Meat of Cattle with the Bone, Fresh or Chilled Consumption by Country
China ranked first in bone-in beef food supply in 2023, with 7,211,170 tonnes, representing 23.3 percent of the annual listed total across reporting countries. Argentina ranked third by total volume but first per person, at 133.41 grams per person per day, ahead of Zimbabwe at 119.98 grams. The figures come from FAO Supply Utilization Accounts and measure food available for human consumption, not actual dietary intake.
Türkiye placed fourth at 1,655,497 tonnes, with Russia fifth at 1,621,647 and Uzbekistan sixth at 1,125,915. Pakistan, South Africa, Italy and Zimbabwe closed the top ten between 715,627 and 997,534 tonnes. The top three held 40.3 percent of the annual listed food supply total, and the top five 51.0 percent. China had the highest listed food supply, while Argentina had the highest per-capita food supply. Brazil added 344,147 tonnes between 2022 and 2023, up 12.8 percent to 3,041,458 tonnes. China added 312,369 tonnes, up 4.5 percent. Argentina added 135,498 tonnes, up 6.5 percent. Türkiye added 125,910 tonnes, up 8.2 percent. Russia added 36,271 tonnes, up 2.3 percent. Uzbekistan added 36,072 tonnes, up 3.3 percent. Italy lost 92,590 tonnes, down 11.3 percent. Iran shed 42,574 tonnes, down 14.7 percent. The 160 countries present in both years rose from 29,862,469 tonnes to 30,901,342 tonnes, up 1,038,873 tonnes, or 3.5 percent, with one arrival carrying 6,275 tonnes. Between 2019 and 2023, the 156 countries present in both years grew from 30,263,460 tonnes to 30,893,341 tonnes, up 629,881 tonnes, or 2.1 percent. China added 942,172 tonnes, up 15.0 percent, accounting for 149.6 percent of the net gain. India's reported quantity fell from 770,000 tonnes in 2019 to zero in 2023. Because this is a substantial change, the original FAOSTAT record should be checked before interpreting it as a genuine disappearance of food supply. The reported zero is retained in the dataset. Türkiye added 607,959 tonnes, up 58.0 percent. Uzbekistan added 141,858 tonnes, up 14.4 percent. Zimbabwe added 109,753 tonnes, up 18.1 percent. Myanmar lost 319,790 tonnes, down 74.4 percent. Italy shed 182,051 tonnes, down 20.0 percent. Iran gave up 122,334 tonnes, down 33.0 percent, to 25,650 tonnes. Two countries left with 132,767 tonnes, against five arrivals with 14,276. Argentina's 133.41 grams a day beat Zimbabwe's 119.98 in second and Uzbekistan's 86.52 in third. Turkmenistan sat fourth at 64.25 grams, with Tajikistan at 59.84 and Uruguay at 55.36. Ireland, Armenia, Türkiye and Bolivia followed below 55 grams. China, first by volume, missed the per-person top ten. Bone-in beef, fresh or chilled, for human consumption is recorded in tonnes and daily grams per person for each reporting country over 2019-2023. The short name above covers that official cut, pinned here and in the methodology. Annual totals sum reporting countries only. Myanmar's 74.4 percent five-year fall ends at 109,950 tonnes, not zero. India's reported quantity fell from 770,000 tonnes in 2019 to zero in 2023. Because this is a substantial change, the original FAOSTAT record should be checked before interpreting it as a genuine disappearance of food supply. The reported zero is retained in the dataset. FAO Supply Utilization Accounts mark tonnage for human consumption as element 5141 and daily grams per person as element 665, shown for bone-in beef across 2019-2023. The official item reads meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled, shortened above for readability. Percentage changes use the earlier year's value as the base. Percentage changes are not calculated when the base value is zero. The universe counts 163 countries minus aggregates, 161 with 2023 values. Only countries with values at both endpoints enter comparisons. The 2023 listed total of 30,907,617 tonnes is the sum of the 161 countries with a 2023 value. A reported zero is kept, a blank is missing, and under-1,000 values keep two decimals.
