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World ranking: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing/slaughtered animals 2024
World ranking: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing/slaughtered animals 2024. Source: FAOSTAT. Calculations and presentation: Terra Cultiva.
| Rank | Country | Value | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | China | 50.99M head | 15.3 % |
| #2 | Brazil | 39.69M head | 11.9 % |
| #3 | United States | 32.16M head | 9.7 % |
| #4 | Pakistan | 19.36M head | 5.8 % |
| #5 | Argentina | 13.93M head | 4.2 % |
| #6 | India | 11.95M head | 3.6 % |
| #7 | Mexico | 8.92M head | 2.7 % |
| #8 | Australia | 8.69M head | 2.6 % |
| #9 | Russia | 7.54M head | 2.3 % |
| #10 | Uzbekistan | 6.04M head | 1.8 % |
| #11 | Turkey | 5.14M head | 1.5 % |
| #12 | New Zealand | 4.68M head | 1.4 % |
| #13 | Tanzania | 4.59M head | 1.4 % |
| #14 | Chad | 4.34M head | 1.3 % |
| #15 | France | 3.99M head | 1.2 % |
| #16 | Ethiopia | 3.95M head | 1.2 % |
| #17 | Canada | 3.41M head | 1.0 % |
| #18 | Sudan | 3.36M head | 1.0 % |
| #19 | Nigeria | 3.31M head | 1.0 % |
| #20 | Colombia | 3.28M head | 1.0 % |
| #21 | South Africa | 3.16M head | 1.0 % |
| #22 | Germany | 3.03M head | 0.9 % |
| #23 | Bangladesh | 2.90M head | 0.9 % |
| #24 | United Kingdom | 2.85M head | 0.9 % |
| #25 | Zimbabwe | 2.74M head | 0.8 % |
| #26 | Italy | 2.71M head | 0.8 % |
| #27 | Spain | 2.48M head | 0.7 % |
| #28 | Kazakhstan | 2.44M head | 0.7 % |
| #29 | Paraguay | 2.31M head | 0.7 % |
| #30 | Uruguay | 2.29M head | 0.7 % |
| #31 | Kenya | 2.24M head | 0.7 % |
| #32 | Vietnam | 2.17M head | 0.7 % |
| #33 | Poland | 2.13M head | 0.6 % |
| #34 | The Netherlands | 2.11M head | 0.6 % |
| #35 | Ireland | 1.91M head | 0.6 % |
| #36 | Venezuela | 1.84M head | 0.6 % |
| #37 | Egypt | 1.78M head | 0.5 % |
| #38 | Bolivia | 1.70M head | 0.5 % |
| #39 | Belarus | 1.63M head | 0.5 % |
| #40 | Indonesia | 1.56M head | 0.5 % |
| #41 | Yemen | 1.43M head | 0.4 % |
| #42 | Iran | 1.41M head | 0.4 % |
| #43 | Uganda | 1.40M head | 0.4 % |
| #44 | Peru | 1.38M head | 0.4 % |
| #45 | Zambia | 1.37M head | 0.4 % |
| #46 | Philippines | 1.34M head | 0.4 % |
| #47 | Ukraine | 1.34M head | 0.4 % |
| #48 | Azerbaijan | 1.29M head | 0.4 % |
| #49 | Burkina Faso | 1.27M head | 0.4 % |
| #50 | Morocco | 1.27M head | 0.4 % |
| #51 | Guatemala | 1.16M head | 0.3 % |
| #52 | South Korea | 1.12M head | 0.3 % |
| #53 | Ecuador | 1.08M head | 0.3 % |
| #54 | Japan | 1.03M head | 0.3 % |
| #55 | South Sudan | 966.3k head | 0.3 % |
| #56 | Turkmenistan | 909.3k head | 0.3 % |
| #57 | Tajikistan | 887.6k head | 0.3 % |
| #58 | Mongolia | 857.7k head | 0.3 % |
| #59 | Cameroon | 810.4k head | 0.2 % |
| #60 | Belgium | 809.2k head | 0.2 % |
| #61 | Myanmar | 798.6k head | 0.2 % |
| #62 | Thailand | 792.1k head | 0.2 % |
| #63 | Chile | 760.3k head | 0.2 % |
| #64 | Guinea | 679.0k head | 0.2 % |
| #65 | Malawi | 673.3k head | 0.2 % |
| #66 | Algeria | 648.0k head | 0.2 % |
| #67 | Central African Republic | 643.0k head | 0.2 % |
| #68 | Angola | 640.7k head | 0.2 % |
| #69 | Austria | 608.9k head | 0.2 % |
| #70 | Switzerland | 602.7k head | 0.2 % |
| #71 | Laos | 567.5k head | 0.2 % |
| #72 | Romania | 561.4k head | 0.2 % |
| #73 | Mali | 560.2k head | 0.2 % |
| #74 | Kyrgyzstan | 547.9k head | 0.2 % |
| #75 | Cambodia | 529.3k head | 0.2 % |
| #76 | Somalia | 511.6k head | 0.2 % |
| #77 | Armenia | 496.6k head | 0.1 % |
| #78 | Senegal | 482.9k head | 0.1 % |
| #79 | Dominican Republic | 480.0k head | 0.1 % |
| #80 | Nepal | 477.0k head | 0.1 % |
| #81 | Rwanda | 468.9k head | 0.1 % |
| #82 | Afghanistan | 467.4k head | 0.1 % |
| #83 | Denmark | 436.5k head | 0.1 % |
| #84 | Sweden | 433.7k head | 0.1 % |
| #85 | Costa Rica | 409.5k head | 0.1 % |
| #86 | Portugal | 402.4k head | 0.1 % |
| #87 | Israel | 399.5k head | 0.1 % |
| #88 | Syria | 345.6k head | 0.1 % |
| #89 | Panama | 326.8k head | 0.1 % |
| #90 | Honduras | 326.7k head | 0.1 % |
| #91 | Georgia | 325.1k head | 0.1 % |
| #92 | Botswana | 314.7k head | 0.1 % |
| #93 | Haiti | 314.0k head | 0.1 % |
| #94 | Ghana | 309.0k head | 0.1 % |
| #95 | Norway | 305.0k head | 0.1 % |
| #96 | Cuba | 300.0k head | 0.1 % |
| #97 | Serbia | 281.2k head | 0.1 % |
| #98 | Finland | 264.2k head | 0.1 % |
| #99 | Eritrea | 254.2k head | 0.1 % |
| #100 | Mauritania | 247.1k head | 0.1 % |
| #101 | Sri Lanka | 242.9k head | 0.1 % |
| #102 | Madagascar | 236.6k head | 0.1 % |
| #103 | Niger | 233.1k head | 0.1 % |
| #104 | Albania | 231.8k head | 0.1 % |
| #105 | Czechia | 231.3k head | 0.1 % |
| #106 | Ivory Coast | 223.9k head | 0.1 % |
| #107 | Benin | 214.6k head | 0.1 % |
| #108 | Saudi Arabia | 202.3k head | 0.1 % |
| #109 | Iraq | 195.9k head | 0.1 % |
| #110 | Tunisia | 188.2k head | 0.1 % |
| #111 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 182.9k head | 0.1 % |
| #112 | Lebanon | 181.4k head | 0.1 % |
| #113 | Lithuania | 163.3k head | 0.0 % |
