Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita by country

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
167
Highest
0.8852 An per person
New Zealand
Lowest
0 An per person
Singapore
Median
0.0295 An per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,791

What the numbers show

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 0.8852 An per person in New Zealand; the lowest is 0 An per person in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0295 An per person, and the mean is 0.055 An per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62,870.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 123 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 244.4%), and the largest decrease in Faroe Islands (down 74.7%).

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 New Zealand 0.8852 An per person 2024 down 6.9% falling
2 Uruguay 0.6751 An per person 2024 up 7.7% rising
3 Ireland 0.3531 An per person 2024 down 5.9% rising
4 Paraguay 0.3336 An per person 2024 up 1.4% rising
5 Australia 0.3195 An per person 2024 down 24.2% falling
6 Argentina 0.3049 An per person 2024 up 8.4% falling
7 Mongolia 0.2433 An per person 2024 up 14.2% falling
8 Chad 0.214 An per person 2024 down 0.1% rising
9 Brazil 0.1872 An per person 2024 down 7.2% rising
10 Belarus 0.1785 An per person 2024 down 5.7% flat
11 Uzbekistan 0.1661 An per person 2024 up 10.7% rising
12 Zimbabwe 0.1646 An per person 2024 down 6.5% rising
13 Armenia 0.1637 An per person 2024 down 11.3% rising
14 Azerbaijan 0.1268 An per person 2024 up 10.4% rising
15 Botswana 0.1248 An per person 2024 up 2.3% falling
16 Turkmenistan 0.1213 An per person 2024 down 17.6% rising
17 Central African Republic 0.1206 An per person 2024 down 4.8% rising
18 Kazakhstan 0.1186 An per person 2024 up 32.0% falling
19 Nicaragua 0.1104 An per person 2023 down 15.8% rising
20 Albania 0.0975 An per person 2024 down 11.8% rising
21 Georgia 0.0853 An per person 2024 down 14.3% rising
22 Tajikistan 0.0838 An per person 2024 up 244.4% volatile
23 Canada 0.0827 An per person 2024 down 7.4% falling
24 South Sudan 0.0809 An per person 2024 up 44.4% rising
25 Costa Rica 0.0798 An per person 2024 down 1.2% falling
26 Pakistan 0.077 An per person 2024 up 19.1% rising
27 Kyrgyzstan 0.0759 An per person 2024 down 21.6% falling
28 Denmark 0.073 An per person 2024 down 15.1% falling
29 Panama 0.0724 An per person 2024 down 26.3% falling
30 Eritrea 0.0719 An per person 2024 up 0.3% rising
31 Belgium 0.0682 An per person 2024 down 8.4% falling
32 Mexico 0.0682 An per person 2024 down 5.1% rising
33 Switzerland 0.0669 An per person 2024 down 15.6% falling
34 Sudan 0.0666 An per person 2024 down 22.5% falling
35 Austria 0.0663 An per person 2024 down 16.1% falling
36 Zambia 0.0645 An per person 2024 down 21.2% rising
37 Eswatini 0.0641 An per person 2024 up 1.5% falling
38 Guatemala 0.0629 An per person 2024 up 3.0% falling
39 Colombia 0.062 An per person 2024 down 27.0% falling
40 Ecuador 0.0596 An per person 2024 down 15.4% rising
41 Poland 0.0582 An per person 2024 up 33.5% falling
42 France 0.0581 An per person 2024 down 16.9% falling
43 Iceland 0.0581 An per person 2024 up 7.7% falling
44 Lithuania 0.0565 An per person 2024 down 2.1% volatile
45 Norway 0.0547 An per person 2024 down 3.1% falling
46 Burkina Faso 0.0541 An per person 2024 down 16.1% rising
47 Djibouti 0.0513 An per person 2024 down 2.9% rising
48 Montenegro 0.0513 An per person 2024 up 50.3% rising
49 Spain 0.0508 An per person 2024 up 8.2% rising
