Bovine Meat Consumption by Country

In 2023, the United States held 12,723 thousand tonnes of listed bovine meat food supply, 1.13 times China at 11,218 thousand tonnes, in a 73,178-thousand-tonne total spread across 176 reporters. Yet the five-year growth belongs to the chasers: China added 2,316 thousand tonnes and India, up 131.1 percent, added 1,889. Argentina recorded the highest per-capita figure at 48.99 kilograms per person per year. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

First and second sit just 1,505 thousand tonnes apart, the United States at 12,723 against China at 11,218. Per capita the order scrambles completely: Argentina leads at 48.99 kilograms from 2,231 thousand tonnes, with Zimbabwe at 45.48 kilograms, while neither volume leader cracks the per-capita top five.

Bovine Meat Food Supply at a Glance

• The United States had the largest listed bovine meat food supply in 2023 at 12,723 thousand tonnes.
• China ranked second at 11,218 thousand tonnes, followed by Brazil at 8,249 thousand tonnes.
• Argentina had the highest per-capita food supply at 48.99 kilograms per person per year.
• The 2023 listed total was 73,178 thousand tonnes across 176 reporters with reported values.
• Among 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed bovine meat food supply increased by 5,232 thousand tonnes, or 7.7 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

The two giants trade places depending on the window. In 2023 the United States leads China by 1,505 thousand tonnes, but since 2019 China added 2,316 thousand tonnes against America's 314. India, fourth by total, is the real mover of the period, more than doubling from 1,441 to 3,330 thousand tonnes. Argentina's 48.99 kilograms per person per year top the per-capita ranking from sixth place by total.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 176 reporters with data in both years rose by 1,526 thousand tonnes, or 2.1 percent. Brazil and China accounted for most of the largest increases, while the United States recorded a small decline. Since 2019, the common-reporter total has grown 7.7 percent, with China contributing 44.3 percent of the net increase. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of bovine meat actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	United States US	12.72K	37.04
2	China CN	11.22K	7.89
3	Brazil BR	8.25K	39.07
4	India IN	3.33K	2.32
5	Pakistan PK	2.28K	9.22
6	Argentina AR	2.23K	48.99
7	Mexico MX	2.05K	15.78
8	Russia RU	1.87K	12.86
9	Türkiye TR	1.72K	19.71
10	France FR	1.44K	21.65
11	United Kingdom GB	1.16K	16.85
12	Uzbekistan UZ	1.15K	32.27
13	Germany DE	1.15K	13.55
14	Canada CA	1.01K	25.64
15	South Africa ZA	989	15.64
16	South Korea KR	975	18.84
17	Italy IT	862	14.49
18	Indonesia ID	848	3.01
19	Egypt EG	811	7.08
20	Zimbabwe ZW	743	45.48
21	Australia AU	712	26.91
22	Colombia CO	675	12.91
23	Vietnam VN	595	5.92
24	Spain ES	564	11.77
25	Chile CL	540	27.49
26	Tanzania TZ	527	7.92
27	Ethiopia ET	431	3.35
28	Venezuela VE	390	13.8
29	Philippines PH	386	3.36
30	Kazakhstan KZ	382	18.78
31	Guatemala GT	333	18.39
32	Nigeria NG	319	1.4
33	Malaysia MY	307	8.75
34	Netherlands NL	305	16.88
35	Iran IR	293	3.23
36	Bolivia BO	288	23.54
37	Israel IL	278	30.06
38	Morocco MA	264	7.01
39	Belarus BY	240	26.29
40	Kenya KE	237	4.28
41	Sweden SE	237	22.44
42	Portugal PT	234	22.43
43	Uganda UG	233	4.79
44	Ukraine UA	229	6.08
45	Tajikistan TJ	228	21.92
46	Saudi Arabia SA	220	6.63
47	Ecuador EC	212	11.79
48	Bangladesh BD	210	1.22
49	Taiwan TW	210	9.02
