Land animals slaughtered for meat, per square kilometre by country
Land animals slaughtered for meat divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
105,255 animals per square kilometre
Macao
Lowest
0 animals per square kilometre
Luxembourg
Median
496.74 animals per square kilometre
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,156
What the numbers show
Land animals slaughtered for meat, per square kilometre is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 105,255 animals per square kilometre in Macao; the lowest is 0 animals per square kilometre in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 496.74 animals per square kilometre, and the mean is 2,438 animals per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 150 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 1,206.1%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).
Land animals slaughtered for meat, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 105,255 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 2 | Singapore | 50,502 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 3 | Mauritius | 24,925 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Barbados | 21,179 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Netherlands | 14,946 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 14,831 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 7 | Israel | 13,616 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Bahrain | 12,355 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 9 | South Korea | 11,104 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Belgium | 10,156 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 11 | Malta | 9,557 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 12 | Jamaica | 7,978 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6,638 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 14 | El Salvador | 6,455 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Lebanon | 6,305 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 5,357 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 4,870 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 18 | Philippines | 4,506 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Poland | 4,241 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Palestine | 3,951 animals per square kilometre | 2022 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 21 | Brunei | 3,710 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Kuwait | 2,834 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Jordan | 2,832 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Denmark | 2,632 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 25 | Thailand | 2,623 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Pakistan | 2,612 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Indonesia | 2,585 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 111.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Tuvalu | 2,577 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 2,552 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Portugal | 2,526 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 31 | Belarus | 2,524 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 2,345 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Japan | 2,323 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 34 | Switzerland | 2,279 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 2,236 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 36 | Guatemala | 2,221 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Vietnam | 2,192 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Hungary | 2,190 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 39 | Slovenia | 2,135 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 40 | Malaysia | 2,007 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Italy | 1,998 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | 1,943 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Qatar | 1,849 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 222.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Germany | 1,802 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 45 | Turkey | 1,777 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Egypt | 1,773 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 145.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Grenada | 1,689 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 48 | Nepal | 1,640 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 355.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 1,614 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Spain | 1,544 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 51 | Cyprus | 1,519 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 52 | Czechia | 1,513 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 53 | Panama | 1,510 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Ireland | 1,490 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Morocco | 1,451 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 56 | France | 1,447 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 57 | Kiribati | 1,438 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Romania | 1,391 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | 1,340 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Moldova | 1,308 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 61 | Greece | 1,281 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 62 | China | 1,264 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Austria | 1,216 animals per square kilometre | 2021 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 64 | Iran | 1,158 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 65 | India | 1,128 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Honduras | 1,122 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Mexico | 1,098 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Ecuador | 1,063 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Ukraine | 1,049 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 70 | United States | 1,047 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 71 | Slovakia | 968.37 animals per square kilometre | 2019 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 961.46 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Seychelles | 954.05 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Serbia | 899.08 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 113.3% | rising |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 894.98 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Togo | 877.51 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 161.3% | volatile |
| 77 | South Africa | 861.79 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Myanmar | 806.38 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Brazil | 776.33 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Fiji | 759.72 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Lithuania | 758.78 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 82 | Croatia | 753.56 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 83 | Tunisia | 734.84 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Peru | 645.91 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Sao Tome and Principe | 619.79 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 86 | United Arab Emirates | 618.66 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Belize | 591.54 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Syria | 586.34 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 585.94 animals per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 561.63 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 542.42 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 92 | Senegal | 533.02 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 94.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Bahamas | 515.68 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 94 | Tonga | 515.28 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 95 | Uganda | 514.64 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 496.74 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Dominica | 496.67 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 98 | New Zealand | 470.19 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Armenia | 459.87 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 100 | Ghana | 425.75 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Albania | 418.98 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 102 | Comoros | 395.79 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 103 | Chile | 392.61 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Malawi | 384.81 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Burundi | 378.66 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 106 | Nigeria | 376.53 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 74.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Haiti | 359.98 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 108 | Yemen | 357.98 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Latvia | 352.74 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 344.35 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 131.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Venezuela | 333.33 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Montenegro | 330.71 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 113 | Iraq | 328.65 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 144.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 323.47 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Saudi Arabia | 307.37 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Micronesia (country) | 289.59 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 117 | Argentina | 270.1 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Estonia | 267.3 animals per square kilometre | 2018 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 119 | Sweden | 262.79 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 120 | Finland | 262.02 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Nauru | 238.09 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 122 | Laos | 234.33 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 72.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Benin | 233.59 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 124 | Guyana | 213.13 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 125 | French Polynesia | 211.59 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 201.78 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 266.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Norway | 199.6 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Paraguay | 198.03 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Cameroon | 191.25 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Georgia | 187.34 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 131 | Uruguay | 185.74 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Bolivia | 182.21 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Liberia | 179.33 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Rwanda | 176.75 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 175.94 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Samoa | 170.5 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 137 | North Korea | 170.04 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 138 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 164.75 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 69.6% | rising |
| 139 | Eswatini | 164.65 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Russia | 161.16 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Algeria | 159.03 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Gambia | 153.16 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 150.57 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1,206.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 135.21 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Cape Verde | 122.08 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Kenya | 119.2 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 330.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Madagascar | 115.08 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 148 | Tanzania | 114.49 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 99.92 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 150 | Cambodia | 99.58 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 151 | Australia | 96.38 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Mozambique | 95.94 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Canada | 91.8 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 154 | Mali | 75.91 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Kazakhstan | 69.12 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 145.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Ethiopia | 68.24 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 157 | Zambia | 67.53 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Libya | 63.67 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 61.19 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 143.7% | volatile |
| 160 | South Sudan | 60.08 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 89.8% | rising |
| 161 | Iceland | 57.06 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 51.92 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 163 | Angola | 48.78 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 44.96 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 165 | East Timor | 40.55 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 43.0% | rising |
| 166 | Turkmenistan | 40.14 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Guinea | 36.84 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Bhutan | 33.82 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Suriname | 33.07 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 170 | New Caledonia | 31.33 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 171 | Cuba | 28.9 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 89.6% | falling |
| 172 | Oman | 28.03 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Lesotho | 23.42 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 40.9% | flat |
| 174 | Niger | 20.19 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 175 | Gabon | 20.14 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Congo | 20.03 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 177 | Sudan | 18.01 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 16.65 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 179 | Namibia | 16.03 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 12.75 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.59 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 182 | Eritrea | 11.51 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.36 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Central African Republic | 11.25 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Somalia | 8.15 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 186 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.5 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 187 | Chad | 6.37 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 188 | Mauritania | 5.99 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 189 | Botswana | 4.08 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Mongolia | 0.2239 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Luxembourg | 0 animals per square kilometre | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Land animals slaughtered for meat divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land animals slaughtered for meat ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Land animals slaughtered for meat Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land animals slaughtered for meat divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.