Meat of Buffalo, Fresh or Chilled Consumption by Country

India had the largest reported food supply of fresh or chilled buffalo meat in 2023, at 3,329,973 tonnes, followed by Pakistan at 1,220,000 tonnes and China at 721,049 tonnes. Pakistan ranked first in per-capita supply, at 13.50 grams per person per day. These figures represent food available for human consumption, not the amount actually eaten. The data come from FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts.

Vietnam placed fourth at 259,871 tonnes, with Egypt fifth at 210,817 and Iraq sixth at 123,224. Nepal, the Philippines, Italy and Venezuela closed the top ten between 39,221 and 116,487 tonnes. The top three held 83.3 percent of the annual listed food supply total, and the top five 90.7 percent. India had the highest listed food supply, while Pakistan had the highest per-capita food supply.

• Nepal loses 77,576 tonnes, down 40.0 percent, the deepest latest-year loss.
• Vietnam adds 52,490 tonnes, up 25.3 percent, firming fourth place.
• India adds 39,939 tonnes, up 1.2 percent, widening the lead.
• Oman falls to a reported zero in 2023 from 16,483 tonnes in 2022.

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#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	India IN	3.33M	6.34
2	Pakistan PK	1.22M	13.5
3	China CN	721.05K	1.39
4	Vietnam VN	259.87K	7.09
5	Egypt EG	210.82K	5.04
6	Iraq IQ	123.22K	8.73
7	Nepal NP	116.49K	10.75
8	Philippines PH	63.25K	1.51
9	Italy IT	48.72K	2.24
10	Venezuela VE	39.22K	3.8
11	Myanmar MM	28.12K	1.42
12	Indonesia ID	22.11K	0.22
13	Laos LA	22.01K	7.87
14	Thailand TH	18.48K	0.71
15	Türkiye TR	15.39K	0.48
16	Cambodia KH	15.14K	2.38
17	Russia RU	13.77K	0.26
18	Colombia CO	9.7K	0.51
19	Iran IR	8.82K	0.27
20	Sri Lanka LK	8.2K	0.98
21	Bangladesh BD	7.06K	0.11
22	Algeria DZ	6.56K	0.39
23	Georgia GE	3.95K	2.84
24	Malaysia MY	2.95K	0.23
25	Mauritius MU	2.77K	5.96
26	DR Congo CD	2.35K	0.06
27	Bhutan BT	1.98K	6.91
28	Comoros KM	1.72K	5.54
29	Libya LY	1.6K	0.6
30	Greece GR	997.31	0.27
31	Gambia GM	739.03	0.75
32	Timor-Leste TL	704.25	1.39
33	Angola AO	615.58	0.05
34	Taiwan TW	473.85	0.06
35	Tunisia TN	419.44	0.09
36	Bulgaria BG	317.5	0.13
37	Syria SY	226.46	0.03
38	Guinea GN	167.58	0.03
39	Sierra Leone SL	139	0.05
40	South Korea KR	120.01	0.01
41	Yemen YE	112.52	0.01
42	Liberia LR	98.6	0.05
43	Trinidad and Tobago TT	84.2	0.15
44	Albania AL	24.38	0.02
45	Uganda UG	10.32	0
46	Cameroon CM	6.83	0
47	Macau MO	2.93	0.01
48	Nigeria NG	0.84	0
49	Djibouti DJ	0	0
50	Gabon GA	0	0
51	Ghana GH	0	0
52	Guinea-Bissau GW	0	0
53	Lesotho LS	0	0
54	Marshall Islands MH	0	0
55	Oman OM	0	0
56	Tajikistan TJ	0	0
57	Turkmenistan TM	0	0

Nepal Slips in Meat of Buffalo, Fresh or Chilled

Nepal lost 77,576 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, down 40.0 percent to 116,487 tonnes. Oman went from 16,483 tonnes to a reported zero. Bangladesh shed 8,958 tonnes, down 55.9 percent. Vietnam added 52,490 tonnes, up 25.3 percent. India added 39,939 tonnes, up 1.2 percent. Pakistan added 35,000 tonnes, up 3.0 percent. China added 27,810 tonnes, up 4.0 percent. Iraq added 23,973 tonnes, up 24.2 percent. The 55 countries present in both years rose from 6,252,014 tonnes to 6,327,651 tonnes, up 75,637 tonnes, or 1.2 percent, with two arrivals carrying 2,890 tonnes.

