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Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production, per square kilometre by country

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
167
Highest
8.7 t per square kilometre
Ireland
Lowest
0.0017 t per square kilometre
Equatorial Guinea
Median
0.3888 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,625

What the numbers show

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production, per square kilometre is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 8.7 t per square kilometre in Ireland; the lowest is 0.0017 t per square kilometre in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3888 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.8646 t per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,059.

Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 691.1%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 75.1%).

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 8.7 t per square kilometre 2023 up 15.8% rising
2 Belgium 7.88 t per square kilometre 2023 down 4.4% falling
3 Israel 7.5 t per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% volatile
4 Lebanon 3.84 t per square kilometre 2023 down 17.4% volatile
5 Luxembourg 3.72 t per square kilometre 2023 up 18.9% flat
6 Switzerland 3.64 t per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
7 Malta 3.44 t per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% falling
8 Uruguay 3.42 t per square kilometre 2023 up 21.8% rising
9 Guatemala 3.19 t per square kilometre 2023 up 136.3% volatile
10 Pakistan 3.09 t per square kilometre 2023 up 30.4% volatile
11 Denmark 2.97 t per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% falling
12 Germany 2.87 t per square kilometre 2023 down 10.2% falling
13 New Zealand 2.83 t per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% rising
14 Uzbekistan 2.55 t per square kilometre 2023 up 47.9% rising
15 Austria 2.48 t per square kilometre 2023 down 10.6% rising
16 France 2.41 t per square kilometre 2023 down 7.1% falling
17 Palestine 2.23 t per square kilometre 2022 up 65.5% flat
18 Tajikistan 2.18 t per square kilometre 2023 up 691.1% volatile
19 Italy 2.16 t per square kilometre 2023 down 25.2% flat
20 Armenia 2.15 t per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
21 Zimbabwe 1.92 t per square kilometre 2023 up 6.7% volatile
22 Azerbaijan 1.85 t per square kilometre 2023 up 26.5% rising
23 Belarus 1.85 t per square kilometre 2023 up 18.7% rising
24 Haiti 1.8 t per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
25 Costa Rica 1.69 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.7% rising
26 Poland 1.68 t per square kilometre 2023 up 37.6% falling
27 Slovenia 1.65 t per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% falling
28 Bangladesh 1.62 t per square kilometre 2023 up 6.1% rising
29 Rwanda 1.59 t per square kilometre 2023 up 31.6% volatile
30 India 1.5 t per square kilometre 2023 up 17.6% volatile
31 Spain 1.4 t per square kilometre 2023 up 20.3% rising
32 Japan 1.38 t per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% rising
33 Dominican Republic 1.31 t per square kilometre 2023 down 37.1% rising
34 Nicaragua 1.26 t per square kilometre 2023 up 26.1% volatile
35 Argentina 1.2 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16.5% rising
36 Mexico 1.14 t per square kilometre 2023 up 22.6% rising
37 Paraguay 1.14 t per square kilometre 2023 up 17.5% volatile
38 Uganda 1.12 t per square kilometre 2023 up 13.1% rising
39 Portugal 1.07 t per square kilometre 2023 up 17.2% rising
40 Brazil 1.07 t per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% volatile
41 Albania 1.04 t per square kilometre 2023 down 32.1% volatile
42 Mauritius 1.03 t per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% rising
43 Ecuador 1.02 t per square kilometre 2023 up 22.1% volatile
44 Panama 0.9951 t per square kilometre 2023 down 12.9% rising
45 Eswatini 0.9749 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
46 Bahrain 0.9646 t per square kilometre 2023 down 28.0% rising
47 Czechia 0.9384 t per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% falling
48 Serbia 0.8918 t per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% falling
49 El Salvador 0.8516 t per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% rising
50 South Africa 0.851 t per square kilometre 2023 up 8.3% rising
51 Nepal 0.8127 t per square kilometre 2023 down 33.5% rising
