Meat and offal · FAOSTAT 2024
Beef (cattle meat) production by country
World production of beef (cattle meat) reached 69.7 million t in 2024, up 10% over ten years. The largest producers were United States (17.6%), Brazil (14.7%), China (10.1%), together 42% of the world total.
- World production, 2024
- 69.7 million t
- 10-year change
- +10%
- Producing countries
- 189
- Largest producer
- United States
World production, 1961–2024 (tonnes)
Producers ranked, 2024
| # | Country | Tonnes | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 12,289,768 | 17.6% | +5.1% |
| 2 | Brazil | 10,237,584 | 14.7% | +5.3% |
| 3 | China E | 7,011,810 | 10.1% | +27% |
| 4 | Argentina | 3,178,044 | 4.56% | +19% |
| 5 | Australia | 2,589,767 | 3.71% | −0.2% |
| 6 | Mexico | 2,253,615 | 3.23% | +23% |
| 7 | Russia I | 1,692,988 | 2.43% | +2.3% |
| 8 | Turkey | 1,483,042 | 2.13% | +82% |
| 9 | Pakistan | 1,366,891 | 1.96% | +45% |
| 10 | France | 1,298,540 | 1.86% | −8.0% |
| 11 | Canada | 1,291,344 | 1.85% | +21% |
| 12 | Uzbekistan I | 1,161,390 | 1.67% | +45% |
| 13 | South Africa | 1,101,970 | 1.58% | +10% |
| 14 | Germany | 1,015,350 | 1.46% | −11% |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 934,300 | 1.34% | +6.5% |
| 16 | Zimbabwe I | 755,211 | 1.08% | +37% |
| 17 | New Zealand | 741,844 | 1.06% | +19% |
| 18 | Colombia | 731,625 | 1.05% | −13% |
| 19 | Spain | 718,450 | 1.03% | +23% |
| 20 | Tanzania | 666,227 | 0.96% | +115% |
| 21 | Italy | 659,120 | 0.94% | −5.1% |
| 22 | Poland | 637,490 | 0.91% | +43% |
| 23 | Ireland | 602,600 | 0.86% | +3.5% |
| 24 | Indonesia | 597,754 | 0.86% | +20% |
| 25 | Chad I | 578,029 | 0.83% | +59% |
| 26 | Uruguay I | 577,893 | 0.83% | +12% |
| 27 | Japan I | 461,905 | 0.66% | −8.0% |
| 28 | Netherlands | 433,330 | 0.62% | +15% |
| 29 | Kazakhstan | 429,336 | 0.62% | +53% |
| 30 | Ethiopia I | 428,612 | 0.61% | +13% |
| 31 | Paraguay I | 427,140 | 0.61% | −8.6% |
| 32 | Belarus | 399,000 | 0.57% | +35% |
| 33 | Venezuela I | 379,169 | 0.54% | −28% |
| 34 | South Korea X | 370,000 | 0.53% | +10% |
| 35 | Sudan I | 366,282 | 0.53% | +0.4% |
| 36 | Bolivia | 349,417 | 0.50% | +56% |
| 37 | Egypt I | 321,031 | 0.46% | −24% |
| 38 | Nigeria I | 317,049 | 0.45% | −17% |
| 39 | Tajikistan E | 313,639 | 0.45% | +610% |
| 40 | Guatemala I | 312,602 | 0.45% | +63% |
| 41 | Vietnam E | 270,000 | 0.39% | +67% |
| 42 | Kenya | 260,083 | 0.37% | −41% |
| 43 | Morocco | 254,200 | 0.36% | −1.9% |
| 44 | Belgium | 249,440 | 0.36% | −3.2% |
| 45 | Ukraine | 244,500 | 0.35% | −41% |
| 46 | Ecuador | 242,011 | 0.35% | +43% |
| 47 | Uganda I | 237,543 | 0.34% | +17% |
| 48 | Iran I | 235,157 | 0.34% | −42% |
| 49 | Zambia I | 221,927 | 0.32% | +6.7% |
| 50 | Turkmenistan | 209,347 | 0.30% | +33% |
| 51 | Bangladesh I | 204,685 | 0.29% | +6.1% |
| 52 | Peru | 203,991 | 0.29% | +4.0% |
| 53 | Austria | 203,470 | 0.29% | −8.8% |
| 54 | Chile | 197,958 | 0.28% | −12% |
| 55 | Switzerland | 144,057 | 0.21% | +0.1% |
| 56 | Sweden | 140,970 | 0.20% | +7.1% |
| 57 | Azerbaijan I | 140,473 | 0.20% | +15% |
| 58 | Burkina Faso I | 136,146 | 0.20% | +32% |
| 59 | Algeria X | 135,000 | 0.19% | −7.4% |
