Beef Price

Beef: 7.28 USD/kg (World, Aug 2026). Source: World Bank.

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Period	Price (USD/kg)	Change
Aug 2026	7.28	-0.4%
Jul 2026	7.31	-2.0%
Jun 2026	7.46	-6.2%
May 2026	7.95	-3.2%
Apr 2026	8.21	+0.0%
Mar 2026	8.21	+1.1%
Feb 2026	8.12	+1.9%
Jan 2026	7.97	+8.0%
Dec 2025	7.38	-1.7%
Nov 2025	7.51	+5.9%
Oct 2025	7.09	+2.8%
Sep 2025	6.9	+0.6%

Annual averages

Year	Average (USD/kg)	Change
2026 (year to date)	7.81	+13.9%
2025	6.86	+15.6%
2024	5.93	+21.0%
2023	4.9	-12.8%
2022	5.62	+5.2%
2021	5.34	+14.5%
2020	4.67	-2.0%
2019	4.76	+13.6%
2018	4.2	-4.4%
2017	4.39	+8.0%

About Beef

Tracked via a US import price benchmark (97% lean, boneless), representing global wholesale beef costs even though most consumption is domestic to the producing country. Brazil, the US, the EU and China are the largest producers; prices are driven by feed costs (corn and soybean meal), herd cycles that take years to expand or shrink, and disease outbreaks like foot-and-mouth or mad cow disease that can trigger sudden import bans.

Latest World price (2026-08): +20% vs. the 5-year average, +37% vs. the 10-year average, +6% vs. a year ago.

