Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 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
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 10.24 million t in Brazil; the lowest is 1.82 t in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 57,964 t, and the mean is 401,817 t.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 609.6%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 66.2%).
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 10.24 million t | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 2 | USSR | 8.26 million t | 1991 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 3 | China | 7.03 million t | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 1.48 million t | 2024 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 4 | China, mainland | 7.01 million t | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.33 million t | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 6 | Argentina | 3.18 million t | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 7 | Australia | 2.59 million t | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 2.25 million t | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 1.69 million t | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 10 | Pakistan | 1.37 million t | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 11 | France | 1.30 million t | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 12 | Canada | 1.29 million t | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 1.16 million t | 2024 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 14 | South Africa | 1.10 million t | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 15 | India | 1.06 million t | 1990 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 1.02 million t | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 934,300 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 755,211 t | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 19 | New Zealand | 741,844 t | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 20 | Colombia | 731,625 t | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 21 | Spain | 718,450 t | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 22 | Italy | 659,120 t | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 23 | Poland | 637,490 t | 2024 | up 42.8% | falling |
| 24 | Ireland | 602,600 t | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 25 | Indonesia | 597,754 t | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 26 | Chad | 578,029 t | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Uruguay | 577,893 t | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 28 | Japan | 461,905 t | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 29 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 433,330 t | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 429,336 t | 2024 | up 53.3% | falling |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 428,612 t | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 32 | Paraguay | 427,140 t | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Belarus | 399,000 t | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 34 | Republic of Korea | 370,000 t | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Sudan | 366,282 t | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 36 | Sudan (former) | 345,000 t | 2011 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 37 | Egypt | 321,031 t | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Czechoslovakia | 318,862 t | 1992 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 39 | Nigeria | 317,049 t | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 40 | Tajikistan | 313,639 t | 2024 | up 609.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Guatemala | 312,602 t | 2024 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Yugoslav SFR | 301,383 t | 1991 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 43 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 281,200 t | 1999 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 44 | Kenya | 260,083 t | 2024 | down 41.2% | rising |
| 45 | Morocco | 254,200 t | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 46 | Belgium | 249,440 t | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 47 | Ukraine | 244,500 t | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Ethiopia PDR | 244,000 t | 1992 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 49 | Ecuador | 242,011 t | 2024 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Uganda | 237,543 t | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 51 | Zambia | 221,927 t | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Turkmenistan | 209,347 t | 2024 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 204,685 t | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 54 | Peru | 203,991 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 55 | Austria | 203,470 t | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 197,958 t | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 57 | Serbia and Montenegro | 156,000 t | 2005 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 58 | Nicaragua | 152,223 t | 2023 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Switzerland | 144,057 t | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 60 | Sweden | 140,970 t | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 140,473 t | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 62 | Burkina Faso | 136,146 t | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Algeria | 135,000 t | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 64 | South Sudan | 132,346 t | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 65 | Cameroon | 127,281 t | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 125,469 t | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 67 | Israel | 120,244 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Philippines | 116,666 t | 2024 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 69 | Denmark | 116,400 t | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 70 | Thailand | 112,425 t | 2024 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 71 | Angola | 110,104 t | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 72 | Myanmar | 110,000 t | 2024 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Mongolia | 107,749 t | 2024 | up 96.3% | rising |
| 74 | Central African Republic | 103,630 t | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Portugal | 101,770 t | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 94,191 t | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 77 | Finland | 86,510 t | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 78 | Norway | 86,090 t | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 79 | Yemen | 86,025 t | 2024 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Senegal | 79,496 t | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 81 | Romania | 75,780 t | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 82 | Serbia | 75,048 t | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 83 | Guinea | 74,013 t | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Malawi | 73,662 t | 2024 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Panama | 71,678 t | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 86 | Czechia | 71,040 t | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 67,693 t | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 88 | Mali | 67,217 t | 2024 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 89 | Niger | 65,289 t | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 90 | Honduras | 65,000 t | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 91 | Botswana | 64,889 t | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 92 | Afghanistan | 61,421 t | 2024 | down 49.0% | rising |
| 93 | Cuba | 60,209 t | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 94 | Armenia | 60,060 t | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 95 | Cambodia | 57,964 t | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Somalia | 55,481 t | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 97 | Haiti | 49,944 t | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 98 | Jordan | 49,530 t | 2024 | up 154.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Benin | 47,794 t | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Lithuania | 44,760 t | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Saudi Arabia | 43,000 t | 2024 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Croatia | 42,480 t | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 103 | Rwanda | 42,094 t | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Tunisia | 41,793 t | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 105 | Nepal | 41,140 t | 1990 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 106 | Malaysia | 39,498 t | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Lebanon | 39,194 t | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Namibia | 35,743 t | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 109 | Iraq | 34,678 t | 2024 | down 25.4% | flat |
