Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered by country
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...
Countries reporting
209
Highest
51.05 million An
China
Lowest
11 An
Niue
Median
305,000 An
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,892
What the numbers show
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 51.05 million An in China; the lowest is 11 An in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 305,000 An, and the mean is 2.00 million An.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 333.0%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 73.4%).
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 51.05 million An | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 50.99 million An | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 3 | USSR | 40.30 million An | 1991 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 39.69 million An | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 5.14 million An | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 5 | Pakistan | 19.36 million An | 2024 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.59 million An | 2024 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 13.93 million An | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 2.17 million An | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 13.37 million An | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.84 million An | 2024 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 8 | India | 11.95 million An | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.70 million An | 2024 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 8.92 million An | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.41 million An | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 8.69 million An | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 7.54 million An | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 567,452 An | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 6.04 million An | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 12 | Syrian Arab Republic | 345,606 An | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 13 | New Zealand | 4.68 million An | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 182,882 An | 2024 | up 114.1% | falling |
| 14 | Chad | 4.34 million An | 2024 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 135,659 An | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 15 | France | 3.99 million An | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 15 | Melanesia | 67,279 An | 2024 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 3.95 million An | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 20,401 An | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 17 | Canada | 3.41 million An | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 17,988 An | 2024 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Sudan | 3.36 million An | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 18 | Polynesia | 11,302 An | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 3.31 million An | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 1,817 An | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1,817 An | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 20 | Colombia | 3.28 million An | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 3.16 million An | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 3.03 million An | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 2.90 million An | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 24 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.85 million An | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 25 | Sudan (former) | 2.84 million An | 2011 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 2.74 million An | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Italy | 2.71 million An | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 27 | Caribbean | 1.15 million An | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 28 | Spain | 2.48 million An | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 223,892 An | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 2.44 million An | 2024 | up 52.6% | falling |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 4,467 An | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 30 | Ethiopia PDR | 2.33 million An | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 31 | Yugoslav SFR | 2.31 million An | 1991 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 32 | Paraguay | 2.31 million An | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Uruguay | 2.29 million An | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 34 | Kenya | 2.24 million An | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 35 | Poland | 2.13 million An | 2024 | up 28.4% | falling |
| 36 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.11 million An | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 37 | Ireland | 1.91 million An | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 38 | Egypt | 1.78 million An | 2024 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 39 | Belarus | 1.63 million An | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 40 | Indonesia | 1.56 million An | 2024 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 41 | Yemen | 1.43 million An | 2024 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Uganda | 1.40 million An | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 43 | Peru | 1.38 million An | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 44 | Zambia | 1.37 million An | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Philippines | 1.34 million An | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 46 | Ukraine | 1.34 million An | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 1.29 million An | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 48 | Burkina Faso | 1.27 million An | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Morocco | 1.27 million An | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 50 | Guatemala | 1.16 million An | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Czechoslovakia | 1.15 million An | 1992 | down 31.1% | flat |
| 52 | Republic of Korea | 1.11 million An | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 53 | Ecuador | 1.08 million An | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 54 | Japan | 1.03 million An | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 55 | South Sudan | 966,271 An | 2024 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 909,318 An | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 887,582 An | 2024 | up 333.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Mongolia | 857,651 An | 2024 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 59 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 840,000 An | 1999 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 60 | Cameroon | 810,432 An | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 61 | Belgium | 809,220 An | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 62 | Myanmar | 798,630 An | 2024 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 63 | Thailand | 792,089 An | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 64 | Chile | 760,265 An | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 752,994 An | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 66 | Guinea | 679,014 An | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Malawi | 673,338 An | 2024 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Algeria | 648,036 An | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 69 | Central African Republic | 642,964 An | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Angola | 640,712 An | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 71 | Austria | 608,940 An | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 72 | Serbia and Montenegro | 606,000 An | 2005 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 73 | Switzerland | 602,708 An | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 74 | Romania | 561,440 An | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 75 | Mali | 560,209 An | 2024 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 547,935 An | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 77 | Cambodia | 529,271 An | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Somalia | 511,646 An | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 79 | Armenia | 496,629 An | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 80 | Senegal | 482,928 An | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 479,966 An | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 82 | Nepal | 477,000 An | 2024 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 83 | Rwanda | 468,904 An | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Afghanistan | 467,376 An | 2024 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 85 | Denmark | 436,540 An | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 86 | Sweden | 433,650 An | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 409,528 An | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 88 | Portugal | 402,420 An | 2024 