50	Zambia ZM	209	10.08
51	Turkmenistan TM	173	23.46
52	Iraq IQ	172	4.44
53	Switzerland CH	168	18.97
54	Belgium BE	154	13.15
55	Greece GR	153	14.97
56	Algeria DZ	149	3.22
57	Peru PE	148	4.38
58	Azerbaijan AZ	147	14.21
59	Myanmar MM	144	2.65
60	Burkina Faso BF	133	5.76
61	Hong Kong HK	130	17.46
62	Angola AO	128	3.48
63	Denmark DK	128	21.58
64	Austria AT	126	13.85
65	Cameroon CM	122	4.29
66	Czech Republic CZ	122	11.25
67	Ireland IE	120	23.14
68	Nepal NP	116	3.92
69	Kyrgyzstan KG	115	16.19
70	Mongolia MN	114	33.28
71	Senegal SN	108	5.98
72	Thailand TH	104	1.45
73	Norway NO	102	18.43
74	Cambodia KH	99	5.69
75	United Arab Emirates AE	99	9.33
76	Finland FI	97	17.3
77	Guinea GN	91	6.35
78	New Zealand NZ	91	17.69
79	Romania RO	88	4.61
80	Jordan JO	81	7.11
81	Lebanon LB	81	13.99
82	Yemen YE	78	1.98
83	Serbia RS	75	11.1
84	Afghanistan AF	72	1.73
85	Dominican Republic DO	72	6.4
86	Uruguay UY	72	21.31
87	Laos LA	71	9.31
88	Costa Rica CR	70	13.66
89	Niger NE	69	2.63
90	Panama PA	69	15.48
91	Malawi MW	68	3.23
92	Armenia AM	66	22.3
93	Honduras HN	66	6.24
94	El Salvador SV	64	10.17
95	Botswana BW	62	25.18
96	Croatia HR	61	15.67
97	Ghana GH	53	1.57
98	Tunisia TN	53	4.32
99	Haiti HT	52	4.43
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	48	15.05
101	Paraguay PY	47	6.82
102	Kuwait KW	46	9.49
103	Albania AL	45	15.9
104	Hungary HU	43	4.43
105	Syria SY	42	1.8
106	Libya LY	41	5.64
107	Qatar QA	39	13.25
108	Slovakia SK	37	6.76
109	Rwanda RW	36	2.55
110	DR Congo CD	33	0.31
111	Mauritania MR	32	6.34
112	Madagascar MG	30	0.96
113	Georgia GE	29	7.66
114	Oman OM	29	5.69
115	Ivory Coast CI	27	0.88
116	Sri Lanka LK	27	1.19
117	Mozambique MZ	25	0.75
118	Bahrain BH	22	13.89
119	Nicaragua NI	21	3.09
120	Slovenia SI	21	10.09
121	Luxembourg LU	20	29.82
122	Bulgaria BG	19	2.81
123	North Macedonia MK	18	9.95
124	Congo CG	17	2.78
125	Sierra Leone SL	17	1.99
126	Eswatini SZ	16	13.19
127	Jamaica JM	16	5.66
128	Latvia LV	15	7.79
129	Namibia NA	15	5.01
130	Gabon GA	13	5.35
131	Lithuania LT	13	4.44
132	Macau MO	13	18.39
133	Cyprus CY	12	8.69
134	Estonia EE	11	7.81
135	Trinidad and Tobago TT	11	7.17
136	Malta MT	10	18.21
137	Mauritius MU	10	7.56
138	Montenegro ME	9	14.34
139	Guinea-Bissau GW	8	3.62
140	Papua New Guinea PG	8	0.8
141	Poland PL	8	0.19
142	Djibouti DJ	7	6.01
143	French Polynesia PF	7	24.85
144	Iceland IS	7	17.26
145	Lesotho LS	6	2.4
146	New Caledonia NC	6	20.91
147	Bahamas BS	5	12.27
148	Bhutan BT	5	6.85
149	Fiji FJ	5	4.95
150	Maldives MV	5	9.06
151	Gambia GM	4	1.54
152	Barbados BB	3	11.94
153	Comoros KM	3	3.95
154	Guyana GY	3	3.68
155	Moldova MD	3	1.05
156	Suriname SR	3	4.24
157	Vanuatu VU	3	9.14
158	Belize BZ	2	4.56
159	Cape Verde CV	2	3.41
160	Liberia LR	2	0.36
161	Samoa WS	2	11
162	Seychelles SC	2	13.92
163	Solomon Islands SB	2	2.19
164	Timor-Leste TL	2	1.67
165	Tonga TO	2	14.41
166	Antigua and Barbuda AG	1	14.69
167	Grenada GD	1	8.26
168	Kiribati KI	1	4.04
169	Marshall Islands MH	1	18.49
170	Micronesia FM	1	7.45
171	Saint Lucia LC	1	6.95
172	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	1	12.85
173	Nauru NR	0	15.88
174	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	7.11
175	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0	2.15
176	Tuvalu TV	0	6.58

Bovine Meat Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by the United States, whose listed food supply of bovine meat reached 12,723 thousand tonnes. China followed with 11,218 thousand tonnes and Brazil with 8,249 thousand tonnes. India and Pakistan completed the top five at 3,330 and 2,281 thousand tonnes, respectively.

