Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production was 7.01 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in China, mainland stood at 7.01 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in China, mainland peaked at 7.01 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 43,000 t, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 4th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 — Production in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 43,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 62,000 t | +44.2% |
| 1963 | 83,000 t | +33.9% |
| 1964 | 93,000 t | +12.0% |
| 1965 | 104,000 t | +11.8% |
| 1966 | 113,000 t | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 118,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 118,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 122,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 122,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 138,000 t | +13.1% |
| 1972 | 148,000 t | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 163,000 t | +10.1% |
| 1974 | 174,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 181,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 174,000 t | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 184,000 t | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 184,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 210,000 t | +14.1% |
| 1980 | 235,000 t | +11.9% |
| 1981 | 235,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 240,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 260,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 301,000 t | +15.8% |
| 1985 | 345,000 t | +14.6% |
| 1986 | 450,000 t | +30.4% |
| 1987 | 648,000 t | +44.0% |
| 1988 | 755,400 t | +16.6% |
| 1989 | 911,000 t | +20.6% |
| 1990 | 1.08 million t | +18.3% |
| 1991 | 1.31 million t | +21.9% |
| 1992 | 1.55 million t | +17.9% |
| 1993 | 1.96 million t | +26.2% |
| 1994 | 2.11 million t | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 2.57 million t | +21.6% |
| 1996 | 2.98 million t | +15.8% |
| 1997 | 3.63 million t | +21.9% |
| 1998 | 4.01 million t | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 4.55 million t | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 4.62 million t | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 4.58 million t | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 4.70 million t | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 4.88 million t | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 5.04 million t | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 5.11 million t | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 5.31 million t | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 5.64 million t | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 5.56 million t | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 5.64 million t | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 5.66 million t | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 5.50 million t | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 5.53 million t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 5.52 million t | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 5.54 million t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 5.55 million t | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 5.55 million t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.71 million t | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 5.80 million t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 6.01 million t | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 6.05 million t | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 6.28 million t | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 6.46 million t | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 6.77 million t | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 7.01 million t | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95,111 t | 43,000 t | 122,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 167,800 t | 122,000 t | 210,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 438,040 t | 235,000 t | 911,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.57 million t | 1.08 million t | 4.55 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.11 million t | 4.58 million t | 5.64 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.64 million t | 5.50 million t | 6.01 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.52 million t | 6.05 million t | 7.01 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 1 Brazil 10.24 million t compare
- 2 USSR 8.26 million t compare
- 3 China 7.03 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 1.48 million t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 666,227 t compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 3.33 million t compare
- 6 Argentina 3.18 million t compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 379,169 t compare
- 7 Australia 2.59 million t compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 349,417 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in China, mainland?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in China, mainland was 7.01 million t 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 — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 7.01 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,000 t in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production?
- China, mainland ranks 4th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. 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 — Production. 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.