Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight by country
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...
What the numbers show
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 450 kg/An in Japan; the lowest is 60 kg/An in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 200 kg/An, and the mean is 204.85 kg/An.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Faroe Islands (up 498.1%), and the largest decrease in Iran (Islamic Republic of) (down 52.9%).
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 450 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 400 kg/An | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 398 kg/An | 2024 | up 96.1% | rising |
| 4 | India | 382 kg/An | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Canada | 378 kg/An | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 373 kg/An | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 7 | China, Macao SAR | 358 kg/An | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 353 kg/An | 2024 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 9 | Malaysia | 343 kg/An | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 336 kg/An | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 335 kg/An | 1999 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 12 | Austria | 334 kg/An | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Korea | 332 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 328 kg/An | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 15 | Finland | 327 kg/An | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 16 | France | 326 kg/An | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 17 | Sweden | 325 kg/An | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 18 | North Macedonia | 323 kg/An | 2024 | up 121.2% | rising |
| 19 | Faroe Islands | 317 kg/An | 2024 | up 498.1% | rising |
| 20 | Ireland | 316 kg/An | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 21 | Jordan | 314 kg/An | 2024 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 22 | Namibia | 313 kg/An | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 308 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Czechia | 307 kg/An | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 25 | Slovenia | 303 kg/An | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 26 | Israel | 301 kg/An | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 301 kg/An | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 300 kg/An | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 29 | Australia | 298 kg/An | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 30 | Egypt | 293 kg/An | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 30 | Guyana | 293 kg/An | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 30 | Slovakia | 293 kg/An | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 33 | Türkiye | 291 kg/An | 2024 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Nepal | 290 kg/An | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 35 | Spain | 289 kg/An | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 36 | Palestine | 287 kg/An | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 37 | Malta | 285 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 38 | Norway | 282 kg/An | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 39 | Niger | 280 kg/An | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Czechoslovakia | 277 kg/An | 1992 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 41 | Mauritius | 276 kg/An | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 276 kg/An | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 43 | Cyprus | 275 kg/An | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 44 | Lithuania | 274 kg/An | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 45 | Guatemala | 270 kg/An | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 46 | Croatia | 268 kg/An | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 46 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 268 kg/An | 2024 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 48 | Denmark | 267 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 48 | Serbia | 267 kg/An | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 50 | Hungary | 261 kg/An | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 50 | Kuwait | 261 kg/An | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 52 | Chile | 260 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 53 | Jamaica | 259 kg/An | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 54 | Brazil | 258 kg/An | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 55 | Serbia and Montenegro | 257 kg/An | 2005 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 254 kg/An | 2024 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 57 | Mexico | 253 kg/An | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 57 | Portugal | 253 kg/An | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 57 | Uruguay | 253 kg/An | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 60 | Estonia | 251 kg/An | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 60 | Brunei Darussalam | 251 kg/An | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 250 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Italy | 250 kg/An | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 64 | Australia and New Zealand | 249 kg/An | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 65 | Belarus | 245 kg/An | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 66 | Sierra Leone | 244 kg/An | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 67 | Switzerland | 239 kg/An | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 67 | Fiji | 239 kg/An | 2024 | up 279.4% | falling |
| 69 | Puerto Rico | 238 kg/An | 2024 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 70 | Greece | 236 kg/An | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 230 kg/An | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 71 | Turkmenistan | 230 kg/An | 2024 | up 30.7% | flat |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 229 kg/An | 2024 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 74 | Argentina | 228 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 74 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 228 kg/An | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 76 | Colombia | 227 kg/An | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 77 | Eswatini | 225 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Russian Federation | 225 kg/An | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 79 | Ecuador | 224 kg/An | 2024 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 80 | Benin | 223 kg/An | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 80 | New Caledonia | 223 kg/An | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 82 | Tunisia | 222 kg/An | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 83 | Panama | 219 kg/An | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 84 | Latvia | 217 kg/An | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 84 | Sao Tome and Principe | 217 kg/An | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 86 | Iceland | 216 kg/An | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 86 | Lebanon | 216 kg/An | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 213 kg/An | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 89 | Guadeloupe | 212 kg/An | 2006 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 90 | Montenegro | 209 kg/An | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 91 | Burundi | 208 kg/An | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 91 | Algeria | 208 kg/An | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 93 | Iraq | 207 kg/An | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 94 | Botswana | 206 kg/An | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 94 | Suriname | 206 kg/An | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 96 | Seychelles | 205 kg/An | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 96 | USSR | 205 kg/An | 1991 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 96 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 205 kg/An | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 96 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 205 kg/An | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 100 | Belize | 204 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 202 kg/An | 2023 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 102 | Cuba | 201 kg/An | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 103 | Grenada | 200 kg/An | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 103 | Morocco | 200 kg/An | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 103 | Martinique | 200 kg/An | 2006 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 106 | Honduras | 199 kg/An | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 106 | China, Taiwan Province of | 199 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | French Polynesia | 194 kg/An | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 109 | Libya | 193 kg/An | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 110 | Uzbekistan | 192 kg/An | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 111 | Tonga | 190 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 112 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 189 kg/An | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 113 | Vanuatu | 188 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 114 | Paraguay | 185 kg/An | 2024 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 114 | Solomon Islands | 185 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 184 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Ukraine | 183 kg/An | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 118 | Melanesia | 182 kg/An | 2024 | up 44.4% | falling |
