Beef production by country
Countries reporting
198
Highest
12.29 million tonnes
United States
Lowest
1.82 tonnes
Niue
Median
48,662 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,514
What the numbers show
Beef production is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 12.29 million tonnes in United States; the lowest is 1.82 tonnes in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 48,662 tonnes, and the mean is 430,847 tonnes.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 609.6%), and the largest decrease in Moldova (down 72.5%).
Beef production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 12.29 million tonnes | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 10.24 million tonnes | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 3 | USSR | 8.26 million tonnes | 1991 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 4 | China | 7.79 million tonnes | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 4.57 million tonnes | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Argentina | 3.18 million tonnes | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 2.64 million tonnes | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia | 2.59 million tonnes | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 9 | Mexico | 2.25 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 1.69 million tonnes | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 11 | Turkey | 1.50 million tonnes | 2024 | up 82.4% | volatile |
| 12 | France | 1.30 million tonnes | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 13 | Canada | 1.29 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 1.16 million tonnes | 2024 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 15 | South Africa | 1.10 million tonnes | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 1.02 million tonnes | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 934,300 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 755,211 tonnes | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Colombia | 743,678 tonnes | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 20 | New Zealand | 741,844 tonnes | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 21 | Spain | 718,450 tonnes | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 677,184 tonnes | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 23 | Tanzania | 666,227 tonnes | 2024 | up 115.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Poland | 637,490 tonnes | 2024 | up 42.8% | falling |
| 25 | Indonesia | 619,351 tonnes | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 26 | Ireland | 602,600 tonnes | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 27 | Chad | 578,029 tonnes | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Uruguay | 577,893 tonnes | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 29 | Egypt | 521,031 tonnes | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Japan | 461,905 tonnes | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 31 | Netherlands | 433,330 tonnes | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 429,336 tonnes | 2024 | up 53.3% | falling |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 428,612 tonnes | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 34 | Paraguay | 427,140 tonnes | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Venezuela | 418,690 tonnes | 2024 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 36 | Belarus | 399,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 37 | South Korea | 370,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Sudan | 366,282 tonnes | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 39 | Bolivia | 349,417 tonnes | 2024 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Vietnam | 338,900 tonnes | 2024 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Nigeria | 317,049 tonnes | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 313,639 tonnes | 2024 | up 609.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Guatemala | 312,602 tonnes | 2024 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Kenya | 260,083 tonnes | 2024 | down 41.2% | rising |
| 45 | Morocco | 254,200 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 46 | Belgium | 249,440 tonnes | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 47 | Ukraine | 244,500 tonnes | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Ecuador | 242,011 tonnes | 2024 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Iran | 238,796 tonnes | 2024 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 50 | Uganda | 237,543 tonnes | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 51 | Zambia | 221,927 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 211,783 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 209,347 tonnes | 2024 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 54 | Peru | 203,991 tonnes | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 55 | Austria | 203,470 tonnes | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 197,958 tonnes | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 57 | Philippines | 181,455 tonnes | 2024 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 152,223 tonnes | 2023 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Switzerland | 144,057 tonnes | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 60 | Sweden | 140,970 tonnes | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 140,473 tonnes | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 62 | Myanmar | 138,981 tonnes | 2024 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Nepal | 138,271 tonnes | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 136,146 tonnes | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Algeria | 135,000 tonnes | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 66 | South Sudan | 132,346 tonnes | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 67 | Thailand | 130,569 tonnes | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 68 | Cameroon | 127,281 tonnes | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 125,469 tonnes | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 70 | Israel | 120,244 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Denmark | 116,400 tonnes | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 72 | Angola | 110,104 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 73 | Mongolia | 107,749 tonnes | 2024 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 74 | Central African Republic | 103,630 tonnes | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Portugal | 101,770 tonnes | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 94,191 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 77 | Finland | 86,510 tonnes | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 78 | Norway | 86,090 tonnes | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 79 | Yemen | 86,025 tonnes | 2024 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Senegal | 79,496 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 81 | Romania | 75,780 tonnes | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 82 | Serbia | 75,048 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 83 | Guinea | 74,013 tonnes | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Malawi | 73,662 tonnes | 2024 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Panama | 71,678 tonnes | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 86 | Czechia | 71,040 tonnes | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 87 | Laos | 69,617 tonnes | 2024 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 67,693 tonnes | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 89 | Mali | 67,217 tonnes | 2024 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 90 | Niger | 65,289 tonnes | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 65,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 92 | Cambodia | 64,962 tonnes | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Botswana | 64,889 tonnes | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 94 | Afghanistan | 61,421 tonnes | 2024 | down 49.0% | rising |
