Beef (cattle meat) production over time (1961–2024)

Follow beef (cattle meat) production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1961 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Beef (cattle meat) production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1961 to 2024. Last values: United States 12.3M t, Brazil 10.2M t, China 7.01M t, Argentina 3.18M t, Australia 2.59M t, Japan 462K t.05M10M15M1961197019801990200020102024United StatesUnited StatesBrazilBrazilChinaChinaArgentinaArgentinaAustraliaAustraliaJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
United States7.43M t10.1M t10M t10.5M t12M t11.8M t12.4M t12.3M t
Brazil1.37M t1.85M t2.85M t4.12M t6.58M t6.98M t7.82M t10.2M t
China43K t122K t235K t1.08M t4.62M t5.66M t6.05M t7.01M t
Argentina2.15M t2.62M t2.84M t3.01M t2.72M t2.63M t3.17M t3.18M t
Australia643K t1.01M t1.56M t1.68M t1.99M t2.13M t2.13M t2.59M t
Japan143K t278K t418K t549K t530K t515K t477K t462K t
Countries with data153153153153177179181180

Biggest changes, 1961–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1961 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19612024ChangeRank
Brazil1.37M t10.2M tup 8.87M t#4 → #2
China43K t7.01M tup 6.97M t#53 → #3
United States7.43M t12.3M tup 4.86M t#1 → #1
Australia643K t2.59M tup 1.95M t#9 → #5
Mexico373K t2.25M tup 1.88M t#12 → #6
Biggest decreases
Country19612024ChangeRank
Germany1.3M t1.02M tdown 281K t#5 → #14
France1.45M t1.3M tdown 149K t#3 → #10
Hungary107K t23.8K tdown 83K t#35 → #117
Romania159K t75.8K tdown 82.7K t#19 → #77
Cuba140K t60.2K tdown 79.8K t#25 → #89

