Cattle meat per animal by country
Countries reporting
198
Highest
450 kilograms per animal
Japan
Lowest
60 kilograms per animal
Yemen
Median
201 kilograms per animal
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,441
What the numbers show
Cattle meat per animal is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 450 kilograms per animal in Japan; the lowest is 60 kilograms per animal in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 201 kilograms per animal, and the mean is 204.91 kilograms per animal.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Faroe Islands (up 498.1%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 52.9%).
Cattle meat per animal: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 450 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 408 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 3 | Singapore | 400 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 4 | United States | 382 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 5 | Canada | 378 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 373 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 7 | Macao | 358 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 353 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 9 | South Africa | 348 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 10 | Malaysia | 337 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Germany | 336 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 12 | Austria | 334 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 13 | South Korea | 332 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 328 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 15 | Finland | 327 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 16 | France | 326 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 17 | Sweden | 325 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 18 | North Macedonia | 323 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 121.2% | rising |
| 19 | Faroe Islands | 317 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 498.1% | rising |
| 20 | Ireland | 316 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 21 | Jordan | 314 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 22 | Namibia | 313 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 23 | Belgium | 308 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Czechia | 307 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 25 | Slovenia | 303 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 26 | Israel | 301 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 301 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 300 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 29 | Australia | 298 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 30 | Guyana | 293 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 30 | Slovakia | 293 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 32 | Turkey | 292 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Spain | 289 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 34 | Palestine | 287 kilograms per animal | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 35 | Malta | 285 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 36 | Norway | 282 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 37 | Niger | 280 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Egypt | 277 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 39 | Mauritius | 276 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 276 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 41 | Cyprus | 275 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 42 | Lithuania | 274 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 43 | Guatemala | 270 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 44 | Hong Kong | 268 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 44 | Croatia | 268 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 46 | Denmark | 267 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 46 | Serbia | 267 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 48 | Brunei | 261 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 48 | Hungary | 261 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 48 | Kuwait | 261 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 51 | Chile | 260 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 52 | Jamaica | 259 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 53 | Brazil | 258 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 254 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 253 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 55 | Mexico | 253 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 55 | Portugal | 253 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 55 | Uruguay | 253 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 59 | Estonia | 251 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 250 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 61 | Belarus | 245 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 61 | Reunion | 245 kilograms per animal | 2006 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 63 | Sierra Leone | 244 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 64 | Switzerland | 239 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 64 | Fiji | 239 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 279.4% | falling |
| 66 | Puerto Rico | 238 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 67 | Greece | 234 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 230 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 68 | Turkmenistan | 230 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 30.7% | flat |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 229 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 71 | Argentina | 228 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 227 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 72 | Venezuela | 227 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 74 | Russia | 225 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 74 | Eswatini | 225 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Ecuador | 224 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 77 | Benin | 223 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 77 | New Caledonia | 223 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 222 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 80 | Panama | 219 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 81 | Latvia | 217 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 81 | Sao Tome and Principe | 217 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 83 | Iceland | 216 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 83 | Lebanon | 216 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 85 | Saudi Arabia | 213 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 86 | Iraq | 212 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 86 | Guadeloupe | 212 kilograms per animal | 2006 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 88 | Montenegro | 209 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 89 | Burundi | 208 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 89 | Algeria | 208 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 91 | Botswana | 206 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 91 | Suriname | 206 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 93 | Bolivia | 205 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 93 | Netherlands | 205 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 93 | Seychelles | 205 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 93 | USSR | 205 kilograms per animal | 1991 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 97 | Belize | 204 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 202 kilograms per animal | 2023 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 99 | Cuba | 201 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 99 | Taiwan | 201 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 101 | Grenada | 200 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 101 | Morocco | 200 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 101 | Martinique | 200 kilograms per animal | 2006 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 104 | Honduras | 199 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 105 | French Polynesia | 194 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 106 | Libya | 193 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 192 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 108 | Tonga | 190 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 189 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 110 | Vanuatu | 188 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 111 | Paraguay | 185 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 111 | Solomon Islands | 185 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 113 | Saint Lucia | 184 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Ukraine | 183 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 115 | Myanmar | 181 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 116 | Dominica | 180 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 176 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 118 | Angola | 172 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 119 | Iran | 170 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 52.9% | rising |
| 119 | Uganda | 170 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 119 | Niue | 170 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 122 | Barbados | 167 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 123 | Bahamas | 166 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 124 | Cote d'Ivoire | 165 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 111.5% | falling |
| 124 | Senegal | 165 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 126 | Zambia | 162 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 127 | Bulgaria | 161 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 127 | Central African Republic | 161 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 159 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 129 | Haiti | 159 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 131 | New Zealand | 158 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 132 | Cameroon | 157 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 157 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 134 | Thailand | 155 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 135 | China | 153 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 136 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 152 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 136 | Congo | 152 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 138 | Samoa | 151 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 139 | Lesotho | 150 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | North Korea | 150 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Trinidad and Tobago | 150 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 139 | French Guiana | 150 kilograms per animal | 2006 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 143 | Peru | 148 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 143 | Vietnam | 148 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 41.0% | falling |
| 145 | Tanzania | 145 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 146 | Mozambique | 142 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 42.0% | falling |
| 146 | El Salvador | 142 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 148 | Dominican Republic | 141 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 149 | Micronesia (country) | 139 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 150 | South Sudan | 137 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 151 | Romania | 135 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 152 | Chad | 133 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 153 | Philippines | 132 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 131 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 155 | Laos | 130 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 155 | Pakistan | 130 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Sri Lanka | 127 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 158 | Moldova | 126 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 158 | Mongolia | 126 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 44.8% | falling |
| 158 | Mauritania | 126 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 161 | Oman | 124 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 162 | Armenia | 121 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 162 | Syria | 121 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 164 | Bahrain | 120 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Gambia | 120 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Cambodia | 120 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 164 | Mali | 120 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 164 | Qatar | 120 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 169 | Guinea-Bissau | 118 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.3% | flat |
| 170 | Kenya | 116 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 171 | Liberia | 115 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 172 | Albania | 112 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 173 | Comoros | 110 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 110 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Azerbaijan | 109 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 175 | Ethiopia | 109 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 175 | Guinea | 109 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 175 | Malawi | 109 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 175 | Sudan | 109 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Togo | 109 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 41.6% | falling |
| 181 | Djibouti | 108 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 181 | Somalia | 108 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 183 | Burkina Faso | 107 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 107 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 185 | Madagascar | 106 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 186 | Gabon | 103 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 186 | Ghana | 103 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 186 | India | 103 kilograms per animal | 1990 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 186 | Cook Islands | 103 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 190 | Eritrea | 101 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 191 | Nigeria | 96 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 191 | East Timor | 96 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 193 | Rwanda | 90 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 194 | Nepal | 85 kilograms per animal | 1990 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Georgia | 82 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 196 | Bhutan | 75 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 197 | Bangladesh | 73 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 198 | Yemen | 60 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | falling |