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

Europe
37.95 million An
in 2024
India
11.95 million An
in 2024
Europe rank
9th
India rank
8th

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

  • Europe
  • India
020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M196119922024

How they compare

Europe currently reports 37.95 million An against 11.95 million An in India, a difference of 25.99 million An.

That makes Europe's figure about 3.2 times India's.

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

Europe ranks 9th and India ranks 8th of 29 regions.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe India Difference Ahead
1960s 78.06 million An 11.23 million An 66.83 million An Europe
1970s 82.56 million An 13.83 million An 68.73 million An Europe
1980s 86.49 million An 17.47 million An 69.02 million An Europe
1990s 71.08 million An 9.46 million An 61.62 million An Europe
2000s 49.41 million An 9.80 million An 39.61 million An Europe
2010s 41.63 million An 11.48 million An 30.15 million An Europe
2020s 38.72 million An 11.79 million An 26.93 million An Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, Europe or India?
Europe, at 37.95 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 Europe and India?
25.99 million An, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and India?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Europe and India rank globally for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
Europe ranks 9th and India ranks 8th of 29 regions.
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.