The United States holds 17.4 percent of the 73,178-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 44.0 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 51.7 percent and the top ten 64.4 percent. India, fourth by total, has more than doubled since 2019 while the two leaders barely moved in comparison.

Brazil Adds 798 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 2.1 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 71,652 thousand tonnes to 73,178 thousand tonnes, a gain of 1,526 thousand tonnes (2.1 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 176 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. Brazil added 798 thousand tonnes (up 10.7 percent), China added 405 thousand tonnes (up 3.7 percent), Türkiye added 136 thousand tonnes (up 8.6 percent), Argentina added 124 thousand tonnes (up 5.9 percent), Guatemala added 124 thousand tonnes (up 59.3 percent) and Mexico added 110 thousand tonnes (up 5.7 percent), while the United States fell 142 thousand tonnes (down 1.1 percent) and Italy fell 95 thousand tonnes (down 9.9 percent).

China and India Drive Four-Fifths of Growth Since 2019

For the 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 67,946 thousand tonnes to 73,178 thousand tonnes, a gain of 5,232 thousand tonnes (7.7 percent). The 2019 total includes 177 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 176; Cuba, with 92 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. China added 2,316 thousand tonnes (up 26.0 percent), India added 1,889 thousand tonnes (up 131.1 percent), Türkiye added 640 thousand tonnes (up 59.3 percent), Brazil added 399 thousand tonnes (up 5.1 percent) and Vietnam added 249 thousand tonnes (up 72.0 percent), while Iran fell 346 thousand tonnes (down 54.1 percent) and Myanmar fell 339 thousand tonnes (down 70.2 percent). The United States added just 314 thousand tonnes (up 2.5 percent) despite leading the table.

China and India together account for 80.4 percent of the five-year net increase, with the table leader contributing the smallest share among the top gainers. Per capita, Argentina's 48.99 kilograms from 2,231 thousand tonnes lead Zimbabwe at 45.48 kilograms, while the United States, first by total, records 37.04 kilograms.

What Does the Bovine Meat Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Bovine Meat recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than a direct estimate of the amount of bovine meat people actually ate. Cuts and preparations recorded under separate items in the detailed accounts sit outside this aggregate figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	United States	12.41K	36.74	12.58K	37.07	12.74K	37.45	12.87K	37.67	12.72K	37.04