India Multiplies Five-Year Meat of Buffalo, Fresh or Chilled

Between 2019 and 2023, the 48 countries present in both years doubled from 3,135,474 tonnes to 6,304,739 tonnes, up 3,169,265 tonnes, or 101.1 percent. India added 2,804,407 tonnes, up 533.6 percent from 525,566, accounting for 88.5 percent of the net gain. Vietnam added 207,871 tonnes, up 399.8 percent. Pakistan added 135,000 tonnes, up 12.4 percent. China added 86,434 tonnes, up 13.6 percent. Iraq added 45,534 tonnes, up 58.6 percent. Venezuela added 20,051 tonnes, up 104.6 percent. Nepal lost 107,070 tonnes, down 47.9 percent. Myanmar shed 21,073 tonnes, down 42.8 percent. Four countries left with 7,435 tonnes, against nine arrivals with 25,802.

Pakistan Eats Meat of Buffalo, Fresh or Chilled per Person

Pakistan's 13.50 grams a day beat Nepal's 10.75 in second and Iraq's 8.73 in third. Laos sat fourth at 7.87 grams, with Vietnam at 7.09 and Bhutan at 6.91. India, Mauritius, Comoros and Egypt followed below 6.4 grams. India, first by volume, placed only seventh per person. Pakistan ranked second by volume and first per person.

What the Meat of Buffalo, Fresh or Chilled Data Covers

Fresh or chilled buffalo meat for human consumption is recorded in tonnes and daily grams per person for each reporting country over 2019-2023. Annual totals sum reporting countries only.

Oman reported zero in 2023 after 16,483 tonnes in 2022. Nepal fell two-fifths lately and 47.9 percent across five years, yet still reports over one hundred thousand tonnes.

