Beef Meat Slaughtering

This key economic indicator for the Meat sector has been recently updated.

  1. China was up 1.8% of Beef Meat Slaughtering in 2018, compared to the previous year.
  2. Since 2013 China Beef Meat Slaughtering was up 1.7% year on year close to 48,925,733.97 Heads.
  3. In 2018 Argentina was ranked number 4 in Beef Meat Slaughtering.
  4. In 2018 Armenia was ranked number 70 in Beef Meat Slaughtering close to 617,577 Heads, compared to 74 in 2017.

Top Countries in Beef Meat Slaughtering

Units (Heads) - 1961 to 2018

# 203 Countries Units (Heads) Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 China 48,925,734 2018 +1.8 % +1.7 % View data
2 Brazil 38,652,341 2018 -0.2 % -1.4 % View data
3 United States 31,883,361 2018 -2.9 % -0.9 % View data
4 Argentina 12,310,090 2018 -2.3 % -0.5 % View data
5 India 8,595,907 2018 -0.3 % -1.8 % View data
6 Mexico 8,076,088 2018 +0.6 % -1.7 % View data
7 Australia 7,873,686 2018 +6.1 % -2.7 % View data
8 Russia 7,746,390 2018 -3.2 % -2.0 % View data
9 Pakistan 4,801,367 2018 +2.2 % +2.8 % View data
10 Uzbekistan 4,636,286 2018 +4.6 % +0.5 % View data
11 New Zealand 4,570,006 2018 +4.3 % +2.5 % View data
12 France 4,537,826 2018 -1.1 % -0.5 % View data
13 Turkey 3,835,065 2018 +6.5 % +2.3 % View data
14 Chad 3,692,091 2018 +5.4 % +35.1 % View data
15 Canada 3,662,175 2018 -0.5 % -1.3 % View data
16 Ethiopia 3,653,614 2018 +0.9 % +3.0 % View data
17 South Africa 3,611,342 2018 +3.1 % +2.8 % View data
18 Germany 3,514,712 2018 -1.0 % -0.0 % View data
19 Colombia 3,471,942 2018 +1.9 % -3.2 % View data
20 Nigeria 3,280,815 2018 +1.9 % +1.1 % View data
21 Tanzania 3,252,513 2018 +3.0 % +1.2 % View data
22 United Kingdom 2,752,981 2018 +0.3 % +1.0 % View data
23 Bangladesh 2,699,809 2018 +0.6 % -0.0 % View data
24 Kenya 2,592,641 2018 +0.1 % +3.8 % View data
25 Kazakhstan 2,554,103 2018 -0.9 % +2.0 % View data
26 Italy 2,466,872 2018 -3.7 % -3.9 % View data
27 Spain 2,379,494 2018 -0.5 % +1.4 % View data
28 Uruguay 2,206,722 2018 +1.6 % +2.2 % View data
29 Indonesia 2,205,501 2018 +1.6 % -1.7 % View data
30 Netherlands 2,143,349 2018 -1.0 % +1.8 % View data
31 Paraguay 2,124,176 2018 +2.8 % +5.5 % View data
32 Ukraine 2,017,465 2018 -7.5 % -5.0 % View data
33 Myanmar 1,973,297 2018 +2.2 % +6.5 % View data
34 Venezuela 1,964,996 2018 -0.4 % -5.2 % View data
35 Poland 1,882,493 2018 -2.7 % +6.6 % View data
36 Ireland 1,827,737 2018 -1.3 % +2.8 % View data
37 Belarus 1,729,533 2018 +0.1 % -1.1 % View data
38 Vietnam 1,684,504 2018 +2.0 % +0.3 % View data
39 Niger 1,681,216 2018 +1.3 % +2.5 % View data
40 South Sudan 1,495,675 2018 +0.8 % +1.3 % View data
41 Mali 1,431,182 2018 +2.2 % +3.1 % View data
42 Yemen 1,407,773 2018 +2.8 % +2.7 % View data
