Brazil vs China: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Brazil
6.51 million 1000 An
in 2024
China
16.56 million 1000 An
in 2024
Brazil rank
3rd
China rank
1st

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Brazil
  • China
05.0M10.0M15.0M196119922024

How they compare

China currently reports 16.56 million 1000 An against 6.51 million 1000 An in Brazil, a difference of 10.06 million 1000 An.

That makes China's figure about 2.5 times Brazil's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 3rd and China ranks 1st of 207 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil China Difference Ahead
1960s 210,352 1000 An 699,554 1000 An 489,203 1000 An China
1970s 551,470 1000 An 1.05 million 1000 An 498,645 1000 An China
1980s 1.34 million 1000 An 1.79 million 1000 An 446,505 1000 An China
1990s 2.58 million 1000 An 5.28 million 1000 An 2.70 million 1000 An China
2000s 4.46 million 1000 An 9.34 million 1000 An 4.88 million 1000 An China
2010s 5.58 million 1000 An 12.68 million 1000 An 7.10 million 1000 An China
2020s 6.21 million 1000 An 15.89 million 1000 An 9.68 million 1000 An China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, Brazil or China?
China, at 16.56 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?
10.06 million 1000 An, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Brazil and China rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
Brazil ranks 3rd and China ranks 1st of 207 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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Indicator
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Unit
1000 An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,971 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.