China vs South America: Meat, Total — Production
Meat, Total — Production over time
- China
- South America
How they compare
China currently reports 99.58 million t against 47.83 million t in South America, a difference of 51.76 million t.
That makes China's figure about 2.1 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
China ranks 1st and South America ranks 6th of 194 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 6 and South America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.97 million t | 7.39 million t | 1.42 million t | South America |
| 1970s | 10.02 million t | 9.67 million t | 352,558 t | China |
| 1980s | 20.38 million t | 13.25 million t | 7.14 million t | China |
| 1990s | 45.91 million t | 19.98 million t | 25.93 million t | China |
| 2000s | 69.12 million t | 29.99 million t | 39.13 million t | China |
| 2010s | 85.25 million t | 39.73 million t | 45.52 million t | China |
| 2020s | 93.14 million t | 44.73 million t | 48.41 million t | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher meat, total — production, China or South America?
- China, at 99.58 million t against 47.83 million t in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in meat, total — production between China and South America?
- 51.76 million t, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and South America rank globally for meat, total — production?
- China ranks 1st and South America ranks 6th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Meat, Total — Production. 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.