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

Open the table (countries with data)
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
United States7.43M t10.1M t10M t10.5M t12M t11.8M t12.4M t12.3M t
Brazil1.37M t1.85M t2.85M t4.12M t6.58M t6.98M t7.82M t10.2M t
China43K t122K t235K t1.08M t4.62M t5.66M t6.05M t7.01M t
Argentina2.15M t2.62M t2.84M t3.01M t2.72M t2.63M t3.17M t3.18M t
Australia643K t1.01M t1.56M t1.68M t1.99M t2.13M t2.13M t2.59M t
Mexico373K t511K t741K t1.11M t1.41M t1.74M t2.08M t2.25M t
Russia––––1.9M t1.73M t1.63M t1.69M t
Türkiye94.8K t114K t130K t361K t355K t647K t1.34M t1.48M t
Pakistan131K t155K t189K t287K t420K t814K t1.18M t1.37M t
France1.45M t1.57M t1.84M t1.91M t1.53M t1.53M t1.43M t1.3M t
Canada655K t851K t971K t900K t1.26M t1.24M t1.33M t1.29M t
Uzbekistan––––390K t665K t991K t1.16M t
South Africa390K t388K t585K t609K t582K t897K t1.04M t1.1M t
Germany1.3M t1.66M t1.89M t2.11M t1.3M t1.21M t1.09M t1.02M t
United Kingdom907K t947K t1.1M t1M t705K t908K t932K t934K t
Zimbabwe53.4K t72.1K t76.4K t81.7K t642K t650K t629K t755K t
New Zealand237K t387K t496K t479K t587K t638K t727K t742K t
Colombia328K t418K t593K t746K t745K t767K t744K t732K t
Spain178K t308K t422K t514K t651K t607K t678K t718K t
Tanzania80K t111K t124K t195K t175K t244K t508K t666K t
Italy677K t1.08M t1.15M t1.16M t1.15M t1.07M t732K t659K t
Poland338K t509K t703K t725K t349K t401K t559K t637K t
Ireland145K t216K t446K t515K t577K t559K t633K t603K t
Indonesia114K t162K t221K t259K t340K t436K t453K t598K t
Chad29K t31.3K t62.9K t105K t177K t297K t475K t578K t
Uruguay271K t379K t336K t335K t453K t524K t510K t578K t
Japan143K t278K t418K t549K t530K t515K t477K t462K t
Netherlands232K t353K t419K t521K t471K t389K t433K t433K t
Kazakhstan––––306K t280K t383K t429K t
Ethiopia––––294K t420K t442K t429K t
Paraguay123K t128K t107K t189K t231K t343K t516K t427K t
Belarus––––213K t308K t340K t399K t
Venezuela137K t201K t346K t382K t429K t470K t346K t379K t
South Korea21K t37.3K t93.1K t128K t306K t247K t291K t370K t
Sudan––––––390K t366K t
Bolivia37.9K t53.7K t112K t130K t160K t202K t276K t349K t
Egypt84K t118K t120K t143K t282K t457K t402K t321K t
Nigeria156K t196K t370K t204K t279K t307K t325K t317K t
Tajikistan––––14.8K t28.6K t270K t314K t
Guatemala36.9K t55.1K t52.4K t66.6K t62K t106K t211K t313K t
Vietnam23K t30K t36.8K t75K t51.6K t153K t243K t270K t
Kenya112K t133K t193K t215K t257K t462K t244K t260K t
Morocco67.1K t92K t107K t145K t140K t192K t282K t254K t
Belgium––––275K t282K t255K t249K t
Ukraine––––754K t428K t345K t245K t
Ecuador36.8K t61.8K t73.7K t100K t171K t189K t237K t242K t
Uganda61.8K t72.4K t85.9K t81.2K t96.8K t180K t216K t238K t
Iran81K t98.1K t171K t210K t269K t344K t250K t235K t
Zambia25.1K t27.5K t28.1K t55.2K t52.8K t154K t178K t222K t
Turkmenistan––––72K t141K t177K t209K t
Bangladesh118K t142K t121K t140K t173K t188K t199K t205K t
Peru67K t84.9K t83.8K t117K t130K t172K t184K t204K t
Austria126K t153K t206K t224K t203K t227K t218K t203K t
Chile148K t176K t162K t242K t226K t211K t223K t198K t
Switzerland107K t137K t169K t165K t128K t143K t144K t144K t
Sweden129K t161K t157K t145K t150K t138K t143K t141K t
Azerbaijan––––78.4K t112K t143K t140K t
Burkina Faso15K t28.2K t22K t56.8K t68.6K t123K t123K t136K t
Algeria23K t29.8K t44.8K t89.5K t133K t126K t144K t135K t
South Sudan––––––133K t132K t
Cameroon22.4K t34K t47.5K t72.4K t93K t81.9K t110K t127K t
Kyrgyzstan––––101K t97.7K t114K t125K t
Israel13.2K t18.8K t21.2K t35.9K t63.8K t108K t139K t120K t
Philippines44K t57K t96K t82K t190K t195K t115K t117K t
Denmark141K t192K t245K t202K t154K t133K t122K t116K t
Thailand70K t89K t124K t180K t131K t155K t124K t112K t