Meat of Cattle with the Bone, Fresh or Chilled Consumption
Brazil Records the Largest Annual Increase in Bone-In Beef Food Supply
China Drives the Net Five-Year Increase in Bone-In Beef Food Supply
Argentina Leads in Per-Capita Food Supply
What the Meat of Cattle with the Bone, Fresh or Chilled Data Covers
Meat of Cattle with the Bone, Fresh or Chilled Consumption by Country
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6.27M
12.07
7.02M
13.49
7.4M
14.21
6.9M
13.26
7.21M
13.89
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3.03M
40.05
3.01M
39.47
2.32M
30.3
2.7M
35.14
3.04M
39.47
3
2.14M
130.08
2.3M
139.58
1.97M
118.92
2.08M
125.62
2.22M
133.41
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1.05M
33.62
1.3M
41.51
1.42M
44.89
1.53M
48.14
1.66M
51.97
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1.63M
30.46
1.61M
30.15
1.64M
30.83
1.59M
29.84
1.62M
30.55
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984.06K
81.79
982.44K
80.14
1.03M
82.14
1.09M
85.46
1.13M
86.52
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1.01M
12
1.04M
12.13
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12.38
975.63K
10.97
997.53K
11.04
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1.02M
47.05
1.02M
46.25
961.74K
42.84
961.11K
42.21
985.41K
42.71
9
908.7K
41.4
828.42K
37.88
832.82K
38.2
819.24K
37.65
726.65K
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10
605.87K
108.7
605.44K
106.83
674.06K
116.9
692.11K
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715.63K
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11
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688.66K
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676.52K
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646.7K
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532.3K
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481.31K
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518.58K
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450.73K
20.87
479.1K
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520.07K
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519.13K
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430.9K
10.98
404.82K
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421.47K
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451.95K
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466.09K
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15
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421.63K
22.27
432.33K
22.84
457.78K
24.22
444.19K
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375.61K
8.89
408.02K
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398.89K
8.95
409.08K
8.94
423.67K
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355.75K
50.74
367.2K
51.64
376.79K
52.29
345.7K
47.27
365.9K
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327.98K
4.29
334.76K
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329.43K
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322.9K
3.96
317.66K
3.82
19
197.9K
5.58
207.01K
5.78
258.06K
7.15
267.71K
7.36
279.52K
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39.41
251.68K
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256.78K
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264.22K
40.43
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289K
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282K
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283.87K
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252.93K
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259.49K
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370.23K
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246.9K
7.71
335.15K
10.38
290.47K
8.89
247.89K
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17.55
243.34K
12.77
250.29K
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221.96K
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236.66K
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166.51K
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216K
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228K
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231K
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233.04K
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218.05K
