Beef production by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
12.29 million tonnes
United States
Lowest
1.82 tonnes
Niue
Median
49,737 tonnes
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,514

What the numbers show

Beef production is currently reported for 194 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 49,737 tonnes, and the mean is 397,093 tonnes.

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

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Beef production
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 11,514 data points, 1961–2024
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