43 Egypt 1,393,653 2018 +0.1 % -0.2 % View data
44 Peru 1,366,823 2018 +2.7 % -0.1 % View data
45 Bolivia 1,336,073 2018 +0.2 % +3.5 % View data
46 Madagascar 1,325,382 2018 +1.3 % -0.4 % View data
47 Zambia 1,272,682 2018 -2.1 % +0.6 % View data
48 Uganda 1,237,274 2018 +2.7 % -1.5 % View data
49 Azerbaijan 1,225,192 2018 +3.1 % +2.5 % View data
50 Burkina Faso 1,174,934 2018 +2.3 % +0.3 % View data
51 Iran 1,145,223 2018 -3.2 % +2.0 % View data
52 Ecuador 1,052,274 2018 -1.3 % -3.8 % View data
53 Morocco 1,035,197 2018 +1.0 % -4.4 % View data
54 Japan 1,032,286 2018 -1.3 % -2.7 % View data
55 Guatemala 1,008,557 2018 +7.1 % +5.2 % View data
56 Thailand 973,788 2018 +3.6 % -0.4 % View data
57 Belgium 922,670 2018 +0.3 % +2.7 % View data
58 Philippines 899,070 2018 +1.5 % +1.1 % View data
59 Turkmenistan 897,004 2018 +2.0 % +2.0 % View data
60 South Korea 889,783 2018 +1.9 % -3.6 % View data
61 Cameroon 815,752 2018 +1.7 % -0.2 % View data
62 Nicaragua 797,905 2018 -2.6 % +0.3 % View data
63 Chile 787,857 2018 +3.8 % -0.1 % View data
64 Algeria 752,774 2018 +4.5 % -0.2 % View data
65 Mongolia 739,013 2018 +1.3 % +10.4 % View data
66 Guinea 693,667 2018 +2.4 % +2.9 % View data
67 Austria 679,394 2018 +0.2 % -0.4 % View data
68 Romania 652,788 2018 -4.6 % +1.3 % View data
69 Angola 621,546 2018 +1.4 % +0.1 % View data
70 Armenia 617,577 2018 +6.3 % +3.9 % View data
71 Central African Republic 617,315 2018 +1.5 % +1.1 % View data
72 Switzerland 607,323 2018 +0.3 % -1.3 % View data
73 Nepal 590,944 2018 +0.5 % -0.6 % View data
74 Kyrgyzstan 587,628 2018 +1.1 % +0.9 % View data
75 Afghanistan 521,215 2018 +0.1 % -6.9 % View data
76 Cuba 507,610 2018 +0.0 % +4.7 % View data
77 Cambodia 485,033 2018 -0.7 % -0.8 % View data
78 Dominican Republic 476,596 2018 +5.9 % -1.1 % View data
79 Denmark 467,214 2018 -1.0 % -1.1 % View data
80 Syria 449,864 2018 +0.8 % -0.7 % View data
81 Israel 437,914 2018 +1.5 % +3.0 % View data
82 Malawi 421,796 2018 +2.2 % +4.3 % View data
83 Sweden 404,751 2018 -0.3 % -0.6 % View data
84 Senegal 396,494 2018 -0.5 % -4.0 % View data
85 Portugal 370,891 2018 -1.8 % +0.3 % View data
86 Rwanda 370,484 2018 +2.6 % +1.8 % View data
87 Somalia 364,486 2018 +3.4 % -7.9 % View data
88 Honduras 348,025 2018 -0.9 % +0.5 % View data
89 Costa Rica 331,537 2018 -2.2 % -2.7 % View data
90 Panama 327,248 2018 +1.3 % -3.5 % View data
91 Albania 326,614 2018 -0.6 % +1.5 % View data
92 Haiti 306,393 2018 +0.9 % +0.3 % View data
93 Georgia 295,847 2018 -0.5 % +1.1 % View data
94 Zimbabwe 292,541 2018 -9.6 % -11.8 % View data
95 Norway 291,059 2018 -2.3 % -1.4 % View data
96 Serbia 279,234 2018 -1.6 % -2.6 % View data
97 Finland 275,665 2018 -0.9 % +0.3 % View data