| 60 | South Sudan I | 132,346 | 0.19% | +40% |
| 61 | Cameroon I | 127,281 | 0.18% | +19% |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 125,469 | 0.18% | +24% |
| 63 | Israel | 120,244 | 0.17% | −1.5% |
| 64 | Philippines | 116,666 | 0.17% | −42% |
| 65 | Denmark | 116,400 | 0.17% | −7.4% |
| 66 | Thailand E | 112,425 | 0.16% | −16% |
| 67 | Angola | 110,104 | 0.16% | +6.0% |
| 68 | Myanmar E | 110,000 | 0.16% | −66% |
| 69 | Mongolia | 107,749 | 0.15% | +96% |
| 70 | Central African Republic I | 103,630 | 0.15% | +12% |
| 71 | Portugal | 101,770 | 0.15% | +27% |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 94,191 | 0.14% | +6.8% |
| 73 | Finland | 86,510 | 0.12% | +4.1% |
| 74 | Norway | 86,090 | 0.12% | +9.3% |
| 75 | Yemen E | 86,025 | 0.12% | +12% |
| 76 | Senegal I | 79,496 | 0.11% | +6.7% |
| 77 | Romania | 75,780 | 0.11% | −30% |
| 78 | Serbia | 75,048 | 0.11% | +2.1% |
| 79 | Guinea E | 74,013 | 0.11% | −3.0% |
| 80 | Malawi I | 73,662 | 0.11% | +86% |
| 81 | Panama | 71,678 | 0.10% | −14% |
| 82 | Czechia | 71,040 | 0.10% | +7.4% |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 67,693 | 0.10% | −14% |
| 84 | Mali | 67,217 | 0.10% | +79% |
| 85 | Niger | 65,289 | 0.09% | +20% |
| 86 | Honduras X | 65,000 | 0.09% | +2.8% |
| 87 | Botswana I | 64,889 | 0.09% | +22% |
| 88 | Afghanistan I | 61,421 | 0.09% | −49% |
| 89 | Cuba I | 60,209 | 0.09% | −16% |
| 90 | Armenia | 60,060 | 0.09% | +1.8% |
| 91 | Cambodia I | 57,964 | 0.08% | +3.5% |
| 92 | Somalia E | 55,481 | 0.08% | −6.5% |
| 93 | Haiti I | 49,944 | 0.07% | +8.8% |
| 94 | Jordan I | 49,530 | 0.07% | +154% |
| 95 | Benin | 47,794 | 0.07% | +27% |
| 96 | Laos I | 47,505 | 0.07% | +56% |
| 97 | Lithuania | 44,760 | 0.06% | +11% |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia X | 43,000 | 0.06% | +39% |
| 99 | Croatia | 42,480 | 0.06% | −4.1% |
| 100 | Rwanda I | 42,094 | 0.06% | +31% |
| 101 | Tunisia I | 41,793 | 0.06% | −28% |
| 102 | Syria | 41,649 | 0.06% | −36% |
| 103 | Malaysia | 39,498 | 0.06% | −14% |
| 104 | Lebanon I | 39,194 | 0.06% | −14% |
| 105 | Côte d'Ivoire | 37,009 | 0.05% | +75% |
| 106 | Namibia I | 35,743 | 0.05% | −5.4% |
| 107 | Iraq E | 34,678 | 0.05% | −25% |
| 108 | Greece | 32,440 | 0.05% | −34% |
| 109 | Slovenia | 31,940 | 0.05% | +1.2% |
| 110 | Ghana I | 31,833 | 0.05% | +40% |
| 111 | Mauritania I | 31,134 | 0.04% | +7.4% |
| 112 | DR Congo I | 27,812 | 0.04% | +84% |
| 113 | Georgia | 26,700 | 0.04% | +17% |
| 114 | Albania | 25,996 | 0.04% | −32% |
| 115 | Eritrea I | 25,585 | 0.04% | +17% |
| 116 | Madagascar I | 24,979 | 0.04% | −43% |
| 117 | Hungary | 23,810 | 0.03% | −1.1% |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates I | 22,005 | 0.03% | +48% |
| 119 | Mozambique | 21,335 | 0.03% | +79% |
| 120 | Sri Lanka E | 20,900 | 0.03% | +1.7% |
| 121 | North Korea I | 20,349 | 0.03% | −5.2% |
| 122 | Bulgaria | 18,820 | 0.03% | +9.4% |
| 123 | Eswatini I | 17,957 | 0.03% | +11% |
| 124 | Burundi I | 16,871 | 0.02% | +65% |
| 125 | Latvia | 16,820 | 0.02% | −4.8% |
| 126 | El Salvador I | 16,415 | 0.02% | −12% |
| 127 | Oman I | 16,138 | 0.02% | −7.0% |
| 128 | Sierra Leone I | 11,277 | 0.02% | −2.1% |
