Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 16.07 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 73,537 t, and the mean is 649,509 t.
Over the past decade 153 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 3,058.7%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 16.07 million t | 2024 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 15.35 million t | 2024 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Brazil | 13.71 million t | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 2.51 million t | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 5.46 million t | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 5.02 million t | 2024 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 4.18 million t | 2024 | up 115.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Mexico | 4.01 million t | 2024 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 8 | USSR | 3.09 million t | 1991 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Egypt | 2.60 million t | 2024 | up 151.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Japan | 2.47 million t | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 2.43 million t | 2024 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Pakistan | 2.36 million t | 2024 | up 139.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Argentina | 2.30 million t | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Thailand | 1.92 million t | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 15 | South Africa | 1.92 million t | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Peru | 1.86 million t | 2024 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.85 million t | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 1.82 million t | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.71 million t | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Malaysia | 1.60 million t | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Philippines | 1.60 million t | 2024 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Spain | 1.52 million t | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 23 | Australia | 1.48 million t | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Canada | 1.42 million t | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 25 | France | 1.25 million t | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Italy | 1.13 million t | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 1.12 million t | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Germany | 1.11 million t | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Republic of Korea | 935,000 t | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 840,530 t | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 757,432 t | 2024 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Myanmar | 707,500 t | 2024 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Chile | 695,566 t | 2024 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 34 | China, Taiwan Province of | 690,000 t | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Israel | 600,072 t | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Morocco | 583,000 t | 2024 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Ecuador | 554,360 t | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Belarus | 549,184 t | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Romania | 532,940 t | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 40 | Belgium | 531,510 t | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 41 | Algeria | 448,820 t | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Dominican Republic | 421,615 t | 2024 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Hungary | 401,760 t | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 44 | Guatemala | 391,942 t | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 359,136 t | 1999 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Kazakhstan | 352,738 t | 2024 | up 179.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Nigeria | 342,933 t | 2024 | up 74.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Portugal | 341,120 t | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Jordan | 302,275 t | 2024 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Greece | 275,600 t | 2024 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 258,540 t | 2024 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 232,508 t | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 53 | New Zealand | 230,307 t | 2024 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Honduras | 229,377 t | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Yugoslav SFR | 211,251 t | 1991 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 56 | Yemen | 204,416 t | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Panama | 198,284 t | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Iraq | 190,000 t | 2024 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Nepal | 180,076 t | 2024 | up 317.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 174,100 t | 2024 | up 262.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Sweden | 173,950 t | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Czechoslovakia | 170,301 t | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 168,997 t | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 64 | El Salvador | 167,371 t | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Tunisia | 163,333 t | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Nicaragua | 163,310 t | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Denmark | 163,170 t | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 68 | Ireland | 162,200 t | 2024 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Czechia | 160,250 t | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 70 | Senegal | 159,502 t | 2024 | up 142.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 143,677 t | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Jamaica | 142,354 t | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 142,321 t | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Finland | 140,010 t | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Serbia | 139,560 t | 2024 | up 63.1% | rising |
| 76 | Lebanon | 137,662 t | 2024 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Mozambique | 135,022 t | 2024 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Uganda | 132,768 t | 2024 | up 120.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Libya | 131,499 t | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Austria | 127,924 t | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 81 | Switzerland | 113,613 t | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Cameroon | 113,200 t | 2024 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Malawi | 111,035 t | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Norway | 110,833 t | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Zimbabwe | 108,740 t | 2024 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Kenya | 102,529 t | 2024 | up 366.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 95,990 t | 2024 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 88 | Lithuania | 83,240 t | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 89 | Guyana | 81,678 t | 2024 | up 187.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Paraguay | 78,426 t | 2024 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Ethiopia PDR | 77,200 t | 1992 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76,457 t | 2024 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Sudan | 76,042 t | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 94 | Ghana | 74,518 t | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Uruguay | 74,323 t | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Slovenia | 72,750 t | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 97 | Slovakia | 70,100 t | 2019 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 98 | Serbia and Montenegro | 67,175 t | 2005 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 99 | Croatia | 67,130 t | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 100 | Kuwait | 62,000 t | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Ethiopia | 61,261 t | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 59,075 t | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Angola | 57,631 t | 2024 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Madagascar | 55,453 t | 2024 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 105 | Mali | 52,033 t | 2024 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 106 | South Sudan | 52,008 t | 2024 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Zambia | 51,237 t | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Mauritius | 51,200 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 47,381 t | 2024 | up 3,058.