98 Laos 272,819 2018 +1.9 % +2.7 % View data
99 Lebanon 258,303 2018 +1.9 % +2.7 % View data
100 Tajikistan 250,025 2018 +0.0 % +4.8 % View data
101 Mauritania 242,685 2018 +2.8 % +1.3 % View data
102 Tunisia 241,693 2018 +1.1 % -0.3 % View data
103 Eritrea 237,158 2018 +1.4 % +0.8 % View data
104 Czech Republic 222,132 2018 -3.7 % -0.1 % View data
105 Saudi Arabia 211,146 2018 +1.5 % -4.1 % View data
106 Ivory Coast 208,376 2018 -6.9 % -6.7 % View data
107 Croatia 195,397 2018 -1.1 % -1.1 % View data
108 Benin 194,810 2018 +0.6 % +0.5 % View data
109 Ghana 181,287 2018 +0.6 % +0.7 % View data
110 Greece 180,596 2018 -9.7 % -11.6 % View data
111 Botswana 159,626 2018 -6.1 % -2.5 % View data
112 Lithuania 156,553 2018 -7.6 % -0.7 % View data
113 Sri Lanka 154,039 2018 +1.0 % -2.0 % View data
114 Mozambique 148,560 2018 +4.8 % +6.6 % View data
115 North Korea 139,095 2018 -0.9 % -1.0 % View data
116 Malaysia 135,372 2018 +3.0 % +1.5 % View data
117 Namibia 123,387 2018 -1.5 % -2.7 % View data
118 Jordan 122,877 2018 +5.9 % +4.4 % View data
119 Slovenia 117,315 2018 -2.3 % +1.2 % View data
120 Oman 114,674 2018 +3.2 % -6.4 % View data
121 El Salvador 110,842 2018 -6.6 % +2.1 % View data
122 Bulgaria 109,778 2018 -6.5 % -3.5 % View data
123 Hungary 105,655 2018 -4.5 % +2.9 % View data
124 Sierra Leone 104,226 2018 +2.6 % -2.7 % View data
125 Togo 96,293 2018 +3.0 % +4.2 % View data
126 Latvia 90,641 2018 -4.1 % -1.8 % View data
127 Iraq 87,162 2018 -10.0 % -18.5 % View data
128 Burundi 82,409 2018 +14.6 % +17.3 % View data
129 Democratic Republic of the Congo 79,690 2018 +3.1 % -1.3 % View data
130 United Arab Emirates 75,667 2018 +4.0 % +3.4 % View data
131 Swaziland 72,217 2018 +0.3 % -1.0 % View data
132 Bosnia and Herzegovina 65,531 2018 -5.3 % -8.6 % View data
133 Guinea-Bissau 64,742 2018 +1.2 % +1.2 % View data
134 Djibouti 55,615 2018 +1.1 % +0.7 % View data
135 Moldova 54,573 2018 -9.9 % -6.1 % View data
136 Fiji 42,017 2018 -5.8 % +3.9 % View data
137 Bhutan 41,412 2018 -2.8 % -4.3 % View data
138 Republic of the Congo 38,790 2018 +2.8 % -0.3 % View data
139 Estonia 36,029 2018 -10.5 % -3.3 % View data
140 Gambia 34,582 2018 +1.2 % +2.2 % View data
141 Palestine 33,600 2018 +1.4 % +0.4 % View data
142 Puerto Rico 32,774 2018 -4.5 % -4.2 % View data
143 Slovakia 32,536 2018 -21.1 % -7.3 % View data
144 Macedonia 32,444 2018 -9.9 % -5.1 % View data
145 Taiwan 32,358 2018 +1.8 % +0.4 % View data
146 Luxembourg 26,189 2018 -1.1 % +2.9 % View data
147 Montenegro 25,688 2018 -13.8 % -0.2 % View data
148 Jamaica 24,424 2018 -1.7 % +2.8 % View data
149 Iceland 22,564 2018 -1.2 % +1.1 % View data
150 Papua New Guinea 21,864 2018 +0.4 % +0.1 % View data
