million An against 13.37 million An in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered between Australia and New Zealand and Brazil?
26.32 million An, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Brazil?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Brazil rank globally for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 7th and Brazil ranks 4th of 190 countries.
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.