Daily number of animals slaughtered for meat by country

Countries reporting
198
Highest
125,721
China
Lowest
0.2274
Seychelles
Median
747.13
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,446

What the numbers show

Daily number of animals slaughtered for meat is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 125,721 in China; the lowest is 0.2274 in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 747.13, and the mean is 4,923.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 333.0%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 73.4%).

Daily number of animals slaughtered for meat: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 125,721 2024 up 21.4% volatile
1 Cook Islands 0.1918 2024 up 59.1% rising
2 USSR 110,411 1991 up 6.7% rising
2 Niue 0.0301 2024 down 8.3% volatile
3 Brazil 108,737 2024 down 1.7% rising
4 United States of America 88,097 2024 up 4.2% falling
5 Argentina 38,169 2024 up 15.1% rising
6 Pakistan 28,773 2024 up 44.8% volatile
7 India 28,211 1990 up 6.2% rising
8 Mexico 24,441 2024 up 3.7% rising
9 Australia 23,807 2024 down 12.2% rising
10 Russian Federation 20,660 2024 down 12.1% falling
11 Uzbekistan 16,548 2024 up 33.2% rising
12 Türkiye 13,912 2024 up 44.0% rising
13 New Zealand 12,830 2024 up 9.0% rising
14 Tanzania, United Republic of 12,564 2024 up 52.1% rising
15 Chad 11,899 2024 up 42.9% volatile
16 France 10,921 2024 down 14.1% falling
17 Ethiopia 10,814 2024 up 13.0% rising
18 Canada 9,349 2024 up 7.8% falling
19 Sudan 9,199 2024 up 0.6% flat
20 Nigeria 9,066 2024 up 5.5% rising
21 Colombia 8,837 2024 down 18.1% rising
22 South Africa 8,667 2024 down 6.1% rising
23 Germany 8,291 2024 down 16.1% falling
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,814 2024 up 6.9% falling
25 Bangladesh 7,701 2024 up 3.3% rising
26 Zimbabwe 7,501 2024 up 9.5% volatile
27 Italy 7,143 2024 up 3.8% falling
28 Spain 6,804 2024 up 13.8% rising
29 Kazakhstan 6,689 2024 up 52.6% falling
30 Paraguay 6,332 2024 up 15.7% volatile
31 Uruguay 6,264 2024 up 8.7% rising
32 Kenya 6,147 2024 up 8.0% rising
33 Poland 5,826 2024 up 28.4% falling
34 Netherlands 5,779 2024 up 7.7% rising
35 Ireland 5,221 2024 up 9.0% rising
36 Viet Nam 4,989 2024 up 18.4% volatile
37 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4,670 2024 up 47.7% rising
38 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4,579 2024 down 28.4% rising
39 Belarus 4,466 2024 down 8.8% falling
40 Indonesia 4,012 2024 down 41.4% rising
41 Yemen 3,928 2024 up 11.6% volatile
42 Uganda 3,823 2024 up 1.8% rising
43 Iran, Islamic Republic of 3,800 2024 up 23.2% rising
44 Peru 3,782 2024 up 0.3% rising
45 Zambia 3,764 2024 up 5.7% volatile
46 Ukraine 3,664 2024 down 50.8% volatile
47 Azerbaijan 3,544 2024 up 18.2% rising
48 Burkina Faso 3,489 2024 up 8.3% volatile
49 Morocco 3,479 2024 up 5.0% rising
50 Guatemala 3,173 2024 up 20.9% volatile
51 Egypt 3,172 2024 down 15.3% rising
52 Republic of Korea 3,055 2024 up 7.0% rising
53 Ecuador 2,959 2024 down 4.3% rising
54 Japan 2,812 2024 down 11.3% flat
55 South Sudan 2,647 2024 up 53.5% rising
56 Turkmenistan 2,491 2024 up 1.6% rising
57 Tajikistan 2,432 2024 up 333.0% volatile