2	China	8.9K	6.25	10.27K	7.2	10.76K	7.54	10.81K	7.59	11.22K	7.89
3	Brazil	7.85K	37.84	7.41K	35.51	7.42K	35.42	7.45K	35.43	8.25K	39.07
4	India	1.44K	1.04	2.82K	2.01	3.17K	2.24	3.29K	2.31	3.33K	2.32
5	Pakistan	2.15K	9.33	2.23K	9.47	2.31K	9.63	2.23K	9.14	2.28K	9.22
6	Argentina	2.15K	47.77	2.32K	51.26	2.03K	44.72	2.11K	46.41	2.23K	48.99
7	Mexico	1.9K	15.11	1.89K	14.88	1.93K	15.1	1.94K	15.06	2.05K	15.78
8	Russia	2.02K	13.81	1.97K	13.49	1.93K	13.23	1.86K	12.78	1.87K	12.86
9	Türkiye	1.08K	12.65	1.35K	15.71	1.47K	16.94	1.58K	18.2	1.72K	19.71
10	France	1.53K	23.2	1.49K	22.53	1.49K	22.47	1.5K	22.64	1.44K	21.65
11	United Kingdom	1.15K	17.1	1.36K	20.21	1.21K	17.89	1.17K	17.14	1.16K	16.85
12	Uzbekistan	985	29.88	985	29.32	1.03K	30.13	1.1K	31.46	1.15K	32.27
13	Germany	1.2K	14.41	1.23K	14.68	1.25K	14.9	1.17K	13.93	1.15K	13.55
14	Canada	992	26.25	1.06K	27.82	954	24.8	1.01K	26.08	1.01K	25.64
15	South Africa	1.03K	17.22	1.02K	16.91	978	15.9	966	15.49	989	15.64
16	South Korea	999	19.29	989	19.07	1.05K	20.32	1.01K	19.55	975	18.84
17	Italy	1.04K	17.34	964	16.08	946	15.84	957	16.05	862	14.49
18	Indonesia	785	2.88	698	2.54	786	2.84	828	2.97	848	3.01
19	Egypt	965	8.97	850	7.78	795	7.16	833	7.39	811	7.08
20	Zimbabwe	629	41.2	629	40.49	700	44.31	719	44.73	743	45.48
21	Australia	658	25.83	944	36.67	643	24.77	680	25.97	712	26.91
22	Colombia	740	14.83	696	13.75	686	13.4	657	12.69	675	12.91
23	Vietnam	346	3.56	385	3.93	457	4.62	522	5.24	595	5.92
24	Spain	627	13.22	572	11.99	610	12.78	613	12.82	564	11.77
25	Chile	548	28.54	552	28.49	650	33.39	536	27.4	540	27.49
26	Tanzania	458	7.75	487	7.98	508	8.08	528	8.16	527	7.92
27	Ethiopia	382	3.3	416	3.5	406	3.33	416	3.32	431	3.35
28	Venezuela	360	12.45	342	12.02	376	13.31	404	14.32	390	13.8
29	Philippines	388	3.51	339	3.02	415	3.67	439	3.85	386	3.36
30	Kazakhstan	376	19.59	384	19.73	395	20	358	17.88	382	18.78
31	Guatemala	210	12.3	209	12.02	198	11.25	209	11.69	333	18.39
32	Nigeria	329	1.57	336	1.57	331	1.51	324	1.45	319	1.4
33	Malaysia	242	7.24	253	7.46	243	7.1	304	8.76	307	8.75
34	Netherlands	268	15.3	288	16.34	294	16.55	297	16.61	305	16.88
35	Iran	639	7.34	296	3.37	386	4.37	346	3.87	293	3.23
36	Bolivia	263	22.52	257	21.72	260	21.75	272	22.52	288	23.54
37	Israel	273	31.5	266	30.18	304	33.95	329	36.12	278	30.06
38	Morocco	294	8.12	285	7.8	288	7.78	258	6.9	264	7.01
39	Belarus	186	19.72	180	19.22	175	18.88	200	21.84	240	26.29
40	Kenya	329	6.42	244	4.66	250	4.71	222	4.09	237	4.28
41	Sweden	240	23.33	227	21.96	226	21.67	232	22.14	237	22.44
42	Portugal	224	21.63	212	20.47	213	20.47	223	21.4	234	22.43
43	Uganda	167	3.87	216	4.86	228	4.97	231	4.88	233	4.79
44	Ukraine	330	7.35	314	7.03	275	6.2	248	6.04	229	6.08
45	Tajikistan	219	22.98	217	22.24	225	22.62	247	24.3	228	21.92
