Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Production in Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β€” Production was 8.77 million t in 2024. β—† Volatile

Latest (2024)
8.77 million t
Change on year
up 2.4%
Rank
4th
of 41 groups
All-time high
8.77 million t
in 2024
All-time low
322,316 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

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

02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

In 2024, beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in Eastern Asia stood at 8.77 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in Eastern Asia peaked at 8.77 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 322,316 t, in 1961.

Eastern Asia ranks 4th of 41 groups 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 438,386 t 322,316 t 538,091 t 9
1970s 731,167 t 586,544 t 910,346 t 10
1980s 1.37 million t 954,576 t 1.89 million t 10
1990s 3.80 million t 2.06 million t 6.09 million t 10
2000s 6.51 million t 5.89 million t 7.16 million t 10
2010s 7.17 million t 6.98 million t 7.58 million t 10
2020s 8.22 million t 7.69 million t 8.77 million t 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Asia

  1. 1 Brazil 10.24 million t compare
  2. 2 USSR 8.26 million t compare
  3. 3 China, People's Republic of 7.81 million t compare
  4. 4 China, mainland 7.79 million t compare
  5. 5 India 4.57 million t compare
  6. 6 Australia and New Zealand 3.33 million t compare
  7. 7 Argentina 3.18 million t compare

See the full ranking of 239 places β†’

More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia

All data for Eastern Asia β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in Eastern Asia?
Beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production in Eastern Asia was 8.77 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 Eastern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 8.77 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production recorded in Eastern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 322,316 t in 1961.
How does Eastern Asia rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production?
Eastern Asia ranks 4th out of 41 groups with data for 2024.
Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β€” production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Eastern Asia 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.