| 129 | Slovakia | 10,060 | 0.01% | −13% |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9,792 | 0.01% | −14% |
| 131 | Luxembourg | 9,430 | 0.01% | +9.8% |
| 132 | Togo E | 8,800 | 0.01% | +90% |
| 133 | Taiwan X | 8,000 | 0.01% | +25% |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau I | 7,957 | 0.01% | +21% |
| 135 | Estonia | 7,720 | 0.01% | −21% |
| 136 | Jamaica | 7,407 | 0.01% | +43% |
| 137 | Montenegro | 6,700 | 0.01% | +75% |
| 138 | Djibouti I | 6,472 | 0.01% | +12% |
| 139 | Libya E | 6,219 | 0.01% | +3.7% |
| 140 | Hong Kong I | 5,802 | 0.01% | −23% |
| 141 | Cyprus | 5,640 | 0.01% | +23% |
| 142 | Congo I | 5,383 | 0.01% | −8.6% |
| 143 | Iceland | 4,860 | 0.01% | +39% |
| 144 | Fiji | 4,160 | 0.01% | +49% |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 4,135 | 0.01% | −25% |
| 146 | Puerto Rico I | 4,060 | 0.01% | −40% |
| 147 | Guyana | 3,256 | 0.00% | +22% |
| 148 | New Caledonia I | 2,984 | 0.00% | −14% |
| 149 | Gambia I | 2,577 | 0.00% | −36% |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea I | 2,296 | 0.00% | −30% |
| 151 | Moldova | 2,261 | 0.00% | −72% |
| 152 | Belize | 2,143 | 0.00% | +38% |
| 153 | Mauritius | 2,090 | 0.00% | −1.0% |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 2,022 | 0.00% | −32% |
| 155 | Kuwait I | 1,859 | 0.00% | −1.5% |
| 156 | Suriname I | 1,488 | 0.00% | −10% |
| 157 | Bhutan | 1,420 | 0.00% | +88% |
| 158 | Samoa I | 1,293 | 0.00% | +1.5% |
| 159 | Timor-Leste I | 1,275 | 0.00% | +18% |
| 160 | Comoros I | 1,226 | 0.00% | −0.6% |
| 161 | Malta | 1,150 | 0.00% | +1.9% |
| 162 | Lesotho E | 1,042 | 0.00% | −55% |
| 163 | Trinidad and Tobago E | 1,020 | 0.00% | +1.8% |
| 164 | Brunei I | 986 | 0.00% | +62% |
| 165 | Liberia I | 969 | 0.00% | −17% |
| 166 | Qatar E | 914 | 0.00% | +38% |
| 167 | Bahrain I | 776 | 0.00% | −27% |
| 168 | Solomon Islands I | 772 | 0.00% | +2.7% |
| 169 | Macao I | 761 | 0.00% | −8.9% |
| 170 | Gabon I | 755 | 0.00% | −36% |
| 171 | Cabo Verde I | 702 | 0.00% | +27% |
| 172 | Dominica I | 544 | 0.00% | −2.7% |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe I | 420 | 0.00% | +151% |
| 174 | Saint Lucia I | 404 | 0.00% | −6.9% |
| 175 | Tonga I | 346 | 0.00% | −1.4% |
| 176 | Micronesia I | 252 | 0.00% | +6.8% |
| 177 | Grenada I | 191 | 0.00% | −11% |
| 178 | French Polynesia I | 163 | 0.00% | +11% |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 155 | 0.00% | −27% |
| 180 | Barbados I | 146 | 0.00% | −4.6% |
| 181 | Faroe Islands | 77 | 0.00% | +71% |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 73 | 0.00% | −50% |
| 183 | Equatorial Guinea I | 48 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis I | 43 | 0.00% | −12% |
| 185 | Singapore I | 34 | 0.00% | −11% |
| 186 | Bahamas I | 18 | 0.00% | −5.3% |
| 187 | Seychelles I | 17 | 0.00% | +21% |
| 188 | Cook Islands I | 7 | 0.00% | +75% |
| 189 | Niue I | 2 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
E = estimated by FAO, I = imputed by FAO, X = from an external organisation; other figures are official.
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Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.