46	Saudi Arabia	188	6.17	192	6.2	214	6.84	230	7.15	220	6.63
47	Ecuador	231	13.3	243	13.85	230	12.99	217	12.18	212	11.79
48	Bangladesh	203	1.23	210	1.26	217	1.29	217	1.28	210	1.22
49	Taiwan	190	8.04	201	8.49	195	8.26	206	8.79	210	9.02
50	Zambia	174	9.39	199	10.46	189	9.62	180	8.95	209	10.08
51	Turkmenistan	163	23.98	169	24.31	165	23.25	162	22.42	173	23.46
52	Iraq	128	3.61	115	3.19	132	3.58	141	3.72	172	4.44
53	Switzerland	164	19.09	168	19.43	172	19.72	163	18.57	168	18.97
54	Belgium	167	14.53	162	14.04	154	13.27	152	13.07	154	13.15
55	Greece	158	14.74	152	14.21	152	14.35	154	14.76	153	14.97
56	Algeria	224	5.18	174	3.96	162	3.61	147	3.24	149	3.22
57	Peru	144	4.44	140	4.25	143	4.31	143	4.27	148	4.38
58	Azerbaijan	127	12.56	136	13.35	153	14.95	156	15.11	147	14.21
59	Myanmar	483	9.17	139	2.62	141	2.63	145	2.7	144	2.65
60	Burkina Faso	131	6.25	111	5.17	126	5.75	130	5.75	133	5.76
61	Hong Kong	253	33.79	242	32.28	243	32.45	141	18.9	130	17.46
62	Angola	143	4.43	126	3.76	121	3.5	117	3.3	128	3.48
63	Denmark	143	24.61	144	24.72	138	23.6	129	21.85	128	21.58
64	Austria	144	16.22	134	15.01	127	14.12	129	14.28	126	13.85
65	Cameroon	83	3.26	111	4.23	118	4.4	120	4.34	122	4.29
66	Czech Republic	116	10.97	109	10.31	116	10.99	113	10.62	122	11.25
67	Ireland	95	19.28	101	20.25	117	23.22	118	23.13	120	23.14
68	Nepal	281	9.9	189	6.54	188	6.39	194	6.53	116	3.92
69	Kyrgyzstan	98	15.17	101	15.15	105	15.32	110	15.77	115	16.19
70	Mongolia	80	24.73	97	29.56	103	30.71	101	29.79	114	33.28
71	Senegal	85	5.2	94	5.59	100	5.81	112	6.36	108	5.98
72	Thailand	111	1.55	82	1.15	97	1.36	116	1.62	104	1.45
73	Norway	93	17.33	97	17.95	104	19.18	102	18.62	102	18.43
74	Cambodia	59	3.57	59	3.54	70	4.15	72	4.19	99	5.69
75	United Arab Emirates	82	8.73	166	17.56	171	17.51	99	9.67	99	9.33
76	Finland	99	17.91	98	17.65	107	19.32	99	17.81	97	17.3
77	Guinea	114	8.76	121	9.05	69	5.02	73	5.21	91	6.35
78	New Zealand	87	17.5	90	17.71	98	19.15	111	21.64	91	17.69
79	Romania	83	4.26	101	5.2	99	5.13	90	4.68	88	4.61
80	Jordan	81	7.59	80	7.4	87	7.84	77	6.84	81	7.11
81	Lebanon	85	14.61	72	12.69	71	12.37	79	13.7	81	13.99
82	Yemen	76	2.17	96	2.66	84	2.27	77	2.02	78	1.98
83	Serbia	62	8.94	63	9.1	67	9.77	71	10.44	75	11.1
84	Afghanistan	104	2.75	125	3.19	92	2.29	77	1.89	72	1.73
85	Dominican Republic	71	6.56	69	6.28	70	6.33	70	6.21	72	6.4
86	Uruguay	97	28.56	71	20.85	56	16.46	53	15.58	72	21.31
87	Laos	59	8.1	63	8.55	66	8.87	68	8.99	71	9.31
88	Costa Rica	63	12.63	66	13.07	68	13.5	69	13.56	70	13.66
89	Niger	58	2.52	67	2.84	65	2.66	65	2.58	69	2.63
90	Panama	70	16.49	60	13.97	68	15.66	70	15.96	69	15.48
91	Malawi	55	2.9	56	2.89	61	3.04	66	3.22	68	3.23
92	Armenia	74	25.38	73	25.17	74	25.86	70	24.19	66	22.3
