Brazil vs China, mainland: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time
- Brazil
- China, mainland
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 16.12 million 1000 An against 6.51 million 1000 An in Brazil, a difference of 9.61 million 1000 An.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 2.5 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China, mainland ahead.
Brazil ranks 3rd and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 191 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 210,352 1000 An | 640,333 1000 An | 429,981 1000 An | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 551,470 1000 An | 934,400 1000 An | 382,930 1000 An | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 1.34 million 1000 An | 1.54 million 1000 An | 195,319 1000 An | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 2.58 million 1000 An | 4.86 million 1000 An | 2.28 million 1000 An | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 4.46 million 1000 An | 8.91 million 1000 An | 4.45 million 1000 An | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 5.58 million 1000 An | 12.29 million 1000 An | 6.71 million 1000 An | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 6.21 million 1000 An | 15.45 million 1000 An | 9.24 million 1000 An | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, Brazil or China, mainland?
- China, mainland, at 16.12 million 1000 An against 6.51 million 1000 An in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between Brazil and China, mainland?
- 9.61 million 1000 An, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and China, mainland rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Brazil ranks 3rd and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.