| #114 | Croatia | 158.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #115 | Jordan | 157.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #116 | Mozambique | 150.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #117 | Greece | 140.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #118 | North Korea | 135.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #119 | Oman | 130.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #120 | Malaysia | 123.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #121 | Bulgaria | 118.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #122 | El Salvador | 115.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #123 | Namibia | 114.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #124 | Slovenia | 105.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #125 | Hungary | 91.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #126 | United Arab Emirates | 88.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #127 | Burundi | 81.3k head | 0.0 % |
| #128 | Togo | 81.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #129 | Eswatini | 79.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #130 | Latvia | 77.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #131 | Guinea-Bissau | 67.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #132 | Djibouti | 60.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #133 | Sierra Leone | 46.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #134 | Taiwan | 42.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #136 | Republic of the Congo | 35.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #137 | Slovakia | 34.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #138 | Libya | 32.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #139 | Montenegro | 32.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #140 | Estonia | 30.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #141 | Jamaica | 28.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #142 | Luxembourg | 25.3k head | 0.0 % |
| #143 | Iceland | 22.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #144 | Hong Kong | 21.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #145 | Papua New Guinea | 21.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #146 | Gambia | 21.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #147 | Bhutan | 20.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #148 | Cyprus | 20.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #149 | Timor Leste | 20.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #150 | Moldova | 18.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #151 | Fiji | 17.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #152 | Puerto Rico | 17.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #153 | New Caledonia | 13.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #154 | North Macedonia | 12.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #155 | Comoros | 11.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #156 | Guyana | 11.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #157 | Vanuatu | 10.7k head | 0.0 % |
| #158 | Belize | 10.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #159 | Samoa | 8.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #160 | Liberia | 8.4k head | 0.0 % |
| #161 | Qatar | 7.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #162 | Mauritius | 7.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #163 | Gabon | 7.3k head | 0.0 % |
| #164 | Suriname | 7.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #165 | Kuwait | 7.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #166 | Lesotho | 6.9k head | 0.0 % |
| #167 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.9k head | 0.0 % |
| #168 | Bahrain | 6.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #169 | Brunei | 5.6k head | 0.0 % |
| #170 | Cabo Verde | 4.5k head | 0.0 % |
| #171 | Solomon Islands | 4.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #172 | Malta | 4.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #173 | Dominica | 3.0k head | 0.0 % |
| #174 | Saint Lucia | 2.2k head | 0.0 % |
| #175 | Macao | 2.1k head | 0.0 % |
| #176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.9k head | 0.0 % |
| #177 | Tonga | 1.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #178 | Micronesia | 1.8k head | 0.0 % |
| #179 | Grenada | 954 head | 0.0 % |
| #180 | Barbados | 875 head | 0.0 % |
| #181 | French Polynesia | 845 head | 0.0 % |
| #182 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 515 head | 0.0 % |
| #183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 461 head | 0.0 % |
| #184 | Equatorial Guinea | 440 head | 0.0 % |
| #185 | Faroe Islands | 243 head | 0.0 % |
| #186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 226 head | 0.0 % |
| #187 | Bahamas | 105 head | 0.0 % |
| #188 | Singapore | 85 head | 0.0 % |
| #189 | Seychelles | 83 head | 0.0 % |
| #190 | Cook Islands | 70 head | 0.0 % |
| #191 | Niue | 11 head | 0.0 % |
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