62.69
215.76K
60.63
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246.89K
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226.92K
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191.27K
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198.41K
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203.97K
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214.29K
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226.6K
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313.71K
19.12
302.67K
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261.38K
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237.29K
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215.86K
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228.9K
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241.15K
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227.27K
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214.61K
32.99
209.08K
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173.78K
25.72
199.1K
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188.39K
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180.37K
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208.79K
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192.05K
3.19
197.15K
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200.48K
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202.58K
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159.99K
64.42
164.09K
64.69
159.48K
61.61
159.7K
60.52
172.7K
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198.7K
28.36
208.32K
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197.91K
27.87
172.95K
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171.63K
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144.69K
45.79
141.61K
44.09
155.82K
47.74
166.48K
50.1
165.03K
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140.28K
37.16
139.11K
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136.24K
35.92
144K
37.87
145.1K
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35
135.28K
11.42
128.96K
10.76
133.2K
11.01
135.16K
11.06
139.39K
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169.97K
10.76
151.21K
9.41
148.43K
9.08
140K
8.43
138.4K
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117.63K
31.87
124.79K
33.58
145.44K
38.93
148.28K
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134.87K
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131K
17.12
111K
14.16
126.24K
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129.17K
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132.16K
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136.28K
3.37
119.96K
2.93
124.82K
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126.3K
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123.95K
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79.31K
23.03
101.57K
29.76
98.98K
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105.31K
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122.78K
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82.3K
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109.98K
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117.22K
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119.47K
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120.84K
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429.74K
22.37
108.77K
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110K
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110K
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109.95K
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96.24K
40.6
98.92K
40.67
101.81K
40.9
106.69K
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109.87K
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107.35K
9.08
110.06K
9.01
108.71K
8.63
101.74K
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106.88K
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91.22K
50.66
94.47K
51.95
98.87K
53.87
103.28K
55.37
103.45K
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111.81K
23.5
119.35K
24.45
67.36K
13.46
71.1K
13.86
88.96K
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79.78K
13.37
87.55K
14.29
87.77K
13.96
90.1K
13.98
85.36K
12.94
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75.63K