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46,888 t | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Fiji | 45,553 t | 2024 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Singapore | 45,032 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 113 | Sudan (former) | 40,000 t | 2011 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 114 | Latvia | 38,460 t | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 115 | Palestine | 34,318 t | 2022 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 116 | Togo | 32,632 t | 2024 | up 123.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Brunei Darussalam | 28,995 t | 2024 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 28,689 t | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 119 | Cyprus | 28,080 t | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Georgia | 26,200 t | 2024 | up 79.5% | rising |
| 121 | Qatar | 25,000 t | 2024 | up 212.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 24,886 t | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Puerto Rico | 24,352 t | 2024 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 124 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 23,760 t | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 125 | Belize | 23,663 t | 2024 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Estonia | 22,237 t | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 127 | Niger | 20,460 t | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 19,604 t | 2024 | up 237.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Sierra Leone | 18,322 t | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Cambodia | 17,577 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 131 | Rwanda | 15,043 t | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Benin | 14,487 t | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 133 | Réunion | 14,408 t | 2006 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Liberia | 14,204 t | 2024 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Guinea | 14,138 t | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Armenia | 14,058 t | 2024 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 137 | Barbados | 12,873 t | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Namibia | 11,792 t | 2024 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Albania | 11,411 t | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Burundi | 9,963 t | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 141 | Iceland | 9,879 t | 2024 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Haiti | 8,928 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 143 | Bahrain | 8,671 t | 2024 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Suriname | 8,221 t | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 6,912 t | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 146 | Oman | 6,900 t | 2024 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Congo | 6,841 t | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 148 | Chad | 6,410 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 149 | Central African Republic | 6,062 t | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Bahamas | 5,997 t | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 151 | Malta | 4,950 t | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 152 | Mauritania | 4,934 t | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 153 | Gabon | 4,220 t | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Somalia | 4,088 t | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 155 | Cuba | 3,900 t | 2024 | down 88.2% | falling |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 3,183 t | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 157 | China, Macao SAR | 3,029 t | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 158 | Eswatini | 2,861 t | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Montenegro | 2,665 t | 2024 | up 89.3% | rising |
| 160 | North Macedonia | 1,997 t | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 161 | Botswana | 1,584 t | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Lucia | 1,422 t | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Gambia | 1,360 t | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Guadeloupe | 1,350 t | 2006 | up 373.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Bhutan | 1,208 t | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Kiribati | 1,156 t | 2024 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Martinique | 949 t | 2006 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 168 | Eritrea | 910.22 t | 2024 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 886.27 t | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 170 | Seychelles | 744.36 t | 2024 | up 140.1% | volatile |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 658.99 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 172 | Comoros | 592.21 t | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 173 | Lesotho | 568.52 t | 2024 | down 40.9% | flat |
| 174 | Grenada | 548.83 t | 2024 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 547.72 t | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Mongolia | 486.71 t | 2024 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 418.49 t | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Samoa | 381.71 t | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 179 | Dominica | 372.88 t | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 180 | French Guiana | 357 t | 2006 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 181 | Solomon Islands | 285.56 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 182 | Tonga | 272.25 t | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 183 | Equatorial Guinea | 264.42 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 211 t | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 63.56 t | 2024 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Cook Islands | 49.01 t | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 27.5 t | 2024 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 188 | Niue | 25.78 t | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6 t | 2024 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Nauru | 4.02 t | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 191 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 128.31 million t
- Asia 47.13 million t
- Americas 49.92 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.86 million t
- South America 22.31 million t
- Northern America 21.59 million t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.27 million t
- Europe 21.23 million t
- Viet Nam 1.26 million t
- United States of America 20.18 million t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 942,268 t
- Eastern Asia 19.49 million t
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 579,764 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 12.90 million t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 541,858 t
- European Union (27) 11.76 million t
- Middle Africa 205,047 t
- South-Eastern Asia 11.40 million t
- Syrian Arab Republic 168,188 t
- Eastern Europe 10.85 million t
- United Republic of Tanzania 147,450 t
- Southern Asia 10.35 million t
- Melanesia 54,185 t
- Africa 8.26 million t
- Republic of Moldova 50,352 t
- Central America 5.34 million t
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 43,455 t
- Western Asia 5.27 million t
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 22,522 t
- Northern Africa 4.00 million t
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,000 t
- Western Europe 3.97 million t
- Polynesia 1,456 t
- Southern Europe 3.65 million t
- Micronesia 1,322 t
- Northern Europe 2.76 million t
- Timor-Leste 492 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.68 million t
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 161.73 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.54 million t
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.