58 Philippines 2,414 2024 up 2.6% rising
59 Mongolia 2,350 2024 up 35.8% rising
60 Cameroon 2,220 2024 up 12.7% rising
61 Belgium 2,217 2024 down 3.1% falling
62 Chile 2,083 2024 down 14.8% rising
63 Nicaragua 2,063 2023 down 4.0% rising
64 Thailand 1,986 2024 down 25.6% rising
65 Guinea 1,860 2024 up 6.2% volatile
66 Malawi 1,845 2024 up 87.2% volatile
67 Algeria 1,775 2024 down 18.0% rising
68 Central African Republic 1,762 2024 up 9.7% volatile
69 Angola 1,755 2024 up 4.4% rising
70 Myanmar 1,669 2024 down 57.4% rising
71 Austria 1,668 2024 down 9.9% falling
72 Switzerland 1,651 2024 down 7.2% falling
73 Romania 1,538 2024 down 16.0% falling
74 Mali 1,535 2024 up 69.7% rising
75 Kyrgyzstan 1,501 2024 down 4.1% rising
76 Somalia 1,402 2024 down 5.1% rising
77 Armenia 1,361 2024 down 10.7% rising
78 Nepal 1,326 1990 up 1.7% rising
79 Cambodia 1,323 2024 up 3.5% volatile
80 Senegal 1,323 2024 up 35.2% rising
81 Dominican Republic 1,315 2024 down 5.9% rising
82 Rwanda 1,285 2024 up 39.1% volatile
83 Afghanistan 1,280 2024 down 30.2% rising
84 Denmark 1,196 2024 down 10.0% falling
85 Sweden 1,188 2024 up 0.7% falling
86 Costa Rica 1,122 2024 up 6.3% rising
87 Portugal 1,103 2024 up 18.0% falling
88 Israel 1,094 2024 up 5.3% volatile
89 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,005 2024 up 51.2% volatile
90 Syrian Arab Republic 942.04 2024 down 26.5% rising
91 Panama 895.32 2024 down 14.5% rising
92 Honduras 895.09 2024 down 3.9% rising
93 Georgia 890.72 2024 down 12.2% falling
94 Botswana 862.27 2024 up 18.8% rising
95 Haiti 860.37 2024 up 5.5% rising
96 Ghana 846.48 2024 up 36.1% rising
97 Norway 835.62 2024 up 5.1% falling
98 Cuba 821.92 2024 down 29.2% falling
99 Serbia 770.37 2024 down 12.2% falling
100 Finland 723.89 2024 down 3.8% falling
101 Eritrea 696.44 2024 up 14.5% rising
102 Mauritania 676.96 2024 up 11.0% rising
103 Madagascar 648.13 2024 down 32.6% volatile
104 Niger 638.66 2024 up 35.1% volatile
105 Albania 634.96 2024 down 24.4% rising
106 Czechia 633.73 2024 up 2.8% volatile
107 Côte d'Ivoire 613.4 2024 down 17.5% rising
108 Benin 588.02 2024 up 9.5% rising
109 Saudi Arabia 554.33 2024 up 0.3% rising
110 Tunisia 515.66 2024 down 25.9% rising
111 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 501.05 2024 up 114.1% falling
112 Lebanon 496.96 2024 down 16.4% rising
113 Sri Lanka 449.8 2024 up 8.7% falling
114 Iraq 448.43 2024 down 25.7% falling
115 Lithuania 447.26 2024 down 3.7% volatile
116 Croatia 435.07 2024 down 18.4% rising
117 Jordan 432.42 2024 up 60.7% volatile
118 Mozambique 411.63 2024 up 26.0% falling
119 Greece 379.4 2024 down 37.3% falling
120 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 371.67 2024 down 5.2% falling
121 Oman 356.41 2024 down 2.6% volatile
122 Malaysia 321.09 2024 down 15.1% rising
123 Bulgaria 319.37 2024 down 8.3% volatile
124 El Salvador 317.35 2024 up 9.2% falling
125 Namibia 312.84 2024 down 22.1% rising
126 Slovenia 288.8 2024 down 2.8% falling
127 Hungary 249.64 2024 down 5.6% volatile
128 United Arab Emirates 241.15 2024 up 47.9% volatile
129 Burundi 222.65 2024 up 61.8% falling
130 Togo 221.92 2024 up 35.0% rising
131 Eswatini 218.29 2024 up 11.0% rising