Meat of Buffalo, Fresh or Chilled Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	India	525.57K	1.04	2.82M	5.5	3.17M	6.14	3.29M	6.32	3.33M	6.34
2	Pakistan	1.09M	12.88	1.12M	13.03	1.15M	13.17	1.19M	13.32	1.22M	13.5
3	China	634.62K	1.22	645.55K	1.24	628.15K	1.21	693.24K	1.33	721.05K	1.39
4	Vietnam	52K	1.47	53.2K	1.49	65.7K	1.82	207.38K	5.7	259.87K	7.09
5	Egypt	216.94K	5.53	182.95K	4.59	202.98K	5.01	216.73K	5.27	210.82K	5.04
6	Iraq	77.69K	6.02	63.83K	4.84	88.61K	6.57	99.25K	7.19	123.22K	8.73
7	Nepal	223.56K	21.56	189.48K	17.92	188.17K	17.49	194.06K	17.89	116.49K	10.75
8	Philippines	70.33K	1.74	56.22K	1.37	64.67K	1.57	65.14K	1.57	63.25K	1.51
9	Italy	38.55K	1.76	44.67K	2.04	46.66K	2.14	54.51K	2.5	48.72K	2.24
10	Venezuela	19.17K	1.81	17.89K	1.72	22.19K	2.15	37.52K	3.64	39.22K	3.8
11	Myanmar	49.19K	2.56	27.12K	1.4	27.41K	1.41	28.36K	1.45	28.12K	1.42
12	Indonesia	24.78K	0.25	18.52K	0.18	18.94K	0.19	21.13K	0.21	22.11K	0.22
13	Laos	21.16K	8.01	22.18K	8.27	22.59K	8.3	21.63K	7.84	22.01K	7.87
14	Thailand	18.48K	0.71	18.48K	0.71	21.07K	0.8	20.32K	0.78	18.48K	0.71
15	Türkiye	72.63	0	8.42K	0.27	10.83K	0.34	13.59K	0.43	15.39K	0.48
16	Cambodia	6.57K	1.09	6.93K	1.14	7.24K	1.17	8.06K	1.28	15.14K	2.38
17	Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.3K	0.12	13.77K	0.26
18	Colombia	4.16K	0.23	6.3K	0.34	8.27K	0.44	8.38K	0.44	9.7K	0.51
19	Iran	10.02K	0.32	4.68K	0.15	7.83K	0.24	11.91K	0.36	8.82K	0.27
20	Sri Lanka	8.96K	1.1	8.87K	1.08	8.36K	1.01	8.29K	0.99	8.2K	0.98
21	Bangladesh	10.42K	0.17	11.94K	0.2	16.37K	0.27	16.01K	0.26	7.06K	0.11
22	Algeria	-	-	-	-	5.44K	0.33	3.1K	0.19	6.56K	0.39
23	Georgia	3.48K	2.51	2.51K	1.81	2.4K	1.74	2.65K	1.91	3.95K	2.84
24	Malaysia	7.37K	0.6	6.55K	0.53	5.64K	0.45	3.66K	0.29	2.95K	0.23
25	Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.77K	5.96
26	DR Congo	999	0.03	1.05K	0.03	2.6K	0.07	2.52K	0.07	2.35K	0.06
27	Bhutan	340.72	1.22	1.01K	3.59	1.87K	6.6	2.07K	7.28	1.98K	6.91
28	Comoros	-	-	-	-	0	0	3.33K	10.92	1.72K	5.54
29	Libya	32.03	0.01	252	0.1	2.02	0	2.38K	0.9	1.6K	0.6
30	Greece	664.47	0.17	1.27K	0.33	1.42K	0.37	1.05K	0.28	997.31	0.27
31	Gambia	-	-	-	-	-	-	278	0.29	739.03	0.75
32	Timor-Leste	665.28	1.4	653.74	1.35	695.31	1.41	746.78	1.49	704.25	1.39
33	Angola	13.74K	1.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	615.58	0.05
34	Taiwan	457.07	0.05	475.46	0.06	448.03	0.05	475.07	0.06	473.85	0.06
35	Tunisia	0	0	130	0.03	0.04	0	0	0	419.44	0.09
36	Bulgaria	294.79	0.12	-	-	-	-	307.73	0.12	317.5	0.13
37	Syria	545.57	0.07	585.81	0.08	449	0.06	392	0.05	226.46	0.03
38	Guinea	130.24	0.03	66.29	0.01	60.5	0.01	57.3	0.01	167.58	0.03
39	Sierra Leone	196.91	0.07	106	0.04	370.7	0.13	216	0.07	139	0.05
40	South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	120.01	0.01
41	Yemen	-	-	280.52	0.02	253.5	0.02	112.03	0.01	112.52	0.01
42	Liberia	227	0.12	84.5	0.04	749.26	0.39	558.28	0.28	98.6	0.05
43	Trinidad and Tobago	436.83	0.81	15	0.03	8	0.01	11	0.02	84.2	0.15
44	Albania	74.41	0.07	0	0	0	0	105.98	0.1	24.38	0.02
45	Uganda	-	-	-	-	0	0	3.28	0	10.32	0
46	Cameroon	145	0.02	112	0.01	0	0	58.5	0.01	6.83	0
47	Macau	5.76	0.02	3.2	0.01	3.73	0.01	4.14	0.02	2.93	0.01
48	Nigeria	5.15	0	0	0	3.24	0	1.05	0	0.84	0
49	Djibouti	4.67	0.01	2.75	0.01	5.08	0.01	0	0	0	0
50	Gabon	4.89K	5.91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	Ghana	0	0	783.5	0.07	481.74	0.04	748.07	0.06	0	0
52	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	28.5	0.04	0	0	0	0
53	Lesotho	1.18K	1.46	1.68K	2.06	2.09K	2.53	1.52K	1.82	0	0
54	Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	0.12	0.01	0.11	0.01	0	0
55	Oman	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.48K	9.55	0	0
56	Tajikistan	100.53	0.03	151.59	0.04	63.75	0.02	40.46	0.01	0	0
57	Turkmenistan	2.28K	0.92	2.79K	1.1	4.25K	1.64	2.31K	0.87	0	0
58	Maldives	0	0	1.22K	6.64	-	-	-	-	-	-
59	Afghanistan	760.23	0.06	136.31	0.01	91.19	0.01	-	-	-	-
60	Tanzania	0.1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
61	Kuwait	6.68K	4.12	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-

Methodology

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts mark tonnage for human consumption as element 5141 and daily grams per person as element 665, shown for fresh buffalo meat across 2019-2023. Percentages use the earlier year as the base, and zero bases use none. The universe counts 61 countries minus aggregates, 57 with 2023 values. Only countries with values at both endpoints enter comparisons. The 2023 listed total of 6,330,541 tonnes is the sum of the 57 countries with a 2023 value. A reported zero is kept, a blank is missing, and under-1,000 values keep two decimals.