| 119 | Dominica | 180 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 176 kg/An | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 121 | Myanmar | 174 kg/An | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 122 | Angola | 172 kg/An | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 123 | Uganda | 170 kg/An | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 123 | Niue | 170 kg/An | 2024 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 125 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 169 kg/An | 2024 | down 52.9% | rising |
| 126 | Barbados | 167 kg/An | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 127 | Bahamas | 166 kg/An | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 127 | Caribbean | 166 kg/An | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 129 | Senegal | 165 kg/An | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 129 | Thailand | 165 kg/An | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 129 | Côte d'Ivoire | 165 kg/An | 2024 | up 111.5% | falling |
| 132 | Zambia | 162 kg/An | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 161 kg/An | 2024 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 134 | Polynesia | 160 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 159 kg/An | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 135 | Haiti | 159 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 137 | New Zealand | 158 kg/An | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 138 | Cameroon | 157 kg/An | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 138 | Cabo Verde | 157 kg/An | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 140 | Viet Nam | 156 kg/An | 2024 | up 44.4% | falling |
| 141 | China | 153 kg/An | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 141 | China, mainland | 153 kg/An | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 143 | Congo | 152 kg/An | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 143 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 152 kg/An | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 145 | Samoa | 151 kg/An | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 146 | Lesotho | 150 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 150 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 146 | French Guiana | 150 kg/An | 2006 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 146 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 150 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 150 | Peru | 148 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 151 | United Republic of Tanzania | 145 kg/An | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 152 | Mozambique | 142 kg/An | 2024 | up 42.0% | falling |
| 152 | El Salvador | 142 kg/An | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 154 | Dominican Republic | 141 kg/An | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 155 | Micronesia | 139 kg/An | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 155 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 139 kg/An | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 157 | South Sudan | 137 kg/An | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 158 | Pakistan | 136 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 159 | Philippines | 135 kg/An | 2024 | down 40.8% | rising |
| 159 | Romania | 135 kg/An | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 161 | Chad | 133 kg/An | 2024 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 131 kg/An | 2024 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 163 | Yugoslav SFR | 130 kg/An | 1991 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 164 | Mongolia | 126 kg/An | 2024 | up 44.8% | falling |
| 164 | Mauritania | 126 kg/An | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 164 | Republic of Moldova | 126 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 167 | Oman | 124 kg/An | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 168 | Cambodia | 123 kg/An | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 123 kg/An | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 168 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 123 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 171 | Armenia | 121 kg/An | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 171 | Sudan (former) | 121 kg/An | 2011 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 171 | Syrian Arab Republic | 121 kg/An | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 174 | Bahrain | 120 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Gambia | 120 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Mali | 120 kg/An | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 174 | Qatar | 120 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Guinea-Bissau | 118 kg/An | 2024 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 179 | Kenya | 116 kg/An | 2024 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 180 | Liberia | 115 kg/An | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 181 | Albania | 112 kg/An | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 182 | Comoros | 110 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Equatorial Guinea | 110 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Azerbaijan | 109 kg/An | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 184 | Ethiopia | 109 kg/An | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 184 | Guinea | 109 kg/An | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 184 | Malawi | 109 kg/An | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 184 | Sudan | 109 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 184 | Togo | 109 kg/An | 2024 | up 41.6% | falling |
| 190 | Djibouti | 108 kg/An | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 190 | Somalia | 108 kg/An | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 192 | Burkina Faso | 107 kg/An | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 192 | Papua New Guinea | 107 kg/An | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 194 | Madagascar | 106 kg/An | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 195 | Ethiopia PDR | 105 kg/An | 1992 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 196 | Gabon | 103 kg/An | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 196 | Ghana | 103 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 196 | Cook Islands | 103 kg/An | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 199 | Eritrea | 101 kg/An | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 200 | Timor-Leste | 97 kg/An | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 201 | Nigeria | 96 kg/An | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 202 | Rwanda | 90 kg/An | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 203 | Georgia | 82 kg/An | 2024 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 204 | Bhutan | 75 kg/An | 2024 | down 22.7% | flat |
| 205 | Bangladesh | 73 kg/An | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 206 | Yemen | 60 kg/An | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern America 382 kg/An
- United States of America 382 kg/An
- South Africa 348 kg/An
- Southern Africa 332 kg/An
- Northern Europe 314 kg/An
- Western Europe 300 kg/An
- European Union (27) 289 kg/An
- Americas 285 kg/An
- Europe 271 kg/An
- Southern Europe 262 kg/An
- Oceania 249 kg/An
- Central America 247 kg/An
About this data
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.