Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in United States of America

United States of America: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production was 12.29 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
12.29 million t
Change on year
up 0.0%
Rank
5th
of 29 groups
All-time high
12.89 million t
in 2022
All-time low
7.41 million t
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in United States of America, 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 United States of America is 12.29 million t, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in United States of America peaked at 12.89 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7.41 million t, in 1962.

United States of America ranks 5th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production in United States of America, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 7.43 million t
1962 7.41 million t -0.2%
1963 7.89 million t +6.4%
1964 8.83 million t +12.0%
1965 8.96 million t +1.4%
1966 9.36 million t +4.5%
1967 9.53 million t +1.8%
1968 9.79 million t +2.7%
1969 9.89 million t +1.0%
1970 10.10 million t +2.2%
1971 10.18 million t +0.8%
1972 10.37 million t +1.9%
1973 9.81 million t -5.4%
1974 10.72 million t +9.2%
1975 11.27 million t +5.2%
1976 12.17 million t +7.9%
1977 11.84 million t -2.6%
1978 11.28 million t -4.8%
1979 9.93 million t -12.0%
1980 10.00 million t +0.7%
1981 10.35 million t +3.5%
1982 10.43 million t +0.7%
1983 10.75 million t +3.1%
1984 10.93 million t +1.7%
1985 11.00 million t +0.6%
1986 11.29 million t +2.7%
1987 10.88 million t -3.6%
1988 10.88 million t -0.0%
1989 10.63 million t -2.3%
1990 10.46 million t -1.6%
1991 10.32 million t -1.4%
1992 10.39 million t +0.8%
1993 10.47 million t +0.7%
1994 10.45 million t -0.2%
1995 11.06 million t +5.8%
1996 11.44 million t +3.4%
1997 11.58 million t +1.2%
1998 11.56 million t -0.1%
1999 11.68 million t +1.1%
2000 12.02 million t +2.8%
2001 12.20 million t +1.5%
2002 11.89 million t -2.5%
2003 12.33 million t +3.7%
2004 11.95 million t -3.1%
2005 11.18 million t -6.4%
2006 11.24 million t +0.6%
2007 11.91 million t +5.9%
2008 12.03 million t +1.0%
2009 12.09 million t +0.5%
2010 11.82 million t -2.3%
2011 11.97 million t +1.3%
2012 11.92 million t -0.5%
2013 11.79 million t -1.1%
2014 11.70 million t -0.8%
2015 10.82 million t -7.5%
2016 11.51 million t +6.4%
2017 11.94 million t +3.8%
2018 12.26 million t +2.6%
2019 12.38 million t +1.1%
2020 12.39 million t +0.0%
2021 12.73 million t +2.8%
2022 12.89 million t +1.2%
2023 12.29 million t -4.7%
2024 12.29 million t +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 8.79 million t 7.41 million t 9.89 million t 9
1970s 10.77 million t 9.81 million t 12.17 million t 10
1980s 10.71 million t 10.00 million t 11.29 million t 10
1990s 10.94 million t 10.32 million t 11.68 million t 10
2000s 11.88 million t 11.18 million t 12.33 million t 10
2010s 11.81 million t 10.82 million t 12.38 million t 10
2020s 12.52 million t 12.29 million t 12.89 million t 5

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 2 USSR 8.26 million t compare
  2. 3 China 7.81 million t compare
  3. 3 Türkiye 1.50 million t compare
  4. 4 China, mainland 7.79 million t compare
  5. 5 India 4.57 million t compare
  6. 5 United Republic of Tanzania 666,227 t compare
  7. 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 418,690 t compare
  8. 6 Australia and New Zealand 3.33 million t compare
  9. 7 Argentina 3.18 million t compare
  10. 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 349,417 t compare
  11. 8 Pakistan 2.64 million t compare
  12. 8 Viet Nam 338,900 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in United States of America?
Beef and buffalo meat, primary — production in United States of America was 12.29 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 United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 12.89 million t in 2022.
What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — production recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 7.41 million t in 1962.
How does United States of America rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — production?
United States of America ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — production rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States of America 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.