Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in China, mainland
China, mainland: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing was 45.89 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 45.89 million An for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in China, mainland peaked at 45.89 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 506,000 An, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 2nd of 190 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 506,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 690,000 An | +36.4% |
| 1963 | 925,000 An | +34.1% |
| 1964 | 1.03 million An | +11.9% |
| 1965 | 1.16 million An | +12.1% |
| 1966 | 1.26 million An | +8.6% |
| 1967 | 1.31 million An | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 1.31 million An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1.33 million An | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 1.33 million An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1.50 million An | +12.8% |
| 1972 | 1.61 million An | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 1.77 million An | +9.9% |
| 1974 | 1.88 million An | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 1.95 million An | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 1.84 million An | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 1.95 million An | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 1.95 million An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2.23 million An | +14.1% |
| 1980 | 2.49 million An | +11.9% |
| 1981 | 2.46 million An | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 2.50 million An | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 2.66 million An | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 3.06 million An | +15.0% |
| 1985 | 3.45 million An | +12.7% |
| 1986 | 4.40 million An | +27.5% |
| 1987 | 5.20 million An | +18.2% |
| 1988 | 5.74 million An | +10.4% |
| 1989 | 6.53 million An | +13.8% |
| 1990 | 7.55 million An | +15.5% |
| 1991 | 8.73 million An | +15.7% |
| 1992 | 9.98 million An | +14.4% |
| 1993 | 12.28 million An | +23.0% |
| 1994 | 15.86 million An | +29.2% |
| 1995 | 18.34 million An | +15.6% |
| 1996 | 20.52 million An | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 26.30 million An | +28.2% |
| 1998 | 29.23 million An | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 30.60 million An | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 32.45 million An | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 33.17 million An | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 34.09 million An | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 36.47 million An | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 37.96 million An | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 38.55 million An | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 39.42 million An | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 40.52 million An | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 41.40 million An | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 38.63 million An | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 38.86 million An | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 37.81 million An | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 37.97 million An | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 37.71 million An | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 37.80 million An | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 37.90 million An | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 38.38 million An | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 39.06 million An | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 39.58 million An | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 40.80 million An | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 41.09 million An | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 42.37 million An | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 43.56 million An | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 45.21 million An | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 45.89 million An | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.06 million An | 506,000 An | 1.33 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.80 million An | 1.33 million An | 2.23 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.85 million An | 2.46 million An | 6.53 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.94 million An | 7.55 million An | 30.60 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.27 million An | 32.45 million An | 41.40 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.59 million An | 37.71 million An | 40.80 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.62 million An | 41.09 million An | 45.89 million An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in China, mainland?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing in China, mainland was 45.89 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 45.89 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 506,000 An in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — producing rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.