Angola19K t41K t48K t59K t93.8K t98.6K t101K t110K t
Myanmar50.4K t65.6K t82K t47K t70.8K t231K t109K t110K t
Mongolia59K t51.7K t70.6K t66.2K t113K t47.5K t158K t108K t
Central African Republic9.1K t13.4K t21K t40.6K t67.1K t85K t100K t104K t
Portugal46.2K t94.1K t103K t116K t101K t93.2K t97.8K t102K t
Costa Rica30K t44.6K t76.5K t87.5K t82.3K t97.5K t89.8K t94.2K t
Finland68.4K t106K t114K t118K t91.4K t83K t87.1K t86.5K t
Norway54.8K t57.2K t70.3K t82.8K t90.6K t83.5K t85.3K t86.1K t
Yemen18.5K t15K t34K t38K t51.7K t108K t74.1K t86K t
Senegal25.9K t37.5K t30.8K t42.6K t46.2K t61.1K t87.5K t79.5K t
Romania159K t215K t292K t317K t162K t154K t87.5K t75.8K t
Serbia–––––95.6K t66.9K t75K t
Guinea10.1K t10.9K t12.5K t15.5K t34.4K t61.6K t63.9K t74K t
Malawi4.1K t7.92K t11.9K t16.9K t17.4K t32.2K t56.8K t73.7K t
Panama21.5K t34.4K t43.2K t64.2K t69.6K t79.3K t71.2K t71.7K t
Czechia––––108K t74.3K t74.3K t71K t
Dominican Republic25K t31K t49.4K t82.5K t69K t113K t66.5K t67.7K t
Mali30K t46.6K t36.7K t71.5K t56.4K t35.9K t71.3K t67.2K t
Niger21K t30K t53K t55K t47.5K t60.4K t63.4K t65.3K t
Honduras17.6K t30K t63.3K t46K t55K t58.6K t65K t65K t
Botswana13.6K t29.3K t28.6K t41.9K t29K t46K t66.6K t64.9K t
Afghanistan43K t62K t67K t86.4K t126K t131K t97.3K t61.4K t
Cuba140K t203K t147K t136K t75.8K t63.5K t62.2K t60.2K t
Armenia––––30.9K t48K t68.3K t60.1K t
Cambodia13.2K t19.3K t8.16K t28.2K t56.7K t62.9K t56.6K t58K t
Somalia27.2K t32.7K t38K t46.2K t61.6K t59.2K t55K t55.5K t
Haiti13.5K t18.5K t24.4K t24K t40.3K t45K t49K t49.9K t
Jordan1.22K t1.45K t1.55K t2.5K t6.5K t12.3K t45.8K t49.5K t
Benin5.72K t7.58K t11.9K t15.4K t25.7K t34.1K t32.9K t47.8K t
Laos1.81K t2.37K t2.78K t7.47K t16.4K t25.8K t37.8K t47.5K t
Lithuania––––75.4K t43.7K t43.4K t44.8K t
Saudi Arabia4.3K t6.84K t12.3K t28K t21.6K t44K t40K t43K t
Croatia––––27.9K t37.5K t43.4K t42.5K t
Rwanda4.06K t6.55K t12.3K t14.1K t17.2K t27.5K t41.4K t42.1K t
Tunisia15.4K t18.4K t26.2K t39K t52K t55.8K t49.4K t41.8K t
Syria8.25K t10.5K t26.2K t32.3K t47.1K t61.6K t64.4K t41.6K t
Malaysia5.84K t6.42K t11.8K t11.1K t14.7K t38.1K t34.8K t39.5K t
Lebanon14.6K t11.3K t11.9K t9.59K t57.6K t45.8K t48.8K t39.2K t
Côte d’Ivoire15K t38.4K t42.5K t31K t21.6K t22.3K t22.3K t37K t
Namibia14.6K t31.8K t48.1K t38.9K t63.8K t35K t24.7K t35.7K t
Iraq34.1K t40.4K t47.9K t47.9K t45.9K t50K t33.3K t34.7K t
Greece29.4K t87.9K t111K t79.4K t70.1K t72K t34.7K t32.4K t
Slovenia––––34.6K t35.8K t36.5K t31.9K t
Ghana21.9K t22.4K t14.4K t19.7K t23.8K t20K t29K t31.8K t
Mauritania10K t10.8K t17.2K t17K t21K t25.8K t30K t31.1K t
Democratic Republic of the Congo24.3K t18.4K t20.3K t21.8K t13.5K t12.2K t19K t27.8K t
Georgia––––48.3K t26.7K t20.1K t26.7K t
Albania7.3K t9.9K t14.4K t22K t35.9K t40.8K t32.9K t26K t
Eritrea––––16.4K t23.3K t23.7K t25.6K t
Madagascar97.9K t109K t134K t143K t44.9K t42.4K t31.4K t25K t
Hungary107K t119K t153K t114K t66.9K t27.6K t29.2K t23.8K t
United Arab Emirates388 t1.13K t3.13K t5.39K t15.3K t15K t18.1K t22K t
Mozambique24.8K t30.8K t36K t14.3K t12K t8.1K t15.1K t21.3K t
Sri Lanka24.8K t32.7K t24.2K t20.4K t28.7K t28.5K t20.7K t20.9K t
North Korea20.2K t21.9K t30.8K t34.5K t20K t21.8K t20.8K t20.3K t
Bulgaria45.8K t78.3K t120K t120K t60.4K t19.6K t17.1K t18.8K t
Eswatini9.69K t12K t16.5K t10.8K t17.6K t15.9K t14.7K t18K t
Burundi5.24K t9.54K t11.7K t10.2K t8.6K t7.8K t11K t16.9K t
Latvia––––22.3K t18.4K t16K t16.8K t
El Salvador19.4K t18.9K t27.6K t27.2K t34.7K t33K t18.7K t16.4K t
Oman1.11K t1.37K t4.27K t2.67K t3.94K t15K t15.3K t16.1K t
Sierra Leone3.78K t4.77K t5.4K t5.22K t3.48K t8.8K t10K t11.3K t
Slovakia––––48K t15.6K t10.9K t10.1K t
Bosnia & Herzegovina––––16.3K t23.4K t14.5K t9.79K t