5.9
95.68K
7.25
83.36K
6.15
77.11K
5.53
77.61K
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49
101.71K
7.36
122.54K
8.59
91.05K
6.24
76.59K
5.17
71.33K
4.71
50
57.19K
6.83
66.93K
7.73
64.71K
7.24
65.04K
7.04
68.46K
7.17
51
84.82K
68.4
65.74K
52.99
53.9K
43.47
51.48K
41.59
68.46K
55.36
52
55.16K
7.94
56.48K
7.92
60.84K
8.31
66.2K
8.82
68.2K
8.85
53
55.68K
21.9
56.87K
22.56
59.75K
23.95
64.14K
25.87
65.26K
26.4
54
63.72K
16.02
65.55K
16.31
63.57K
15.66
60.66K
14.8
62.75K
15.17
55
43.37K
3.9
43.74K
3.87
52.18K
4.56
56K
4.77
60.56K
4.99
56
62.75K
2.4
50.04K
1.91
52.19K
1.99
59.2K
2.26
59.89K
2.29
57
58.35K
28.95
57.54K
28.51
58.79K
29.07
59.79K
29.41
59.55K
29.13
58
52.57K
44.56
58.6K
48.79
49.21K
40.37
44.49K
36
58.1K
46.38
59
64.58K
60.93
64.24K
60.88
65.21K
62.25
60.11K
57.17
56.9K
52.96
60
52.16K
7.33
63.21K
8.93
60.32K
8.59
58.86K
8.41
55.55K
7.96
61
47.79K
11.79
48.57K
11.84
49.25K
11.86
50.6K
12.05
51.29K
12.07
62
46.72K
10.78
50.04K
11.45
49.9K
11.35
50.67K
11.45
49.89K
11.2
63
51.04K
8.48
50.84K
8.33
54.9K
8.86
49.06K
7.81
47.84K
7.52
64
43.64K
29.99
40.76K
28.24
44.85K
31.31
45.03K
31.58
46.61K
32.78
65
49.29K
23.3
46.05K
22.13
46.34K
22.2
47.4K
22.61
45.59K
21.63
66
42.94K
35.17
41.83K
34.73
44.7K
37.74
40.77K
34.85
45.02K
38.73
67
35.68K
13.5
38.11K
14.21
40.37K
14.84
42.27K
15.32
44.34K
15.85
68
51.93K
6.99
64.39K
8.38
63.04K
7.99
50.1K
6.11
42.18K
4.9
69
34.58K
7.42
42.54K
8.92
38.84K
7.97
35.04K
7.03
35.61K
6.99
70
32.69K
2.53
34.09K
2.59
33.27K
2.47
34.82K
2.52
35.56K
2.52
71
30.3K
2.66
27.84K
2.39
31.67K
2.67
31.83K
2.63
31.29K
2.54
72
28.04K
17.2
29.85K
17.78
29.65K
17.15
30.13K
16.93
30.49K
16.63
73
22.6K
6.6
51.8K
15.02
54.3K
15.2
30.03K
8.03
30.29K
7.8
74
37.33K
35.45
32.87K
31.36
31.73K
30.51
30.29K
29.35
28.97K
28.22
75
27.6K
7.09
29.67K
7.48
26.8K
6.63
34.5K
8.4
28.24K
6.76
76
33.45K
3.25
30.29K
2.87
30.74K
2.84
21.52K
1.94
26.8K
2.35
77
23.34K
0.69
19.1K
0.55
21.26K
0.59
23.93K
0.64
26.29K
0.68
78
29.04K
12.78
28.87K
12.68
28.18K
12.34
25.65K
11.19
25.6K
11.12
79
33.62K
3.27
34.11K
3.23
22.79K
2.11
23.41K
2.11
24.45K
2.15
80
21.86K
15.77
19.8K
14.29
20.1K
14.54
23.37K
16.87
23.61K
16.99
81
15.46K
1.42
15.82K
1.41
18.53K
1.6
20.89K
1.75
22.14K
1.8
82
20.92K
2.56
20.66K
2.51
19.47K
2.35
19.3K
2.31
19.07K
2.27
83
18.15K
10.83
17.77K
10.77
17.47K
10.63
18.42K
10.67
17.96K
9.74
84
17.73K
41.17
17.27K
39.67
17.29K
39.26
14.1K
31.69
13.69K
30.48
85
12.57K
3.35
12.61K
3.34
12.86K
3.38
13.04K
3.41
13.09K
3.4
86
10.11K
1.62
10.64K
1.68
12.59K
1.96
11.42K
1.75
12.65K
1.91
87
15.91K
9.81
15.1K
9.4
15.27K
9.59
13.55K
8.09
12.27K
6.95
88
6.48K
7.62
4.95K
5.74
9.46K
10.79
13.46K
15.11
12.15K
13.42
89
12.3K
54.32
12.19K
52.95
12.69K
54.3
12.04K
50.47
11.85K
48.8
90
10.27K
3.64
10.09K
3.49
11.47K
3.88
12.62K
4.18
11.55K
3.74
91
35.19K
2.88
31.4K
2.54
18.43K
1.47
20.65K
1.63
11.5K
0.9
92
11.14K
3.07
12.64K
3.42
11.25K
2.99
11.28K
2.95
11.33K
2.92
93
11.49K
16.58
10.79K
15.79
12.24K
18.12
11.68K
17.39
11.28K
16.87
94
15.44K
5.65
18.91K
6.92
12.42K
4.55
12.1K
4.44
11.21K
4.13
95
12.77K
5.4
11.02K
4.6
12.15K
5.01
11.69K
4.76
11.18K
4.49
96
9.46K
0.69
9.45K
0.68
9.55K
0.68
9.86K
0.7
9.98K
0.7
97
6.92K
9.9
7.38K
10.64
7.88K
11.44
7.47K
10.88
9.55K
13.9
98
6K
5.87
6.48K
6.33
9.25K
9
9.08K
8.6
7.82K
7.19
99
7.17K
9.98
7.35K
10.01
7.51K
9.99
7.64K
9.94
7.76K
9.87
100
7.08K
6.87
5.84K
5.65
6.45K
6.23
6.33K
6.11
7.72K
7.45
101
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7.6K
4.13
7.65K
4.14
7.4K
3.99
7.13K
3.83
102
5.3K
5.47
7.99K
8.03
5.28K
5.14
5.86K
5.56
6.87K
6.35
103
8.26K
37
8.4K
37.86
6.33K
28.73
6.13K
27.33
6.76K
29.23
104
7.04K
2.78
5.87K
2.28
6.67K
2.56
6.65K
2.52
6.64K
2.49
105
6.07K
15.29
6.13K
15.19
6.18K
15.11
6.45K
15.54
6.53K
15.53
106
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6.28K
1.94
107
5.89K
2.87
5.72K
2.73
5.19K
2.41
5.44K
2.47
5.56K
2.46
108
4.72K
8.71
5.1K
9.42
4.48K
8.17
4.92K
8.78
4.83K
8.43
109
4.59K
34.84
4.01K
29.94
4.22K
31.02
4.71K
33.95
4.64K
32.81
110
4.26K
0.49
4.33K
0.5
4.43K
0.51
5.06K
0.59
4.47K
0.52
111
3.53K
7.52
3.21K
6.75
3.56K
7.4
3.5K
7.21
3.54K
7.22
112
2.53K
5.23
3.6K
7.42
4.8K
9.87
4.04K
8.21
3.53K
7.08
113
6.68K
23.91
1.53K
5.45
2.75K
9.73
3.77K
13.21
3.4K
11.85
114
3.23K
31.16
3.04K
29.29
3.12K
29.95
3.14K
29.94
3.1K
29.33
115
1.57K