93	Honduras	63	6.34	64	6.3	65	6.31	65	6.22	66	6.24
94	El Salvador	66	10.57	66	10.51	67	10.66	61	9.7	64	10.17
95	Botswana	14	5.96	21	8.84	63	26.42	72	29.69	62	25.18
96	Croatia	53	13.21	48	12.16	55	13.91	57	14.5	61	15.67
97	Ghana	45	1.42	50	1.57	55	1.68	49	1.48	53	1.57
98	Tunisia	50	4.23	51	4.28	50	4.16	53	4.38	53	4.32
99	Haiti	49	4.37	49	4.34	49	4.35	51	4.41	52	4.43
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	47	14.04	42	12.88	46	14.32	43	13.51	48	15.05
101	Paraguay	152	23.28	156	23.62	99	14.77	72	10.66	47	6.82
102	Kuwait	52	11.63	51	11.59	54	12.33	55	11.96	46	9.49
103	Albania	38	13.32	34	11.77	38	13.22	43	15.27	45	15.9
104	Hungary	60	6.11	56	5.77	56	5.74	54	5.59	43	4.43
105	Syria	53	2.58	65	3.09	64	2.94	51	2.25	42	1.8
106	Libya	20	2.89	24	3.4	31	4.34	27	3.71	41	5.64
107	Qatar	29	10.41	32	11.46	37	13.18	50	17.34	39	13.25
108	Slovakia	33	6.09	33	6.04	36	6.55	39	7.17	37	6.76
109	Rwanda	35	2.71	43	3.26	39	2.91	35	2.58	36	2.55
110	DR Congo	28	0.31	22	0.23	26	0.27	33	0.32	33	0.31
111	Mauritania	29	6.51	31	6.77	31	6.65	32	6.61	32	6.34
112	Madagascar	37	1.33	34	1.17	34	1.16	24	0.79	30	0.96
113	Georgia	28	7.34	25	6.52	24	6.29	27	7.18	29	7.66
114	Oman	42	9.13	40	8.77	50	11.1	44	9.26	29	5.69
115	Ivory Coast	36	1.27	36	1.25	25	0.84	26	0.84	27	0.88
116	Sri Lanka	30	1.34	30	1.32	28	1.23	28	1.21	27	1.19
117	Mozambique	17	0.57	19	0.62	24	0.75	23	0.71	25	0.75
118	Bahrain	20	13.77	21	14.27	21	13.95	23	14.88	22	13.89
119	Nicaragua	16	2.46	13	1.97	16	2.38	19	2.84	21	3.09
120	Slovenia	31	14.74	32	15.12	26	12.14	26	12.22	21	10.09
121	Luxembourg	18	29.05	18	28.64	20	30.55	20	30.62	20	29.82
122	Bulgaria	28	4	23	3.33	27	3.97	27	3.91	19	2.81
123	North Macedonia	18	9.73	16	8.33	18	9.87	18	9.83	18	9.95
124	Congo	13	2.28	12	2.03	14	2.42	15	2.56	17	2.78
125	Sierra Leone	11	1.46	11	1.37	13	1.63	14	1.67	17	1.99
126	Eswatini	20	16.58	20	16.58	19	15.43	16	13.31	16	13.19
127	Jamaica	15	5.38	13	4.49	18	6.35	15	5.27	16	5.66
128	Latvia	12	6.07	11	5.55	9	4.98	11	5.59	15	7.79
129	Namibia	7	2.8	23	8.45	14	4.88	14	4.81	15	5.01
130	Gabon	13	5.95	10	4.29	11	4.49	9	3.79	13	5.35
131	Lithuania	16	5.57	16	5.82	16	5.75	15	5.36	13	4.44
132	Macau	8	12.07	8	11.55	9	13.38	9	12.4	13	18.39
133	Cyprus	10	7.48	8	6.26	9	6.54	10	7.67	12	8.69
134	Estonia	11	7.93	11	8.47	13	9.77	12	8.69	11	7.81
135	Trinidad and Tobago	10	6.73	11	7.7	10	6.7	10	6.79	11	7.17
136	Malta	9	18.37	12	23.32	9	17.42	10	18.57	10	18.21
137	Mauritius	9	6.66	8	6.1	8	6.54	8	6.58	10	7.56
138	Montenegro	9	15.51	10	15.74	8	12.72	9	14.54	9	14.34
139	Guinea-Bissau	7	3.66	7	3.66	8	3.68	8	3.65	8	3.62
140	Papua New Guinea	8	0.82	9	0.89	8	0.84	9	0.9	8	0.8
141	Poland	40	1.06	55	1.44	10	0.26	6	0.15	8	0.19
142	Djibouti	6	5.8	6	5.67	6	5.67	7	6.08	7	6.01
