Meat — Import quantity in United States
United States: Meat — Import quantity was 2,808 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Import quantity 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 — import quantity in United States is 2,808 1000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 55.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — import quantity in United States peaked at 2,857 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,653 1000 t, in 2011.
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 — Import quantity in United States, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,791 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,653 1000 t | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 1,737 1000 t | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 1,811 1000 t | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 2,253 1000 t | +24.4% |
| 2015 | 2,555 1000 t | +13.4% |
| 2016 | 2,362 1000 t | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 2,389 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 2,371 1000 t | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 2,335 1000 t | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 2,453 1000 t | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 2,657 1000 t | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 2,857 1000 t | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 2,808 1000 t | -1.7% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 2,808 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 169.5 1000 t, 16.6× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,126 1000 t | 1,653 1000 t | 2,555 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,694 1000 t | 2,453 1000 t | 2,857 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near United States
- 1 China 8,752 1000 t compare
- 2 China, mainland 7,280 1000 t compare
- 4 Mexico 2,668 1000 t compare
- 5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,424 1000 t compare
- 5 United Kingdom 2,424 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 — import quantity in United States?
- Meat — import quantity in United States was 2,808 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — import quantity recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 2,857 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat — import quantity recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,653 1000 t in 2011.
- How does United States rank for meat — import quantity?
- United States ranks 3rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — import quantity rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.1%. 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 — Import quantity. 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.