| 110 | Greece | 32,440 t | 2024 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 111 | Slovenia | 31,940 t | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 112 | Ghana | 31,833 t | 2024 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 113 | Mauritania | 31,134 t | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 114 | Georgia | 26,700 t | 2024 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 115 | Albania | 25,996 t | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Eritrea | 25,585 t | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 117 | Madagascar | 24,978 t | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Hungary | 23,810 t | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 119 | United Arab Emirates | 22,005 t | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Mozambique | 21,335 t | 2024 | up 79.0% | falling |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 20,900 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 122 | Bulgaria | 18,820 t | 2024 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Eswatini | 17,957 t | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 124 | Burundi | 16,871 t | 2024 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 125 | Latvia | 16,820 t | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 126 | El Salvador | 16,415 t | 2024 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 127 | Oman | 16,138 t | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Palestine, State of | 13,416 t | 2022 | up 65.6% | flat |
| 129 | Sierra Leone | 11,277 t | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 130 | Slovakia | 10,060 t | 2024 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,792 t | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 132 | Luxembourg | 9,430 t | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 133 | Togo | 8,800 t | 2024 | up 89.8% | rising |
| 134 | China, Taiwan Province of | 8,000 t | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,957 t | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Estonia | 7,720 t | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Jamaica | 7,407 t | 2024 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 138 | Montenegro | 6,700 t | 2024 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 139 | Djibouti | 6,472 t | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Libya | 6,219 t | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 141 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 5,802 t | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Cyprus | 5,640 t | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 143 | Congo | 5,383 t | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Iceland | 4,860 t | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 145 | Fiji | 4,160 t | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 146 | North Macedonia | 4,135 t | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 147 | Puerto Rico | 4,060 t | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 148 | Guyana | 3,256 t | 2024 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 149 | New Caledonia | 2,984 t | 2024 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 150 | Guadeloupe | 2,647 t | 2006 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 151 | Gambia | 2,577 t | 2024 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 2,296 t | 2024 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 153 | Belize | 2,143 t | 2024 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 154 | Mauritius | 2,090 t | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 2,022 t | 2024 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 156 | Réunion | 1,859 t | 2006 | up 65.0% | falling |
| 157 | Kuwait | 1,859 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Martinique | 1,626 t | 2006 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 159 | Suriname | 1,488 t | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 160 | Bhutan | 1,420 t | 2024 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Samoa | 1,293 t | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 162 | Comoros | 1,226 t | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 163 | Malta | 1,150 t | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 164 | Lesotho | 1,042 t | 2024 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,020 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 166 | Brunei Darussalam | 986.11 t | 2024 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Liberia | 968.67 t | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 168 | Qatar | 914.21 t | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Bahrain | 775.56 t | 2024 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 772.26 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 171 | China, Macao SAR | 760.51 t | 2024 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 172 | Gabon | 754.6 t | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Dominica | 543.97 t | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 420.21 t | 2024 | up 151.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 403.73 t | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 176 | Tonga | 345.87 t | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 177 | French Guiana | 295 t | 2006 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 178 | Grenada | 190.83 t | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 163.47 t | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 155 t | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 181 | Barbados | 146.44 t | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Faroe Islands | 77 t | 2024 | up 71.1% | rising |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.34 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Equatorial Guinea | 48.36 t | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 42.73 t | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 186 | Singapore | 33.9 t | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Bahamas | 17.55 t | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Seychelles | 17.05 t | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 7.21 t | 2024 | up 65.4% | falling |
| 190 | Niue | 1.82 t | 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.
- World 69.75 million t
- Asia 15.65 million t
- Americas 33.28 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.29 million t
- South America 16.53 million t
- Northern America 13.58 million t
- Middle Africa 953,462 t
- United States of America 12.29 million t
- United Republic of Tanzania 666,227 t
- Europe 10.28 million t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 379,169 t
- Eastern Asia 7.99 million t
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 349,417 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 7.68 million t
- Viet Nam 270,000 t
- Africa 7.19 million t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 235,157 t
- European Union (27) 6.66 million t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 226,814 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 6.51 million t
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 47,505 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 6.38 million t
- Syrian Arab Republic 41,649 t
- Western Europe 3.35 million t
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,812 t
- Oceania 3.35 million t
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 20,349 t
- Eastern Europe 3.18 million t
- Melanesia 12,234 t
- Central America 2.98 million t
- Republic of Moldova 2,261 t
- Eastern Africa 2.97 million t
- Polynesia 1,812 t
- Central Asia 2.24 million t
- Timor-Leste 1,275 t
- Western Asia 2.18 million t
- Micronesia 252.21 t
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 252.21 t
- Northern Europe 2.04 million t
- Southern Asia 1.89 million t
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.