52 China 0.8034 t per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% volatile
53 Croatia 0.7359 t per square kilometre 2023 down 13.1% rising
54 Lithuania 0.7347 t per square kilometre 2023 up 22.1% volatile
55 Malawi 0.7344 t per square kilometre 2023 up 80.4% volatile
56 Dominica 0.7256 t per square kilometre 2023 down 4.1% rising
57 Jamaica 0.7207 t per square kilometre 2023 up 39.4% falling
58 Cuba 0.6744 t per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% falling
59 Saint Lucia 0.6647 t per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% rising
60 Comoros 0.658 t per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% flat
61 Burundi 0.6511 t per square kilometre 2023 up 125.6% rising
62 Colombia 0.6477 t per square kilometre 2023 down 16.3% rising
63 Kyrgyzstan 0.6404 t per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% rising
64 Philippines 0.6107 t per square kilometre 2023 down 38.7% rising
65 Honduras 0.5899 t per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
66 Morocco 0.5755 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% rising
67 Cyprus 0.5476 t per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% rising
68 Egypt 0.5475 t per square kilometre 2023 down 33.9% volatile
69 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.5359 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% falling
70 Montenegro 0.5316 t per square kilometre 2023 up 70.6% rising
71 Jordan 0.498 t per square kilometre 2023 up 87.8% volatile
72 Burkina Faso 0.483 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% volatile
73 Tonga 0.4817 t per square kilometre 2023 down 3.2% rising
74 Samoa 0.4709 t per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% rising
75 Puerto Rico 0.4638 t per square kilometre 2023 down 40.2% falling
76 Ukraine 0.4434 t per square kilometre 2023 down 40.0% volatile
77 Sri Lanka 0.4413 t per square kilometre 2023 down 18.4% falling
78 Senegal 0.4403 t per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
79 Chad 0.4372 t per square kilometre 2023 up 59.0% volatile
80 Kenya 0.4096 t per square kilometre 2023 down 45.2% rising
81 Sao Tome and Principe 0.4076 t per square kilometre 2023 up 171.8% rising
82 Turkmenistan 0.3984 t per square kilometre 2023 up 22.1% rising
83 Barbados 0.3927 t per square kilometre 2023 up 20.6% volatile
84 Grenada 0.3888 t per square kilometre 2023 down 35.3% falling
85 Benin 0.3812 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16.7% volatile
86 Ethiopia 0.3713 t per square kilometre 2023 up 23.0% rising
87 Cambodia 0.367 t per square kilometre 2023 down 7.0% volatile
88 Guinea 0.3513 t per square kilometre 2023 up 19.4% volatile
89 Nigeria 0.3507 t per square kilometre 2023 down 15.5% rising
90 Sweden 0.3429 t per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% falling
91 Romania 0.3393 t per square kilometre 2023 down 18.9% falling
92 Georgia 0.3267 t per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% falling
93 Indonesia 0.3148 t per square kilometre 2023 up 8.9% rising
94 Zambia 0.3124 t per square kilometre 2023 up 17.4% volatile
95 United Arab Emirates 0.2999 t per square kilometre 2023 up 33.1% volatile
96 Tunisia 0.2954 t per square kilometre 2023 down 18.0% rising
97 Australia 0.2905 t per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% rising
98 Latvia 0.2886 t per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% volatile
99 Finland 0.2809 t per square kilometre 2023 up 5.1% falling
100 Greece 0.28 t per square kilometre 2023 down 47.6% falling
101 Guinea-Bissau 0.2786 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16.7% volatile
102 Djibouti 0.2762 t per square kilometre 2023 up 8.2% volatile
103 Cameroon 0.2754 t per square kilometre 2023 up 41.2% rising
104 Thailand 0.2728 t per square kilometre 2023 down 16.2% falling
105 Hungary 0.265 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% volatile
106 Chile 0.2525 t per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% rising
107 Gambia 0.2507 t per square kilometre 2023 down 31.8% rising
108 Fiji 0.2504 t per square kilometre 2023 up 101.4% volatile
109 Norway 0.2486 t per square kilometre 2023 up 8.5% rising
110 Slovakia 0.2146 t per square kilometre 2023 down 11.9% volatile
111 Myanmar 0.2124 t per square kilometre 2023 down 59.7% volatile
112 Eritrea 0.2082 t per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% rising
113 South Sudan 0.2068 t per square kilometre 2023 up 45.2% rising