Top Beef Producers

Rank	Country
1	United States	12,286,638 t
2	Brazil	8,962,423 t
3	China	6,774,120 t
4	Argentina	3,287,046 t
5	Australia	2,234,836 t
6	Mexico	2,214,928 t
7	Türkiye	1,670,606 t
8	Russia	1,659,600 t
9	Canada	1,343,172 t
10	France	1,301,420 t
11	Pakistan	1,159,000 t
12	Uzbekistan	1,121,906 t
13	South Africa	1,032,360 t
14	Germany	1,004,600 t
15	United Kingdom	900,600 t
16	New Zealand	744,249 t
17	Zimbabwe	744,063 t
18	Colombia	707,003 t
19	Spain	697,830 t
20	Italy	619,850 t
21	Tanzania	612,809 t
22	Ireland	599,520 t
23	Uruguay	599,000 t
24	Indonesia	575,687 t
25	Chad	550,494 t
26	Poland	514,770 t
27	Japan	501,585 t
28	Paraguay	450,075 t
29	Netherlands	437,390 t
30	Ethiopia	418,983 t
31	Kazakhstan	399,339 t
32	Belarus	374,800 t
33	Venezuela	370,190 t
34	Sudan	360,494 t
35	South Korea	345,000 t
36	Guatemala	341,591 t
37	Egypt	341,000 t
38	Bolivia	326,596 t
39	Nigeria	319,405 t
40	Tajikistan	302,021 t
41	Vietnam	269,200 t
42	Ukraine	256,900 t
43	Morocco	256,850 t
44	Ecuador	252,317 t
45	Iran	251,463 t
46	Belgium	240,180 t
47	Kenya	237,907 t
48	Zambia	232,219 t
49	Uganda	225,045 t
50	Austria	204,580 t
51	Bangladesh	203,221 t
52	Peru	198,723 t
53	Chile	187,564 t
54	Turkmenistan	187,235 t
55	Israel	162,270 t
56	Azerbaijan	152,787 t
57	Nicaragua	152,223 t
58	Mongolia	147,061 t
59	Switzerland	143,843 t
60	Sweden	139,640 t
61	Algeria	138,000 t
62	Burkina Faso	132,162 t
63	South Sudan	130,699 t
64	Cameroon	130,169 t
65	Kyrgyzstan	122,835 t
66	Thailand	118,908 t
67	Denmark	118,640 t
68	Philippines	117,207 t
69	Myanmar (Burma)	110,000 t
70	Angola	105,926 t
71	Central African Republic	102,268 t
72	Portugal	98,420 t
73	Norway	90,559 t
74	Yemen	87,204 t
75	Costa Rica	86,510 t
76	Guinea	86,322 t
77	Finland	85,390 t
78	Senegal	84,775 t
79	Romania	78,060 t
80	Serbia	74,989 t
81	Panama	73,814 t
82	Czechia	72,410 t
83	Niger	71,343 t
84	Cuba	70,000 t
85	Malawi	69,241 t
86	Botswana	68,756 t
87	Afghanistan	66,679 t
88	Honduras	66,000 t
89	Dominican Republic	63,161 t
90	Armenia	60,500 t
91	Mali	59,465 t
92	Cambodia	57,720 t
93	Somalia	55,436 t
94	Haiti	49,558 t
95	Lithuania	45,990 t
96	Tunisia	45,899 t
