Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Brazil

Brazil: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 10.24 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
10.24 million t
Change on year
up 14.2%
World rank
1st
of 206 countries
All-time high
10.24 million t
in 2024
All-time low
1.36 million t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in Brazil, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Brazil is 10.24 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 14.2% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Brazil peaked at 10.24 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.36 million t, in 1962.

Brazil ranks 1st of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.50 million t 1.36 million t 1.83 million t 9
1970s 2.22 million t 1.79 million t 2.65 million t 10
1980s 3.46 million t 2.85 million t 4.22 million t 10
1990s 5.33 million t 4.12 million t 6.41 million t 10
2000s 6.91 million t 6.35 million t 7.77 million t 10
2010s 7.83 million t 6.78 million t 9.72 million t 10
2020s 8.50 million t 7.46 million t 10.24 million t 5

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 2 USSR 8.26 million t compare
  2. 3 China 7.81 million t compare
  3. 4 China, mainland 7.79 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Brazil?
Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in Brazil was 10.24 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 10.24 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 1.36 million t in 1962.
How does Brazil rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
Brazil ranks 1st out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.