50 Slovenia 0.0495 An per person 2024 down 5.7% falling
51 South Africa 0.0494 An per person 2024 down 18.4% falling
52 Mauritania 0.0478 An per person 2024 down 17.4% falling
53 Finland 0.047 An per person 2024 down 6.5% volatile
54 Guinea 0.046 An per person 2024 down 17.4% rising
55 Italy 0.0459 An per person 2024 up 6.9% falling
56 New Caledonia 0.0458 An per person 2024 down 31.4% falling
57 Dominica 0.0456 An per person 2024 up 3.4% rising
58 Serbia 0.0427 An per person 2024 down 4.9% falling
59 Dominican Republic 0.042 An per person 2024 down 15.1% flat
60 Latvia 0.0415 An per person 2024 down 16.2% volatile
61 Croatia 0.0411 An per person 2024 down 11.3% rising
62 Sweden 0.041 An per person 2024 down 7.7% falling
63 Peru 0.0403 An per person 2024 down 11.7% falling
64 Israel 0.0399 An per person 2024 down 13.5% rising
65 Kenya 0.0398 An per person 2024 down 11.8% falling
66 Samoa 0.0392 An per person 2024 down 5.8% rising
67 Chile 0.0385 An per person 2024 down 23.0% falling
68 Namibia 0.0377 An per person 2024 down 40.5% falling
69 Portugal 0.0376 An per person 2024 up 14.7% falling
70 Luxembourg 0.0373 An per person 2024 down 13.5% falling
71 Germany 0.0362 An per person 2024 down 18.6% falling
72 China 0.0362 An per person 2024 up 18.2% volatile
73 Yemen 0.0353 An per person 2024 down 16.9% rising
74 Ukraine 0.0353 An per person 2024 down 40.2% volatile
75 Morocco 0.0333 An per person 2024 down 5.7% falling
76 Rwanda 0.0329 An per person 2024 up 10.9% rising
77 Vanuatu 0.0328 An per person 2024 down 46.3% falling
78 Lebanon 0.0312 An per person 2024 down 8.6% flat
79 Malawi 0.0311 An per person 2024 up 43.7% rising
80 Guinea-Bissau 0.0307 An per person 2024 down 10.6% rising
81 Honduras 0.0302 An per person 2024 down 19.6% falling
82 Cambodia 0.03 An per person 2024 down 11.4% rising
83 Ethiopia 0.0299 An per person 2024 down 13.5% falling
84 Romania 0.0295 An per person 2024 down 12.2% falling
85 Uganda 0.0279 An per person 2024 down 25.9% falling
86 Cameroon 0.0278 An per person 2024 down 14.6% falling
87 Cuba 0.0273 An per person 2024 down 27.2% volatile
88 Somalia 0.0269 An per person 2024 down 33.4% falling
89 Haiti 0.0267 An per person 2024 down 7.1% rising
90 Bhutan 0.0261 An per person 2024 up 114.1% volatile
91 Senegal 0.0261 An per person 2024 up 3.4% falling
92 Belize 0.0252 An per person 2024 up 15.8% falling
93 Oman 0.0246 An per person 2024 down 26.2% rising
94 Mali 0.0229 An per person 2024 up 24.9% falling
95 Estonia 0.0224 An per person 2024 down 29.8% volatile
96 Czechia 0.0212 An per person 2024 down 0.8% volatile
97 Fiji 0.0188 An per person 2024 down 61.4% falling
98 Bulgaria 0.0184 An per person 2024 up 0.7% falling
99 El Salvador 0.0183 An per person 2024 up 6.2% falling
100 Tonga 0.0175 An per person 2024 up 0.8% rising
101 Angola 0.0169 An per person 2024 down 25.2% falling
102 Bangladesh 0.0167 An per person 2024 down 5.9% falling
103 Nepal 0.0161 An per person 2024 down 44.4% falling
104 Tunisia 0.0153 An per person 2024 down 32.0% falling
105 Egypt 0.0153 An per person 2024 down 40.9% falling
106 Cyprus 0.0151 An per person 2024 up 23.5% falling
107 Benin 0.0148 An per person 2024 down 16.5% falling
108 Myanmar 0.0147 An per person 2024 down 57.0% flat
109 Nigeria 0.0142 An per person 2024 down 15.7% flat
110 Algeria 0.0138 An per person 2024 down 31.3% falling
111 Jordan 0.0137 An per person 2024 up 22.3% flat
112 Greece 0.0135 An per person 2024 down 33.7% falling
113 Guyana 0.0134 An per person 2024 down 18.1% falling
114 Comoros 0.0129 An per person 2024 down 18.4% falling