97	Laos	45,057 t
98	Jordan	44,223 t
99	Benin	42,980 t
100	Syria	42,175 t
101	Saudi Arabia	42,000 t
102	Namibia	41,226 t
103	Croatia	41,180 t
104	Lebanon	39,254 t
105	Rwanda	39,227 t
106	Côte d’Ivoire	36,412 t
107	Malaysia	35,720 t
108	Greece	35,690 t
109	Iraq	35,391 t
110	Slovenia	33,270 t
111	Madagascar	31,953 t
112	Mauritania	30,845 t
113	Ghana	30,618 t
114	Albania	28,412 t
115	Congo - Kinshasa	25,511 t
116	Eritrea	25,234 t
117	Hungary	24,180 t
118	Georgia	22,700 t
119	United Arab Emirates	21,296 t
120	Mozambique	21,136 t
121	North Korea	20,403 t
122	Sri Lanka	19,100 t
123	Latvia	17,960 t
124	El Salvador	17,645 t
125	Eswatini	16,768 t
126	Burundi	16,721 t
127	Bulgaria	16,280 t
128	Oman	15,557 t
129	Sierra Leone	11,108 t
130	Slovakia	10,320 t
131	Bosnia & Herzegovina	10,125 t
132	Luxembourg	9,580 t
133	Togo	8,699 t
134	Taiwan	8,312 t
135	Estonia	7,950 t
136	Guinea-Bissau	7,835 t
137	Jamaica	7,805 t
138	Montenegro	7,150 t
139	Djibouti	6,403 t
140	Libya	6,385 t
141	Hong Kong SAR China	6,000 t
142	Congo - Brazzaville	5,429 t
143	Cyprus	5,060 t
144	Iceland	4,885 t
145	Fiji	4,575 t
146	Puerto Rico	4,114 t
147	North Macedonia	4,024 t
148	New Caledonia	3,203 t
149	Guyana	2,728 t
150	Gambia	2,537 t
151	Papua New Guinea	2,337 t
152	Moldova	2,187 t
153	Mauritius	2,049 t
154	Vanuatu	2,006 t
155	Kuwait	1,955 t
156	Belize	1,891 t
157	Suriname	1,650 t
158	Bhutan	1,616 t
159	Samoa	1,309 t
160	Timor-Leste	1,309 t
161	Comoros	1,225 t
162	Lesotho	1,137 t
163	Malta	1,100 t
164	Trinidad & Tobago	1,013 t
165	Liberia	977 t
166	Brunei	862 t
167	Bahrain	772 t
168	Gabon	771 t
169	Macao SAR China	769 t
170	Solomon Islands	769 t
171	Cape Verde	706 t
172	Dominica	544 t
173	St. Lucia	405 t
174	São Tomé & Príncipe	391 t
175	Qatar	377 t
176	Tonga	347 t
177	Micronesia (Federated States of)	252 t
178	St. Vincent & Grenadines	209 t
179	French Polynesia	172 t
180	Barbados	169 t
181	Grenada	132 t
182	Faroe Islands	84 t
183	Equatorial Guinea	48 t
184	St. Kitts & Nevis	48 t
185	Antigua & Barbuda	40 t
186	Singapore	34 t
187	Bahamas	18 t
188	Seychelles	11 t
189	Cook Islands	7 t
190	Niue	2 t

FAOSTAT production data, 2023.