114 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1989 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% falling
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1978 t per square kilometre 2023 down 38.3% falling
116 Sudan 0.193 t per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% flat
117 Estonia 0.1861 t per square kilometre 2023 down 29.6% volatile
118 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1846 t per square kilometre 2023 down 5.7% falling
119 New Caledonia 0.1752 t per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% rising
120 Yemen 0.1652 t per square kilometre 2023 down 22.0% volatile
121 Vanuatu 0.1646 t per square kilometre 2023 down 39.0% rising
122 Central African Republic 0.1642 t per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% volatile
123 Togo 0.1599 t per square kilometre 2023 down 11.3% rising
124 North Macedonia 0.1596 t per square kilometre 2023 down 26.6% falling
125 Peru 0.1553 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% rising
126 Sierra Leone 0.1539 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.4% rising
127 Canada 0.1528 t per square kilometre 2023 up 33.8% rising
128 Bulgaria 0.1527 t per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% volatile
129 Kazakhstan 0.1479 t per square kilometre 2023 up 47.9% falling
130 Ghana 0.1346 t per square kilometre 2023 up 40.0% rising
131 Botswana 0.1213 t per square kilometre 2023 up 36.7% rising
132 Malaysia 0.1177 t per square kilometre 2023 down 25.2% volatile
133 Kuwait 0.1097 t per square kilometre 2023 up 44.5% volatile
134 Afghanistan 0.1022 t per square kilometre 2023 down 50.2% rising
135 Iraq 0.0948 t per square kilometre 2023 down 26.5% flat
136 Mongolia 0.0944 t per square kilometre 2023 up 160.4% rising
137 Antigua and Barbuda 0.09 t per square kilometre 2023 down 75.1% volatile
138 Somalia 0.0884 t per square kilometre 2023 down 8.4% rising
139 Angola 0.085 t per square kilometre 2023 up 0.5% rising
140 Belize 0.0829 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
141 Faroe Islands 0.0613 t per square kilometre 2023 down 10.8% rising
142 Algeria 0.0579 t per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% volatile
143 Niger 0.0563 t per square kilometre 2023 up 70.2% rising
144 Madagascar 0.0549 t per square kilometre 2023 down 23.4% volatile
145 Oman 0.0503 t per square kilometre 2023 down 25.2% volatile
146 Namibia 0.0501 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16.1% rising
147 French Polynesia 0.0497 t per square kilometre 2023 up 19.7% falling
148 Mali 0.0487 t per square kilometre 2023 up 71.4% rising
149 Iceland 0.0484 t per square kilometre 2023 up 19.0% rising
150 Singapore 0.0476 t per square kilometre 2023 down 32.7% volatile
151 Bhutan 0.0459 t per square kilometre 2023 up 143.8% volatile
152 Lesotho 0.0375 t per square kilometre 2023 down 54.8% volatile
153 Qatar 0.0328 t per square kilometre 2023 down 23.1% volatile
154 Mauritania 0.0299 t per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% rising
155 Solomon Islands 0.0275 t per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
156 Mozambique 0.0269 t per square kilometre 2023 up 96.2% falling
157 Seychelles 0.0243 t per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% volatile
158 Saudi Arabia 0.0195 t per square kilometre 2023 down 19.2% volatile
159 Congo 0.0159 t per square kilometre 2023 down 11.8% volatile
160 Guyana 0.0129 t per square kilometre 2023 up 12.4% falling
161 Suriname 0.0103 t per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% rising
162 Liberia 0.0101 t per square kilometre 2023 down 15.8% falling
163 Papua New Guinea 0.0052 t per square kilometre 2023 down 28.4% rising
164 Libya 0.0036 t per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% volatile
165 Gabon 0.003 t per square kilometre 2023 down 33.6% volatile
166 Bahamas 0.0018 t per square kilometre 2023 down 8.3% volatile
167 Equatorial Guinea 0.0017 t per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% rising

Regions and income groups

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

  • World 0.5753 t per square kilometre

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Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production, per square kilometre
Unit
t per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
168 places, 9,625 data points, 1961–2023
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Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.