Asia vs Australia and New Zealand: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production

Asia
22.68 million t
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand
3.33 million t
in 2024
Asia rank
1st
Australia and New Zealand rank
6th

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production over time

  • Asia
  • Australia and New Zealand
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M196119922024

How they compare

Asia currently reports 22.68 million t against 3.33 million t in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 19.35 million t.

That makes Asia's figure about 6.8 times Australia and New Zealand's.

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

Asia ranks 1st and Australia and New Zealand ranks 6th of 20 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia Australia and New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 3.09 million t 1.19 million t 1.89 million t Asia
1970s 4.07 million t 2.04 million t 2.03 million t Asia
1980s 5.78 million t 1.99 million t 3.79 million t Asia
1990s 9.17 million t 2.40 million t 6.77 million t Asia
2000s 14.15 million t 2.73 million t 11.43 million t Asia
2010s 18.63 million t 2.96 million t 15.67 million t Asia
2020s 21.45 million t 2.88 million t 18.57 million t Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher beef and buffalo meat, primary — production, Asia or Australia and New Zealand?
Asia, at 22.68 million t against 3.33 million t in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in beef and buffalo meat, primary — production between Asia and Australia and New Zealand?
19.35 million t, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Australia and New Zealand?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Asia and Australia and New Zealand rank globally for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
Asia ranks 1st and Australia and New Zealand ranks 6th of 20 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production. 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 — Production
Unit
t
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.