Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Production in Americas

Americas: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Production was 33.33 million t in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
33.33 million t
Change on year
up 3.6%
Rank
2nd
of 33 groups
All-time high
33.33 million t
in 2024
All-time low
13.48 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Production in Americas, 1961–2024

010.0M20.0M30.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in Americas stood at 33.33 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in Americas peaked at 33.33 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.48 million t, in 1961.

Americas ranks 2nd of 33 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 15.65 million t 13.48 million t 17.92 million t 9
1970s 19.25 million t 17.36 million t 21.54 million t 10
1980s 21.34 million t 19.80 million t 22.57 million t 10
1990s 24.17 million t 22.49 million t 26.50 million t 10
2000s 27.89 million t 27.04 million t 28.87 million t 10
2010s 29.29 million t 27.84 million t 31.08 million t 10
2020s 31.71 million t 30.66 million t 33.33 million t 5

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 1 Brazil 10.24 million t compare
  2. 2 USSR 8.26 million t compare
  3. 3 China 7.81 million t compare
  4. 4 China, mainland 7.79 million t compare
  5. 5 India 4.57 million t compare

See the full ranking of 239 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in Americas?
Beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in Americas was 33.33 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 33.33 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 13.48 million t in 1961.
How does Americas rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production?
Americas ranks 2nd out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” 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.