List of Countries by Beef Production
Top 50 World Beef & Cattle Facts
Highlights
- World beef production and consumption projected record high in 2017
- United States leads the world in beef production, beef consumption, beef imports and cattle imports
- Brazil drops from 2nd to 4th largest beef consumer in the world in 2016
- China replaces Japan as the second largest beef importer in the world in 2016
- Australia sees big drop in beef production, beef exports and cattle inventory
- Brazil and India tied as the largest beef exporters in the world in 2016
- 12 countries account for 86% of the world's beef production
- Brazil had the largest increase in cattle inventory in the world in 2022 followed by the United States and India
- Brazil had the most beef cows in the world in 2022 followed by China and the United States
- United States imports the most cattle in the world in 2022 followed by Turkey and Egypt
- Australia, Mexico and the European Union each exported one million or more head of cattle in 2016
(all information from this report is derived from data from the FAS/USDA)
BEEF PRODUCTION
World beef production in 2022 is projected at 135.2 billion pounds. If realized, this will be the most beef produced in one year in history. More...
The world first produced 130 billion pounds of beef in 2010. It has done so every year since. More...
The world produced 52 billion pounds of beef in 1960. The world would produce 100 billion pounds of beef for the first time 25 years later in 1985. More...
Australia had the largest decrease (year-to-year) in beef production in 2022 and the United States had the largest increase. More...
The United States accounts for roughly 19% of the world's beef production. More...
The United States is the largest producer of beef in the world followed by Brazil, European Union, China and India. More...
Pakistan, Turkey and Russia all produced more beef than Canada in 2016. More...
Twelve (12) countries produced over 1 million metric tons of beef in 2016: United States, Brazil, European Union, China, India, Argentina, Australia, Mexico, Pakistan, Turkey, Russia and Canada. These same 12 countries accounted for 86% of the beef produced in the world in 2016. More...
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BEEF CONSUMPTION
The world is projected to consume 130.96 billion pounds of beef in 2017, up 1.48 billion pounds from 2016. If realized, this will be the highest beef consumption in history. More...
The world has only consumed over 130 billion pounds of beef in one year two times in history (2013 & 2014). The world had never consumed over 125 billion pounds of beef until 2006. The world first consumed over 100 billion pounds of beef in 1986. More...
World beef consumption has grown 158% (80 billion pounds) since 1960. More...
The United States was the largest consumer of beef in the world in 2022 followed by the European Union and China. More...
Brazil drops from 2nd to 4th largest beef consumer in the world in 2016. The European Union and China both consumed more beef than Brazil in 2016. More...
The United States accounted for roughly 20% of the beef consumed in the world in 2016. More...
Eleven (11) countries consumed over 1 million metric tons of beef in 2022 (United States, European Union, China, Brazil, India, Argentina, Russia, Mexico, Turkey, Pakistan and Japan). More...
Brazil had the largest decrease in beef consumption in 2022 in the world followed by Venezuela and Argentina. The United States had the largest increase followed by China, Turkey and the European Union. More...
BEEF EXPORTS
The world is projected to export 21.38 billion pounds of beef in 2017, up 567 million pounds from 2016. More...
World beef exports exceeded 22 billion pounds for the first and only time in history in 2014. World beef exports exceeded 20 billion pounds for the first time in history in 2013. More...
World beef exports have grown 833% (18.6 billion pounds) since 1960. More...
Brazil and India tied as the largest beef exporters in the world in 2016 (beef exports in India include carabeef). More...
Four (4) countries exported more than 1 million metric tons of beef in 2022 and accounted for roughly 66% of all the world's exports: India, Brazil, Australia and the United States. More...
Australia had the largest drop in beef exports in 2022 and Brazil had the largest increase. Beef exports dropped 25% in Australia in 2022 from the prior year. More...
BEEF IMPORTS
World beef imports in 2022 are projected at 17.11 billion pounds, up 213.9 million pounds from 2016. If realized, this will be the second highest beef imports in history. More...
The world imported 17.34 billion pounds of beef in 2014, the most in history, and the only time that world beef exports have exceeded 17 billion pounds. More...
The world has imported more than 10 billion pounds of beef every year since 1994. The world first imported more than 15 billion pounds of beef in 2006. More...
The world imported 7.67 million metric tons of beef in 2016, up 19K metric tons from 2015. More...
China had the largest increase (year-to-year) in beef imports in 2022 and the United States had the largest decrease. More...
The United States was the largest beef importer in the world in 2022 followed by China and Japan. More...
China replaced Japan as the second largest beef importer in the world in 2016. More...
Beef imports in Venezuela dropped 68% in 2022 from the prior year. More...
CATTLE INVENTORY
The world cattle inventory in 2022 is projected at 998.31 million head, up 9.7 million head from 2016. More...
The largest cattle inventory in the world was 1.1 billion head in 1989. The world cattle inventory was over 1 billion head from 1995 until 2014. More...
Brazil had the largest increase in cattle inventory in the world in 2022 followed by the United States and India. Australia had the largest decrease in cattle inventory in 2022 followed by Mexico and New Zealand. More...
India had the largest cattle inventory in the world in 2022 followed by Brazil and China. Roughly 63% of the world's cattle are in India, Brazil and China. More...
The United States had the 4th largest cattle inventory in the world in 2016. More than 90% of the world's cattle are NOT in the United States. More...
BEEF COW INVENTORY
The world beef cow inventory in 2022 is projected at 206.44 million head, up 2.79 million head from 2016. More...
The largest beef cow inventory on record was 218.55 million head in 1992. The world beef cow inventory was over 200 million head from 1985 until 2014. More...
Brazil had the most beef cows in the world in 2022 followed by China and the United States. Brazil accounted for 27% of the beef cows in the world. Brazil and China accounted for nearly 53% of the beef cows in the world. More...
Seven (7) countries accounted for 94% of the beef cows in the world in 2016: Brazil, China, United States, Argentina, Australia, European Union and Mexico. More...
China had the largest increase in beef cow inventory in 2022 followed by the United States and Brazil. Uruguay and Turkey had the largest decrease in 2016. More...
CATTLE EXPORTS
The world is projected to export 4.65 million head of cattle in 2017, up 52K head from 2016. More...
There has been over 4 million head of cattle exports in the world every year since 2006. More...
The most cattle that has been exported in one year in the world was 12.3 million head in 1991. The world exported more than 10 million head of cattle in 1990. The only times that the world has exported more than 10 million head of cattle in one year was in 1990 and 1991. More...
Australia, Mexico, European Union and Canada accounted for nearly 86% of the world's cattle exports in 2016. More...
Australia exported the most cattle in 2022 followed by Mexico and the European Union. More...
Australia, Mexico and the European Union each exported one million or more head of cattle in 2016. More...
CATTLE IMPORTS (8)
World cattle imports are projected at 2.86 million head in 2017, up 131K from 2016. More...
World cattle imports have not grown over the past 50 years. World cattle imports in 2022 were at 2.73 million head and at 3.35 million head in 1961. More...
The most cattle imported in the world in one year was 10.1 million head in 1992. More...
The United States imported the most cattle in the world in 2022 followed by Turkey and Egypt. More...
The United States imported more cattle in 2022 than all other countries in the world COMBINED. More...
The United States had the largest decrease (year-to-year) in cattle imports in 2016. Turkey and Egypt had the largest increases. More...
China imported 3 times as many cattle in 2022 as Mexico and Canada COMBINED. More...
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