1.95
1.99K
2.44
1.73K
2.09
1.87K
2.24
2.86K
3.39
116
1.82K
5.45
1.33K
3.99
2.6K
7.76
2.26K
6.72
2.8K
8.31
117
2.98K
0.85
3.03K
0.85
2.94K
0.8
2.58K
0.69
2.55K
0.67
118
4.95K
5.52
4.6K
5.01
2.76K
2.94
2.4K
2.5
2.38K
2.41
119
2.86K
9.71
2.94K
9.97
2.11K
7.09
2.16K
7.21
2.13K
7.06
120
1.03K
1.24
4.86K
5.73
5.98K
6.9
4.84K
5.45
2.06K
2.27
121
1.74K
3.71
1.69K
3.61
1.74K
3.71
1.96K
4.21
1.94K
4.18
122
1.32K
9.36
1.29K
9.04
1.36K
9.4
1.72K
11.7
1.74K
11.58
123
1.66K
7.49
1.78K
7.97
1.82K
8.07
1.75K
7.69
1.65K
7.2
124
705.58
9.21
1.05K
13.57
1.86K
23.88
1.57K
20.03
1.53K
19.34
125
1.56K
3.28
1.39K
2.88
1.23K
2.49
1.29K
2.58
1.32K
2.61
126
1.49K
5.2
1.44K
4.92
1.23K
4.13
1.24K
4.08
1.24K
3.98
127
1.19K
0.64
1.34K
0.72
1.18K
0.61
5.08K
2.59
1.19K
0.6
128
1.17K
11.01
1.05K
9.61
1.28K
11.48
1.13K
9.91
1.19K
10.2
129
1.13K
1.11
1.14K
1.11
1.09K
1.07
1.15K
1.12
1.16K
1.11
130
192.41
0.08
186.38
0.07
1.95K
0.78
2.08K
0.84
1.14K
0.46
131
772.64
3.15
920.68
3.69
1.02K
4.02
1.19K
4.61
1.12K
4.29
132
4.22K
4.43
4.71K
5.02
949.12
1.03
1.28K
1.38
1.01K
1.08
133
863.83
22.4
914.23
23.7
909.08
23.61
724.25
18.89
850.16
22.27
134
-
-
-
-
-
-
936.47
0.47
834.83
0.41
135
798.7
3.01
767.15
2.82
773.12
2.78
774.85
2.72
818.21
2.8
136
725.11
3.86
704.66
3.75
725.11
3.85
756.17
3.99
724.73
3.8
137
538.44
5.29
458.84
4.5
519.99
5.09
499.45
4.88
563.46
5.49
138
255.49
1.77
243.94
1.69
176.08
1.22
282.43
1.95
401.36
2.75
139
190.62
2.45
198.01
2.49
219.07
2.7
355.15
4.3
378.61
4.49
140
563.63
3.17
150.61
0.82
307.67
1.63
235.72
1.23
270.3
1.41
141
169.7
0.31
214.03
0.4
253.39
0.47
187.57
0.34
229.62
0.42
142
221.19
5.5
233.32
5.76
219.5
5.39
230.72
5.64
227.88
5.54
143
220.09
5.79
184.77
4.89
195.4
5.21
245.9
6.6
220.74
5.97
144
148.05
1.44
161.01
1.57
153.69
1.49
200.5
1.95
164.53
1.6
145
140.99
3.33
146.62
3.45
150.6
3.54
187.55
4.4
147.71
3.46
146
89.25
2.08
125.01
2.85
127.09
2.83
73.27
1.6
121.71
2.61
147
269.59
8.08
117.75
3.51
256.67
7.61
228.35
6.74
92.56
2.72
148
40.66
2.53
57.45
3.69
62.52
4.14
45.91
3.14
66.13
4.67
149
64.41
3.76
60.25
3.52
81.09
4.75
43.38
2.54
52.33
3.07
150
-
-
32.07
0.49
66.48
1.02
33.13
0.51
33.43
0.51
151
36.71
8.68
38.35
9.02
39.99
9.36
51.04
11.85
28.05
6.47
152
23.91
0
24.74
0
24.11
0
25.41
0
25.55
0
153
0
0
1.66
0.44
2.88
0.77
0.71
0.19
7.14
1.99
154
1.18
0.03
-
-
6.37
0.14
0.76
0.02
3.25
0.07
155
0.57
0
0.49
0
0.47
0
0.52
0
0.5
0
156
0.35
0
0.28
0
0.22
0
0.29
0
0.26
0
157
0.11
0
0.16
0
0.22
0
0.17
0
0.16
0
158
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.08
0
0.11
0
159
770K
1.52
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
160
3.7
0
3.52
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
161
0.06
0
0
0
0.14
0
0
0
0
0
162
79.75K
19.5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
163
53.02K
5.11
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country had the largest bone-in beef food supply in 2023?
China ranked first with a reported 7,211,170 tonnes, or 23.3 percent of the annual listed total in 2023, ahead of Brazil at 3,041,458 tonnes in the same table.
Which country ranks first per person?
Argentina led with 133.41 grams per person per day, followed by Zimbabwe at 119.98 grams per day, with Uzbekistan third at 86.52 grams per day in the same table.
Why does China rank first in tonnes but not per person?
Total reported food supply measures a country's aggregate quantity, while the per-capita figure expresses daily food supply relative to its population in the reference year.
How much did the total change from 2019 to 2023?
Among the 156 countries with values in both years, listed food supply increased by 629,881 tonnes, or 2.1 percent, from 30,263,460 to 30,893,341 tonnes over the five-year comparison period.
Should India's reported zero be interpreted as no food supply?
Not without checking the original record. The dataset reports zero for 2023 after 770,000 tonnes in 2019, but this large change should be verified before drawing a substantive conclusion.
Data Disclaimer: Projected data (future years) are estimates based on mathematical models. Actual values may differ. Learn about our methodology →
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Updated: 10.10.2026https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/SCL
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