| 95 | Cuba | 60,209 tonnes | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 96 | Armenia | 60,060 tonnes | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 97 | Somalia | 55,481 tonnes | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 98 | Haiti | 49,944 tonnes | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 99 | Jordan | 49,530 tonnes | 2024 | up 154.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Benin | 47,794 tonnes | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Lithuania | 44,760 tonnes | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Saudi Arabia | 43,000 tonnes | 2024 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Croatia | 42,480 tonnes | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 104 | Malaysia | 42,426 tonnes | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Rwanda | 42,094 tonnes | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Syria | 41,902 tonnes | 2024 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Tunisia | 41,793 tonnes | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 108 | Iraq | 40,547 tonnes | 2024 | down 21.1% | flat |
| 109 | Lebanon | 39,194 tonnes | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 37,009 tonnes | 2024 | up 74.9% | falling |
| 111 | Namibia | 35,743 tonnes | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 112 | Greece | 33,089 tonnes | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 113 | Slovenia | 31,940 tonnes | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 114 | Ghana | 31,833 tonnes | 2024 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 115 | Mauritania | 31,134 tonnes | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 29,800 tonnes | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 27,812 tonnes | 2024 | up 84.4% | falling |
| 118 | Georgia | 26,700 tonnes | 2024 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 119 | Albania | 25,996 tonnes | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Eritrea | 25,585 tonnes | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 121 | Madagascar | 24,978 tonnes | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Hungary | 23,810 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 123 | United Arab Emirates | 22,005 tonnes | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Mozambique | 21,335 tonnes | 2024 | up 79.0% | falling |
| 125 | North Korea | 20,349 tonnes | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 19,107 tonnes | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Eswatini | 17,957 tonnes | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 128 | Burundi | 16,871 tonnes | 2024 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 129 | Latvia | 16,820 tonnes | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 130 | El Salvador | 16,415 tonnes | 2024 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 131 | Oman | 16,138 tonnes | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Palestine | 13,416 tonnes | 2022 | up 65.6% | flat |
| 133 | Sierra Leone | 11,277 tonnes | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 134 | Slovakia | 10,060 tonnes | 2024 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,792 tonnes | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 136 | Luxembourg | 9,430 tonnes | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 137 | Togo | 8,800 tonnes | 2024 | up 89.8% | rising |
| 138 | Taiwan | 8,369 tonnes | 2024 | up 21.7% | flat |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,957 tonnes | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Estonia | 7,720 tonnes | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Jamaica | 7,407 tonnes | 2024 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 142 | Montenegro | 6,700 tonnes | 2024 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 143 | Djibouti | 6,472 tonnes | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Libya | 6,219 tonnes | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Hong Kong | 5,802 tonnes | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Cyprus | 5,640 tonnes | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 147 | Congo | 5,383 tonnes | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Iceland | 4,860 tonnes | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 149 | Fiji | 4,160 tonnes | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 150 | North Macedonia | 4,135 tonnes | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 151 | Puerto Rico | 4,060 tonnes | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 152 | Guyana | 3,256 tonnes | 2024 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 2,984 tonnes | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 154 | Guadeloupe | 2,647 tonnes | 2006 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 155 | Gambia | 2,577 tonnes | 2024 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 2,296 tonnes | 2024 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 157 | Moldova | 2,261 tonnes | 2024 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Belize | 2,143 tonnes | 2024 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 159 | Mauritius | 2,090 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 2,022 tonnes | 2024 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 161 | East Timor | 1,981 tonnes | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 162 | Reunion | 1,859 tonnes | 2006 | up 65.0% | falling |
| 163 | Kuwait | 1,859 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Martinique | 1,626 tonnes | 2006 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 165 | Bhutan | 1,560 tonnes | 2024 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Suriname | 1,488 tonnes | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 167 | Brunei | 1,412 tonnes | 2024 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Samoa | 1,293 tonnes | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 169 | Comoros | 1,226 tonnes | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 170 | Malta | 1,150 tonnes | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 171 | Lesotho | 1,042 tonnes | 2024 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,030 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 173 | Liberia | 968.67 tonnes | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 174 | Qatar | 914.21 tonnes | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Bahrain | 775.56 tonnes | 2024 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 772.26 tonnes | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 177 | Macao | 760.51 tonnes | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 178 | Gabon | 754.6 tonnes | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Cape Verde | 701.57 tonnes | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Dominica | 543.97 tonnes | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 420.21 tonnes | 2024 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | 403.73 tonnes | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 183 | Tonga | 345.87 tonnes | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 184 | French Guiana | 295 tonnes | 2006 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 185 | Micronesia (country) | 252.21 tonnes | 2024 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 186 | Grenada | 190.83 tonnes | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 187 | French Polynesia | 163.47 tonnes | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 155 tonnes | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 189 | Barbados | 146.44 tonnes | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Faroe Islands | 77 tonnes | 2024 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.34 tonnes | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Equatorial Guinea | 48.36 tonnes | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 193 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.73 tonnes | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 194 | Singapore | 33.9 tonnes | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Bahamas | 17.55 tonnes | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 196 | Seychelles | 17.05 tonnes | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Cook Islands | 7.21 tonnes | 2024 | up 65.4% | falling |
| 198 | Niue | 1.82 tonnes | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |