Meat — Food in United States
United States: Meat — Food was 41,926 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food in United States, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat — food in United States is 41,926 1000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food in United States peaked at 42,645 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 36,482 1000 t, in 2012.
United States ranks 3rd of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Food in United States, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 37,099 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 36,619 1000 t | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 36,482 1000 t | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 36,846 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 36,965 1000 t | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 37,791 1000 t | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 38,677 1000 t | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 39,345 1000 t | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 41,067 1000 t | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 42,240 1000 t | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 42,645 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 41,102 1000 t | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 41,823 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 41,926 1000 t | +0.2% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 41,926 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 389 1000 t, 107.8× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 38,313 1000 t | 36,482 1000 t | 42,240 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,874 1000 t | 41,102 1000 t | 42,645 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near United States
- 1 China 107,637 1000 t compare
- 2 China, mainland 104,617 1000 t compare
- 4 Brazil 22,079 1000 t compare
- 5 Russian Federation 12,328 1000 t compare
- 5 Russia 12,328 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for United States
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.96 % change on previous year (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0094 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 673.66 current US$ per person (2021)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.1831 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1981 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2021)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat — food in United States?
- Meat — food in United States was 41,926 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 42,645 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat — food recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,482 1000 t in 2012.
- How does United States rank for meat — food?
- United States ranks 3rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.