151 Hong Kong 19,382 2018 -12.3 % -6.1 % View data
152 Libya 18,413 2018 -6.2 % -16.2 % View data
153 Cyprus 16,253 2018 -2.0 % +1.4 % View data
154 Vanuatu 15,250 2018 NA -2.7 % View data
155 New Caledonia 14,936 2018 -0.2 % -2.7 % View data
156 Guadeloupe 13,617 2018 -0.3 % +0.1 % View data
157 East Timor 11,965 2018 +5.4 % +1.7 % View data
158 Comoros 11,213 2018 +0.5 % -0.5 % View data
159 Samoa 10,949 2018 +4.6 % +1.0 % View data
160 Guyana 9,960 2018 -0.9 % -4.1 % View data
161 Liberia 9,181 2018 +0.5 % -0.2 % View data
162 Bahrain 8,939 2018 +0.3 % +0.8 % View data
163 Suriname 8,562 2018 -0.1 % -1.6 % View data
164 Gabon 8,019 2018 +0.4 % -1.8 % View data
165 Lesotho 7,590 2018 -42.7 % -39.0 % View data
166 Qatar 7,226 2018 +3.6 % +11.9 % View data
167 Belize 7,165 2018 -1.4 % -4.6 % View data
168 Kuwait 6,882 2018 -4.4 % +6.3 % View data
169 Mauritius 6,742 2018 -5.7 % -7.2 % View data
170 Trinidad and Tobago 6,157 2018 -0.8 % -1.7 % View data
171 Réunion 6,014 2018 -0.0 % -1.5 % View data
172 Martinique 4,821 2018 -4.0 % -4.1 % View data
173 Cape Verde 4,685 2018 -5.9 % +6.5 % View data
174 Solomon Islands 4,188 2018 +0.5 % +0.4 % View data
175 Montserrat 4,079 2018 +0.1 % +0.1 % View data
176 Malta 3,955 2018 -3.2 % -0.6 % View data
177 Dominica 3,120 2018 +0.3 % -0.2 % View data
178 United States Virgin Islands 2,423 2018 -0.1 % -0.0 % View data
179 Saint Lucia 2,363 2018 -0.5 % -0.1 % View data
180 French Guiana 2,315 2018 -2.9 % +7.2 % View data
181 Tonga 1,826 2018 +0.2 % -0.7 % View data
182 Federated States of Micronesia 1,758 2018 -0.4 % -0.1 % View data
183 Brunei 1,484 2018 -32.5 % -11.9 % View data
184 Sao Tome and Principe 998 2018 +3.4 % +4.5 % View data
185 Saint Vincent and Grenadines 915 2018 +1.8 % -4.9 % View data
186 Grenada 875 2018 -0.2 % -0.2 % View data
187 French Polynesia 775 2018 -1.5 % -2.3 % View data
188 Faroe Islands 773 2018 +0.7 % -0.7 % View data
189 British Virgin Islands 705 2018 -0.3 % -0.4 % View data
190 Barbados 673 2018 -4.8 % +0.1 % View data
191 Antigua and Barbuda 660 2018 -17.5 % -5.0 % View data
192 Falkland Islands 476 2018 -0.8 % -0.7 % View data
193 Equatorial Guinea 429 2018 NA -0.9 % View data
194 Bermuda 180 2018 NA -0.9 % View data
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 166 2018 -17.0 % -5.6 % View data
196 Bahamas 106 2018 -0.9 % -1.4 % View data
197 Singapore 63 2018 -21.3 % -10.7 % View data
198 Guam 52 2018 NA +0.8 % View data
199 Seychelles 48 2018 -7.7 % -0.4 % View data
200 Cook Islands 26 2018 NA -2.2 % View data
201 American Samoa 24 2018 NA +0.8 % View data
202 Wallis and Futuna 18 2018 NA -1.1 % View data
203 Niue 11 2018 NA -1.7 % View data

Source: FAO

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