The United States is the world's largest beef producer.

The United States is the world's largest beef producer. According to a report by the Foreign Agricultural Service, the country produced 12.389 million metric tons of beef in 2020.

This figure represents a slight 3.2% increase compared to the previous year's 12.385 million metric tons. The United States also had the highest beef consumption, reaching 12.53 million metric tons last year.

Brazil ranked second with beef production reaching 10.1 million metric tons last year. Following were the European Union and China, with beef production of 6.88 million metric tons and 6.72 million metric tons, respectively.

The next largest beef-producing countries were India with 3.76 million metric tons and Argentina with 3.17 million metric tons.

Australia and Mexico produced 2.12 million metric tons and 2.08 million metric tons of beef, respectively. Russia produced 1.38 million metric tons, followed by Canada with 1.31 million metric tons, and South Africa with 950,000 metric tons.

Global beef production reached 57.66 million metric tons in 2020. This figure represents a 1.6% decrease compared to the previous year's 58.64 million metric tons.