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0122 An per person 2024 down 44.9% falling
116 Saint Lucia 0.0122 An per person 2024 down 10.2% falling
117 Philippines 0.0116 An per person 2024 down 9.0% falling
118 Suriname 0.0114 An per person 2024 down 22.6% falling
119 Sri Lanka 0.0111 An per person 2024 down 14.3% falling
120 Thailand 0.0111 An per person 2024 down 26.6% falling
121 Afghanistan 0.011 An per person 2024 down 46.3% falling
122 Jamaica 0.0101 An per person 2024 up 25.1% falling
123 Togo 0.0096 An per person 2024 up 11.4% falling
124 Hungary 0.0095 An per person 2024 down 2.9% volatile
125 Palestine 0.0093 An per person 2022 up 13.7% falling
126 Ghana 0.009 An per person 2024 up 10.9% falling
127 Niger 0.0086 An per person 2024 down 4.0% volatile
128 Japan 0.0083 An per person 2024 down 8.9% falling
129 India 0.0082 An per person 2024 down 6.8% falling
130 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0082 An per person 2024 up 73.8% volatile
131 Grenada 0.0081 An per person 2024 down 7.7% falling
132 United Arab Emirates 0.008 An per person 2024 up 8.5% volatile
133 Gambia 0.0078 An per person 2024 down 50.1% volatile
134 Madagascar 0.0074 An per person 2024 down 47.8% volatile
135 Malta 0.0071 An per person 2024 down 24.9% falling
136 North Macedonia 0.007 An per person 2024 down 64.4% falling
137 Slovakia 0.0063 An per person 2024 down 26.3% volatile
138 Mauritius 0.0061 An per person 2024 down 14.4% falling
139 Burundi 0.0058 An per person 2024 up 24.4% volatile
140 Saudi Arabia 0.0057 An per person 2024 down 19.6% falling
141 Congo 0.0056 An per person 2024 down 26.4% rising
142 Indonesia 0.0055 An per person 2024 down 45.8% falling
143 Sierra Leone 0.0053 An per person 2024 down 23.4% volatile
144 Puerto Rico 0.0053 An per person 2024 down 21.1% volatile
145 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0051 An per person 2024 down 44.7% falling
146 Solomon Islands 0.0051 An per person 2024 down 22.7% volatile
147 Trinidad and Tobago 0.005 An per person 2024 up 1.1% falling
148 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0049 An per person 2024 down 45.1% volatile
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0048 An per person 2024 up 6.7% falling
150 Faroe Islands 0.0044 An per person 2024 down 74.7% rising
151 Libya 0.0044 An per person 2024 down 6.5% volatile
152 Mozambique 0.0043 An per person 2024 down 6.1% volatile
153 Iraq 0.0043 An per person 2024 down 36.1% volatile
154 Bahrain 0.0041 An per person 2024 down 40.0% volatile
155 Malaysia 0.0035 An per person 2024 down 30.5% falling
156 Barbados 0.0031 An per person 2024 up 17.2% volatile
157 French Polynesia 0.003 An per person 2024 down 6.9% volatile
158 Lesotho 0.003 An per person 2024 down 60.3% volatile
159 Gabon 0.0029 An per person 2024 down 36.5% rising
160 Qatar 0.0027 An per person 2024 up 3.8% volatile
161 Papua New Guinea 0.002 An per person 2024 down 20.5% falling
162 Liberia 0.0015 An per person 2024 down 26.6% volatile
163 Kuwait 0.0015 An per person 2024 down 18.0% volatile
164 Seychelles 0.0007 An per person 2024 down 8.1% volatile
165 Bahamas 0.0003 An per person 2024 down 10.7% volatile
166 Equatorial Guinea 0.0002 An per person 2024 down 24.8% falling
167 Singapore 0 An per person 2024 down 7.2% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita
Unit
An per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
168 places, 9,791 data points, 1961–2024
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Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.