Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Japan
Japan: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production was 461,905 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Japan, 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 Japan stood at 461,905 t.
The figure is down 7.9% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Japan peaked at 602,336 t in 1994 and was at its lowest, 142,748 t, in 1961.
That places Japan 28th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production in Japan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 142,748 t | — |
| 1962 | 146,125 t | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 185,929 t | +27.2% |
| 1964 | 237,165 t | +27.6% |
| 1965 | 216,261 t | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 154,206 t | -28.7% |
| 1967 | 158,708 t | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 175,771 t | +10.8% |
| 1969 | 236,389 t | +34.5% |
| 1970 | 278,011 t | +17.6% |
| 1971 | 296,173 t | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 317,445 t | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 245,769 t | -22.6% |
| 1974 | 321,070 t | +30.6% |
| 1975 | 352,664 t | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 297,881 t | -15.5% |
| 1977 | 361,175 t | +21.2% |
| 1978 | 403,340 t | +11.7% |
| 1979 | 401,665 t | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 418,062 t | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 470,717 t | +12.6% |
| 1982 | 480,958 t | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 494,934 t | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 536,061 t | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 555,256 t | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 558,620 t | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 564,883 t | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 569,803 t | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 547,958 t | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 549,479 t | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 575,160 t | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 591,660 t | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 594,346 t | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 602,336 t | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 600,902 t | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 554,507 t | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 530,248 t | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 529,349 t | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 540,377 t | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 530,438 t | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 458,600 t | -13.5% |
| 2002 | 536,600 t | +17.0% |
| 2003 | 496,000 t | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 513,600 t | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 499,470 t | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 496,992 t | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 503,902 t | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 519,879 t | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 517,020 t | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 514,959 t | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 500,370 t | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 518,650 t | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 507,985 t | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 502,135 t | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 481,019 t | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 464,351 t | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 469,096 t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 475,336 t | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 470,918 t | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 477,457 t | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 477,635 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 491,266 t | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 501,585 t | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 461,905 t | -7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 183,700 t | 142,748 t | 237,165 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 327,519 t | 245,769 t | 403,340 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 519,725 t | 418,062 t | 569,803 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 566,836 t | 529,349 t | 602,336 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 507,250 t | 458,600 t | 536,600 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 490,482 t | 464,351 t | 518,650 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 481,970 t | 461,905 t | 501,585 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 25 Indonesia 597,754 t compare
- 26 Chad 578,029 t compare
- 27 Uruguay 577,893 t compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 701.57 t compare
- 29 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 433,330 t compare
- 30 Kazakhstan 429,336 t compare
- 31 Ethiopia 428,612 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Japan?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production in Japan was 461,905 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 602,336 t in 1994.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 142,748 t in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production?
- Japan ranks 28th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.