Top Beef Importers

Rank	Country
1	China	3,470,327 t
2	United States	1,686,245 t
3	Japan	752,275 t
4	South Korea	604,685 t
5	Netherlands	457,995 t
6	Italy	422,198 t
7	Germany	417,589 t
8	France	387,774 t
9	Indonesia	370,574 t
10	United Kingdom	365,838 t
11	Hong Kong SAR China	351,770 t
12	Chile	351,314 t
13	Russia	301,027 t
14	Egypt	284,663 t
15	Malaysia	279,382 t
16	Canada	251,938 t
17	United Arab Emirates	226,784 t
18	Mexico	214,874 t
19	Saudi Arabia	205,342 t
20	Taiwan	197,811 t
21	Philippines	193,877 t
22	Spain	164,506 t
23	Vietnam	162,661 t
24	Portugal	161,040 t
25	Iraq	131,045 t
26	Greece	126,357 t
27	Sweden	111,691 t
28	Israel	108,986 t
29	Denmark	95,643 t
30	Belgium	87,705 t
31	Czechia	68,709 t
32	Uzbekistan	66,154 t
33	Côte d’Ivoire	64,367 t
34	Austria	63,806 t
35	Brazil	61,269 t
36	Singapore	59,813 t
37	Thailand	56,765 t
38	Poland	52,985 t
39	Jordan	51,625 t
40	Uruguay	46,034 t
41	El Salvador	45,214 t
42	Ireland	44,999 t
43	Kuwait	43,060 t
44	Bosnia & Herzegovina	41,728 t
45	Croatia	41,312 t
46	Ghana	40,790 t
47	South Africa	40,482 t
48	Türkiye	38,452 t
49	Iran	38,042 t
50	Qatar	36,910 t
51	Lebanon	34,991 t
52	Libya	33,090 t
53	Senegal	32,282 t
54	Angola	31,687 t
55	Peru	30,344 t
56	Guatemala	29,184 t
57	Oman	28,819 t
58	Romania	25,787 t
59	Switzerland	24,662 t
60	Congo - Brazzaville	24,425 t
61	Slovakia	22,349 t
62	Bahrain	21,909 t
63	Gabon	19,257 t
64	Hungary	19,153 t
65	Finland	18,760 t
66	Congo - Kinshasa	17,832 t
67	Slovenia	16,473 t
68	Kazakhstan	16,340 t
69	Costa Rica	15,960 t
70	Macao SAR China	15,771 t
71	Cambodia	15,561 t
72	Australia	15,364 t
73	Jamaica	15,174 t
74	North Macedonia	14,829 t
75	Colombia	14,244 t
76	Bulgaria	14,101 t
77	Luxembourg	12,423 t
78	Paraguay	12,168 t
79	Dominican Republic	12,049 t
80	New Zealand	11,133 t
81	Azerbaijan	10,890 t
82	Norway	10,424 t
83	Algeria	10,329 t
84	Palestinian Territories	10,026 t
85	Ukraine	10,007 t
86	Latvia	9,925 t
87	Lithuania	9,359 t
88	Trinidad & Tobago	9,235 t
89	Sierra Leone	9,160 t
90	Georgia	9,021 t
91	Bahamas	8,909 t
92	Papua New Guinea	8,871 t
93	Mauritius	8,443 t
94	Malta	7,920 t
95	Liberia	7,569 t
96	Morocco	7,331 t
97	Estonia	7,180 t
98	Cyprus	7,107 t
99	Mozambique	6,963 t
100	Armenia	6,939 t
101	French Polynesia	6,882 t
102	Guinea	6,764 t
103	Maldives	6,682 t
104	Panama	6,551 t
105	Montenegro	6,471 t
106	Cuba	5,950 t
107	Myanmar (Burma)	4,926 t
108	Lesotho	4,721 t
109	Brunei	4,595 t
110	Comoros	4,269 t
111	Tunisia	4,017 t
112	Barbados	3,604 t
113	Honduras	3,471 t
114	Fiji	3,369 t
115	Serbia	3,288 t
116	Argentina	3,267 t
117	Ecuador	2,853 t
118	New Caledonia	2,783 t
119	Kyrgyzstan	2,393 t
120	Gambia	2,165 t
121	Bolivia	2,140 t
122	Albania	2,067 t
123	Seychelles	2,065 t
124	Bhutan	2,039 t
125	Iceland	1,796 t
126	Namibia	1,693 t
127	Equatorial Guinea	1,599 t
128	Antigua & Barbuda	1,567 t
129	Botswana	1,536 t
130	Central African Republic	1,442 t
131	Samoa	1,166 t
132	Moldova	1,098 t
133	Nigeria	1,086 t
134	Nicaragua	1,045 t
135	Cape Verde	1,045 t
136	Solomon Islands	1,039 t
137	Laos	997 t
138	Cameroon	980 t
139	Somalia	977 t
140	St. Vincent & Grenadines	935 t
141	Faroe Islands	929 t
142	Tonga	927 t
143	St. Lucia	898 t
144	Guyana	799 t
145	Vanuatu	798 t
146	Grenada	772 t
147	Eswatini	767 t
148	South Sudan	761 t
149	Suriname	738 t
150	Marshall Islands	668 t
151	Belarus	651 t
152	Cook Islands	649 t
153	Sudan	610 t
154	Pakistan	554 t
155	Micronesia (Federated States of)	500 t
156	Mali	496 t
157	Haiti	477 t
158	Kiribati	457 t
159	Mongolia	444 t
160	Tajikistan	439 t
161	Palau	405 t
162	Burkina Faso	391 t
163	Djibouti	379 t
164	Tanzania	362 t
165	Mauritania	326 t
166	Dominica	323 t
167	St. Kitts & Nevis	298 t
168	Yemen	291 t
169	Bangladesh	288 t
170	Zambia	287 t
171	Timor-Leste	284 t
172	Venezuela	277 t
173	Togo	263 t
174	Burundi	247 t
175	Guinea-Bissau	216 t
176	Naoero	149 t
177	São Tomé & Príncipe	124 t
178	Uganda	119 t
179	Belize	119 t
180	Sri Lanka	104 t
181	Eritrea	79 t
182	Afghanistan	79 t
183	Tuvalu	65 t
184	North Korea	65 t
185	Niger	63 t
186	Kenya	57 t
187	Turkmenistan	57 t
188	Syria	57 t
189	Malawi	50 t
190	Chad	47 t
191	Rwanda	46 t
192	Benin	41 t
193	Niue	33 t
194	Ethiopia	26 t
195	Zimbabwe	20 t
196	Madagascar	14 t
197	Nepal	2 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