132 Latvia 212.16 2024 down 21.5% volatile
133 Guinea-Bissau 185.38 2024 up 13.0% rising
134 Djibouti 164.41 2024 up 13.1% volatile
135 Palestine, State of 127.91 2022 up 44.1% falling
136 Sierra Leone 126.39 2024 down 3.7% falling
137 Taiwan, China 109.31 2024 up 22.0% rising
138 Bosnia and Herzegovina 105.8 2024 down 51.1% falling
139 Congo 96.91 2024 down 6.3% volatile
140 Slovakia 94.19 2024 down 26.3% volatile
141 Libya 88.29 2024 up 7.4% volatile
142 Montenegro 87.67 2024 up 50.2% rising
143 Estonia 84.11 2024 down 26.7% volatile
144 Jamaica 78.23 2024 up 27.2% falling
145 Luxembourg 69.23 2024 up 5.2% falling
146 Iceland 61.52 2024 up 27.2% falling
147 Hong Kong, China 59.29 2024 down 14.2% volatile
148 Papua New Guinea 59.02 2024 down 1.3% rising
149 Gambia 58.82 2024 down 36.4% rising
150 Cyprus 56.25 2024 up 39.6% rising
151 Bhutan 51.86 2024 up 152.4% volatile
152 Republic of Moldova 49.28 2024 down 73.4% volatile
153 Fiji 47.74 2024 down 60.9% rising
154 Puerto Rico 46.75 2024 down 29.6% volatile
155 New Caledonia 36.69 2024 down 28.6% falling
156 Timor-Leste 36.55 2024 up 27.2% rising
157 North Macedonia 35.03 2024 down 66.1% falling
158 Guadeloupe 34.25 2006 down 15.5% flat
159 Comoros 30.54 2024 down 0.6% flat
160 Guyana 30.43 2024 down 9.7% falling
161 Vanuatu 29.44 2024 down 32.4% rising
162 Belize 28.77 2024 up 38.4% rising
163 Samoa 23.44 2024 up 2.7% rising
164 Liberia 22.98 2024 down 9.8% falling
165 Martinique 22.33 2006 down 32.1% falling
166 Qatar 20.87 2024 up 37.8% volatile
167 Réunion 20.82 2006 up 49.0% falling
168 Mauritius 20.73 2024 down 15.5% falling
169 Gabon 20.02 2024 down 18.4% volatile
170 Suriname 19.81 2024 down 14.7% rising
171 Kuwait 19.5 2024 up 9.5% volatile
172 Lesotho 19.04 2024 down 55.4% volatile
173 Trinidad and Tobago 18.63 2024 up 1.8% falling
174 Bahrain 17.71 2024 down 27.5% rising
175 Cape Verde 12.24 2024 up 24.5% rising
176 Solomon Islands 11.44 2024 up 2.7% rising
177 Malta 11.04 2024 down 1.4% falling
178 Brunei Darussalam 10.35 2024 up 30.3% volatile
179 Dominica 8.28 2024 down 2.8% rising
180 Saint Lucia 6.01 2024 down 7.3% rising
181 Macau, China 5.83 2024 down 14.1% falling
182 French Guiana 5.4 2006 down 1.5% falling
183 Sao Tome and Principe 5.31 2024 up 108.1% rising
184 Tonga 4.99 2024 down 1.5% rising
185 Micronesia, Federated States of 4.98 2024 up 4.5% flat
186 Grenada 2.61 2024 down 5.2% falling
187 Barbados 2.4 2024 up 18.9% volatile
188 French Polynesia 2.32 2024 down 5.1% falling
189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.41 2024 down 48.3% falling
190 Antigua and Barbuda 1.26 2024 down 42.0% volatile
191 Equatorial Guinea 1.21 2024 up 1.6% rising
192 Faroe Islands 0.6658 2024 down 71.4% rising
193 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.6192 2024 up 6.1% falling
194 Bahamas 0.2877 2024 down 6.2% volatile
195 Singapore 0.2329 2024 up 2.4% volatile
196 Seychelles 0.2274 2024 up 22.1% volatile

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Indicator
Daily number of animals slaughtered for meat
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 11,446 data points, 1961–2024
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