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 89 | Israel | 399,458 An | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Panama | 326,791 An | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 326,708 An | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 92 | Georgia | 325,114 An | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 93 | Botswana | 314,727 An | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 94 | Haiti | 314,035 An | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 95 | Ghana | 308,965 An | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 96 | Norway | 305,000 An | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 97 | Cuba | 300,000 An | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 98 | Serbia | 281,184 An | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 99 | Finland | 264,220 An | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 100 | Eritrea | 254,199 An | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 101 | Mauritania | 247,091 An | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 242,938 An | 2024 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 103 | Madagascar | 236,569 An | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Niger | 233,112 An | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Albania | 231,759 An | 2024 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 106 | Czechia | 231,310 An | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Benin | 214,628 An | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 108 | Saudi Arabia | 202,331 An | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 109 | Iraq | 195,903 An | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 110 | Tunisia | 188,216 An | 2024 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 111 | Lebanon | 181,392 An | 2024 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 112 | Lithuania | 163,250 An | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Croatia | 158,800 An | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 114 | Jordan | 157,832 An | 2024 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Mozambique | 150,246 An | 2024 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 116 | Greece | 140,194 An | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 117 | Oman | 130,091 An | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Malaysia | 123,833 An | 2024 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 118,640 An | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 120 | El Salvador | 115,831 An | 2024 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 121 | Namibia | 114,187 An | 2024 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 122 | Slovenia | 105,410 An | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 123 | Hungary | 91,120 An | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 124 | United Arab Emirates | 88,021 An | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Burundi | 81,268 An | 2024 | up 61.8% | falling |
| 126 | Togo | 81,000 An | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 127 | Eswatini | 79,676 An | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 128 | Latvia | 77,440 An | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 67,665 An | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 130 | Djibouti | 60,011 An | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Palestine | 46,687 An | 2022 | up 44.1% | falling |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 46,132 An | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 133 | China, Taiwan Province of | 41,956 An | 2024 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38,616 An | 2024 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 135 | Congo | 35,372 An | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Slovakia | 34,380 An | 2024 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Libya | 32,226 An | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Montenegro | 32,000 An | 2024 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 139 | Estonia | 30,700 An | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Jamaica | 28,554 An | 2024 | up 27.2% | falling |
| 141 | Luxembourg | 25,270 An | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 142 | Iceland | 22,453 An | 2024 | up 27.2% | falling |
| 143 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 21,642 An | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 21,543 An | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 145 | Gambia | 21,471 An | 2024 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 146 | Bhutan | 20,689 An | 2024 | up 131.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Cyprus | 20,530 An | 2024 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 148 | Fiji | 17,424 An | 2024 | down 60.9% | rising |
| 149 | Puerto Rico | 17,063 An | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 150 | New Caledonia | 13,393 An | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 12,787 An | 2024 | down 66.1% | falling |
| 152 | Guadeloupe | 12,500 An | 2006 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 153 | Comoros | 11,146 An | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 154 | Guyana | 11,106 An | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 10,745 An | 2024 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 156 | Belize | 10,500 An | 2024 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 157 | Samoa | 8,557 An | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 158 | Liberia | 8,388 An | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 159 | Martinique | 8,150 An | 2006 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 160 | Qatar | 7,618 An | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Réunion | 7,600 An | 2006 | up 49.0% | falling |
| 162 | Mauritius | 7,567 An | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 163 | Gabon | 7,308 An | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Suriname | 7,229 An | 2024 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 165 | Kuwait | 7,118 An | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Lesotho | 6,948 An | 2024 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6,870 An | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 168 | Bahrain | 6,463 An | 2024 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 169 | Brunei Darussalam | 5,629 An | 2024 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 4,174 An | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 171 | Malta | 4,030 An | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 172 | Dominica | 3,022 An | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 2,193 An | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 174 | China, Macao SAR | 2,127 An | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 175 | French Guiana | 1,970 An | 2006 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,937 An | 2024 | up 108.1% | rising |
| 177 | Tonga | 1,820 An | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 178 | Grenada | 954 An | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 179 | Barbados | 875 An | 2024 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 845 An | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 515 An | 2024 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 461 An | 2024 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Equatorial Guinea | 440 An | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 184 | Faroe Islands | 243 An | 2024 | down 71.4% | rising |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 226 An | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 186 | Bahamas | 105 An | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Singapore | 85 An | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Seychelles | 83 An | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 70 An | 2024 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 190 | Niue | 11 An | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 333.79 million An
- Asia 120.21 million An
- Americas 117.09 million An
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 35.32 million An
- South America 68.28 million An
- Middle Africa 6.67 million An
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 66.68 million An
- Eastern Asia 54.19 million An
- Africa 45.09 million An
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 43.03 million An
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 38.15 million An
- Europe 37.95 million An
- Southern Asia 36.83 million An
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.38 million An
- Northern America 35.57 million An
- United States of America 32.16 million An
- European Union (27) 23.06 million An
- Eastern Africa 19.71 million An
- Eastern Europe 13.69 million An
- Oceania 13.45 million An
- Central America 12.09 million An
- Western Europe 11.17 million An
- Central Asia 10.83 million An
- Western Asia 10.46 million An
- South-Eastern Asia 7.91 million An
- Western Africa 7.76 million An
- Northern Africa 7.27 million An
- Southern Europe 6.60 million An
- Northern Europe 6.49 million An
- Southern Africa 3.68 million An
About this data
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.