143	French Polynesia	7	26.72	9	31.69	8	29.96	10	36.97	7	24.85
144	Iceland	6	16.38	5	13.8	6	14.92	6	16.18	7	17.26
145	Lesotho	4	1.61	4	1.98	5	2.18	4	1.93	6	2.4
146	New Caledonia	7	22.92	6	21.35	6	21.75	6	21.82	6	20.91
147	Bahamas	4	9.83	3	7.45	3	7.13	5	11.44	5	12.27
148	Bhutan	7	9.19	3	3.3	5	5.96	6	7.48	5	6.85
149	Fiji	3	3.67	4	3.87	3	3.52	4	4.63	5	4.95
150	Maldives	5	9.73	4	7.89	6	11.84	8	14.8	5	9.06
151	Gambia	7	2.87	7	2.72	5	1.79	4	1.41	4	1.54
152	Barbados	3	12.3	4	13.75	4	13.07	4	14.1	3	11.94
153	Comoros	3	3.3	3	3.91	3	3.76	5	5.62	3	3.95
154	Guyana	3	4.14	4	4.36	3	3.53	3	3.26	3	3.68
155	Moldova	7	2.79	8	3.23	3	1.05	3	1.22	3	1.05
156	Suriname	3	5.58	3	5.44	3	4.74	3	4.99	3	4.24
157	Vanuatu	3	8.88	3	8.66	3	9.19	3	8.1	3	9.14
158	Belize	2	4.2	2	3.88	2	4.28	2	5.64	2	4.56
159	Cape Verde	2	3.42	1	2.32	1	2.16	2	3.88	2	3.41
160	Liberia	3	0.6	3	0.49	4	0.69	7	1.27	2	0.36
161	Samoa	1	4.87	2	7.21	2	10.29	2	11.5	2	11
162	Seychelles	1	11.61	2	15.09	1	11.34	1	11.04	2	13.92
163	Solomon Islands	1	2.01	1	1.98	2	2.37	1	1.86	2	2.19
164	Timor-Leste	2	1.79	2	1.6	2	1.47	2	1.54	2	1.67
165	Tonga	2	16	2	15.38	2	17.2	1	14.02	2	14.41
166	Antigua and Barbuda	1	9.76	1	7.63	1	10.6	1	12.6	1	14.69
167	Grenada	1	5.92	1	5.96	1	6.79	1	9.56	1	8.26
168	Kiribati	0	2.4	0	3.96	1	7.03	1	5.45	1	4.04
169	Marshall Islands	1	12.07	1	13.16	1	16.02	1	12.65	1	18.49
170	Micronesia	1	6.64	1	6.83	1	8.73	1	6.69	1	7.45
171	Saint Lucia	2	9.96	1	6.67	2	9.71	1	6.81	1	6.95
172	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	11.7	1	9.97	1	10.04	1	12.52	1	12.85
173	Nauru	0	31.9	0	27.59	0	31.2	0	21.21	0	15.88
174	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	5.53	0	5.39	0	5.27	0	6.49	0	7.11
175	Sao Tome and Principe	0	1.41	0	1.53	1	2.62	1	2.56	0	2.15
176	Tuvalu	0	4	0	9.14	0	5.73	0	4.55	0	6.58
177	Cuba	92	8.17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bovine Meat Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, the United States had the largest listed bovine meat food supply among 176 reporters, at 12,723 thousand tonnes, followed by China at 11,218 thousand tonnes and Brazil at 8,249 thousand tonnes. Argentina had the highest per-capita figure at 48.99 kilograms per person per year. FAO Food Balances figures measure food available for human consumption, not the amount of bovine meat actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Bovine Meat from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten, as food can be lost or wasted before it is consumed. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 177 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The 2023 listed total of 73,178 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 176 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.