Top Beef Exporters

Rank	Country
1	Brazil	2,887,267 t
2	Australia	1,683,241 t
3	United States	1,496,733 t
4	India	1,277,815 t
5	Argentina	991,366 t
6	New Zealand	693,353 t
7	Poland	674,323 t
8	Netherlands	625,076 t
9	Canada	613,944 t
10	Ireland	600,124 t
11	Uruguay	558,978 t
12	Paraguay	455,826 t
13	Germany	372,097 t
14	Mexico	352,395 t
15	Spain	322,708 t
16	France	259,528 t
17	Hong Kong SAR China	258,574 t
18	Belgium	194,856 t
19	Italy	169,978 t
20	United Kingdom	157,526 t
21	Nicaragua	156,630 t
22	Austria	154,653 t
23	Belarus	142,994 t
24	Pakistan	102,609 t
25	Denmark	87,102 t
26	United Arab Emirates	53,926 t
27	Bolivia	51,460 t
28	Russia	48,382 t
29	South Africa	46,399 t
30	Lithuania	39,166 t
31	Colombia	36,790 t
32	Costa Rica	34,453 t
33	Thailand	31,014 t
34	Ukraine	27,368 t
35	Chile	26,590 t
36	Slovenia	26,576 t
37	Sweden	24,385 t
38	Malaysia	22,336 t
39	Czechia	21,856 t
40	Namibia	21,726 t
41	Portugal	21,418 t
42	Jordan	17,432 t
43	Croatia	16,923 t
44	Kazakhstan	16,840 t
45	Latvia	16,801 t
46	China	13,084 t
47	Singapore	12,080 t
48	Japan	11,513 t
49	Hungary	11,413 t
50	Finland	10,625 t
51	Romania	9,208 t
52	Mongolia	8,700 t
53	Panama	8,453 t
54	Saudi Arabia	8,164 t
55	Botswana	8,049 t
56	Türkiye	7,194 t
57	Bulgaria	6,283 t
58	Iran	5,143 t
59	Guatemala	4,512 t
60	Estonia	4,425 t
61	Switzerland	3,648 t
62	Slovakia	3,440 t
63	Luxembourg	3,431 t
64	Serbia	3,409 t
65	Sudan	2,954 t
66	Greece	2,702 t
67	Honduras	2,465 t
68	Lebanon	2,147 t
69	Oman	2,145 t
70	Philippines	2,142 t
71	Egypt	1,974 t
72	Dominican Republic	1,765 t
73	Kenya	1,668 t
74	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1,429 t
75	Georgia	1,415 t
76	Fiji	1,342 t
77	Venezuela	1,275 t
78	Jamaica	1,067 t
79	Norway	1,036 t
80	Palestinian Territories	951 t
81	Zambia	925 t
82	Kuwait	827 t
83	Montenegro	722 t
84	Tanzania	721 t
85	Morocco	706 t
86	Taiwan	651 t
87	Moldova	649 t
88	Myanmar (Burma)	616 t
89	Vietnam	606 t
90	Bangladesh	501 t
91	Armenia	499 t
92	Ethiopia	464 t
93	Laos	429 t
94	Bahrain	428 t
95	Eswatini	379 t
96	Uganda	378 t
97	Cyprus	371 t
98	Trinidad & Tobago	254 t
99	South Korea	215 t
100	Papua New Guinea	206 t
101	Qatar	201 t
102	Angola	172 t
103	Azerbaijan	123 t
104	North Macedonia	120 t
105	Indonesia	105 t
106	Vanuatu	98 t
107	Kyrgyzstan	96 t
108	Iceland	87 t
109	Tunisia	79 t
110	Burkina Faso	73 t
111	Chad	62 t
112	Sri Lanka	53 t
113	Uzbekistan	52 t
114	Senegal	43 t
115	Barbados	41 t
116	Cape Verde	33 t
117	Brunei	33 t
118	Peru	31 t
119	Belize	29 t
120	Malta	27 t
121	Côte d’Ivoire	26 t
122	Somalia	25 t
123	Timor-Leste	25 t
124	El Salvador	24 t
125	Algeria	12 t
126	Samoa	9 t
127	Djibouti	4 t
128	Mozambique	4 t
129	Nigeria	4 t
130	Macao SAR China	3 t
131	Syria	3 t
132	Rwanda	3 t
133	Gabon	2 t
134	St. Kitts & Nevis	1 t
135	Afghanistan	1 t
136	Zimbabwe	1 t
137	Niger	1 t
138	New Caledonia	0 t
139	Guyana	0 t
140	Ghana	0 t
141	Marshall Islands	0 t
142	Yemen	0 t
143	North Korea	0 t
144	Dominica	0 t
145	South Sudan	0 t
146	Bhutan	0 t
147	St. Lucia	0 t
148	Faroe Islands	0 t
149	Lesotho	0 t
150	Antigua & Barbuda	0 t
151	Maldives	0 t

FAOSTAT trade data, 2023.

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