Luxembourg––––8.17K t9.39K t10.3K t9.43K t
Togo2.89K t4.35K t3.81K t5.2K t6.62K t9.25K t5.85K t8.8K t
Guinea-Bissau1.87K t1.87K t2.2K t3.3K t4.51K t6.35K t8.08K t7.96K t
Estonia––––15.4K t12.9K t9.58K t7.72K t
Jamaica12K t10.5K t12K t15K t14K t5.26K t5.94K t7.41K t
Montenegro–––––4.73K t6.01K t6.7K t
Djibouti220 t440 t1.28K t2.24K t6.05K t6.05K t6.17K t6.47K t
Libya2.44K t5.69K t50K t24K t4K t5.8K t7.01K t6.22K t
Cyprus2.24K t3.05K t2.02K t4.1K t4.45K t4.48K t4.64K t5.64K t
Republic of the Congo301 t1.19K t2.11K t1.72K t1.62K t6.15K t5.57K t5.38K t
Iceland2K t2.19K t2.22K t2.93K t3.63K t3.9K t4.65K t4.86K t
Fiji2.73K t4.93K t7.6K t10.6K t2.69K t2.02K t2.51K t4.16K t
North Macedonia––––6.3K t7.1K t3.89K t4.14K t
Guyana3.21K t4.01K t2.27K t2.2K t1.9K t2.26K t2.93K t3.26K t
Gambia2.16K t3.6K t3.3K t3.12K t3.47K t4.08K t2.41K t2.58K t
Papua New Guinea480 t1.48K t2.19K t2.1K t2.7K t3.23K t2.43K t2.3K t
Moldova––––18K t10.2K t2.5K t2.26K t
Belize362 t474 t1.05K t1.46K t1.14K t1.51K t1.58K t2.14K t
Mauritius1.67K t2.19K t2.05K t2.13K t3.25K t2.42K t1.83K t2.09K t
Vanuatu930 t1.9K t2.1K t3.03K t3.75K t3.54K t1.74K t2.02K t
Kuwait1.2K t2.13K t5.54K t1.38K t806 t2K t2.05K t1.86K t
Suriname710 t1.11K t1.18K t2.25K t1.95K t1.88K t1.78K t1.49K t
Bhutan2.13K t3.11K t3.91K t5.36K t501 t749 t804 t1.42K t
Samoa350 t497 t691 t915 t995 t1.34K t1.18K t1.29K t
Timor-Leste360 t800 t750 t710 t1.34K t1.04K t1.41K t1.28K t
Comoros637 t1.38K t1.32K t945 t1.01K t1.24K t1.23K t1.23K t
Malta3K t2.35K t2.39K t1.7K t1.61K t1.42K t1.14K t1.15K t
Lesotho8.27K t8.32K t10.8K t9.45K t3.22K t1.9K t1.64K t1.04K t
Trinidad & Tobago1.39K t1.52K t2.01K t1.21K t810 t1.16K t1K t1.02K t
Brunei60 t82.5 t395 t1.75K t3.21K t680 t1.84K t986 t
Liberia2.04K t2.69K t1.66K t1K t1K t1.1K t1.04K t969 t
Qatar96 t120 t192 t202 t540 t576 t1.51K t914 t
Bahrain180 t300 t720 t800 t896 t1.02K t760 t776 t
Solomon Islands139 t407 t944 t611 t611 t740 t755 t772 t
Gabon169 t251 t343 t924 t1.12K t1.14K t793 t755 t
Cape Verde160 t250 t180 t370 t480 t964 t708 t702 t
Dominica247 t144 t216 t495 t540 t540 t545 t544 t
São Tomé & Príncipe122 t138 t65 t90 t108 t134 t228 t420 t
St. Lucia276 t346 t455 t555 t528 t455 t406 t404 t
Tonga61.2 t54.4 t193 t304 t350 t349 t348 t346 t
Micronesia––––245 t229 t241 t252 t
Grenada243 t350 t155 t120 t103 t229 t195 t191 t
St. Vincent & Grenadines199 t262 t272 t226 t217 t213 t191 t155 t
Barbados438 t565 t414 t954 t766 t167 t182 t146 t
Antigua & Barbuda250 t176 t509 t520 t197 t148 t66.4 t73.3 t
Equatorial Guinea23.4 t28.6 t36.3 t41.8 t45.1 t49 t48 t48.4 t
St. Kitts & Nevis145 t129 t118 t112 t127 t98 t45 t42.7 t
Singapore1.03K t1.45K t264 t277 t37 t45 t33.1 t33.9 t
Bahamas121 t93.5 t37.4 t32.3 t17.3 t17 t18.4 t17.6 t
Seychelles77 t95 t119 t70 t35 t6.99 t20 t17.1 t
India506K t624K t853K t1.06M t––––
Nicaragua27K t59.8K t56.3K t57.3K t52.5K t121K t153K t–
Nepal24.7K t31.6K t40.5K t41.1K t––––
Countries with data153153153153177179181180

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT). The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. Countries that produce none (zero) are not ranked. Weather and harvests make the yearly values go up and down. The “latest value” on the ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it does not always match the ranks for a single year.

Regions that later split into several countries, such as the former Soviet Union, have a value for each new country only from the year it split. So older years have fewer countries with data, and values from before a split cannot be compared country by country with today’s countries. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat

FAOSTAT data last updated: 2025-12-31

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