Meat, Poultry — 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...
Countries reporting
210
Highest
27.41 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Luxembourg
Median
76,300 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,979
What the numbers show
Meat, Poultry — Production is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 27.41 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 76,300 t, and the mean is 750,625 t.
Over the past decade 163 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 3,058.7%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).
Meat, Poultry — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 27.41 million t | 2024 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 26.60 million t | 2024 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Brazil | 13.87 million t | 2024 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 2.57 million t | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 5.46 million t | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.28 million t | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 5.06 million t | 2024 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 1.42 million t | 2024 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 4.22 million t | 2024 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Mexico | 4.03 million t | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 579,764 t | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 8 | USSR | 3.09 million t | 1991 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 545,773 t | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Poland | 2.90 million t | 2024 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Egypt | 2.69 million t | 2024 | up 130.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Syrian Arab Republic | 168,997 t | 2024 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Japan | 2.47 million t | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 148,766 t | 2024 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Pakistan | 2.37 million t | 2024 | up 138.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Melanesia | 54,817 t | 2024 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Argentina | 2.34 million t | 2024 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 50,640 t | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.00 million t | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 48,337 t | 2024 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Thailand | 1.99 million t | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 36,881 t | 2024 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 16 | South Africa | 1.92 million t | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10,000 t | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 17 | Peru | 1.90 million t | 2024 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Polynesia | 1,488 t | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 1.82 million t | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Micronesia | 1,322 t | 2024 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.75 million t | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Timor-Leste | 492 t | 2024 | down 41.8% | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 1.74 million t | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 161.73 t | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 21 | France | 1.69 million t | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 22 | Malaysia | 1.67 million t | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Philippines | 1.62 million t | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Canada | 1.59 million t | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 25 | Germany | 1.54 million t | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Australia | 1.51 million t | 2024 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Caribbean | 670,224 t | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Italy | 1.38 million t | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 28 | Ukraine | 1.16 million t | 2024 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 163,915 t | 2024 | up 259.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Republic of Korea | 1.01 million t | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 590.12 t | 2024 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 850,371 t | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 31 | China, Taiwan Province of | 781,354 t | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Myanmar | 778,433 t | 2024 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Chile | 759,117 t | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 757,884 t | 2024 | up 44.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Morocco | 735,000 t | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Israel | 694,722 t | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Ecuador | 556,908 t | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Belarus | 552,707 t | 2024 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Hungary | 543,588 t | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 40 | Belgium | 537,866 t | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 41 | Romania | 532,940 t | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 42 | Algeria | 483,790 t | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 421,615 t | 2024 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Portugal | 397,090 t | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Guatemala | 391,942 t | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 368,887 t | 1999 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 360,041 t | 2024 | up 185.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Nigeria | 342,933 t | 2024 | up 74.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Jordan | 302,635 t | 2024 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Bangladesh | 298,673 t | 2024 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Greece | 277,980 t | 2024 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 52 | Tunisia | 259,972 t | 2024 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 258,562 t | 2024 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Yugoslav SFR | 233,371 t | 1991 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 55 | New Zealand | 232,317 t | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Honduras | 229,377 t | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Yemen | 204,416 t | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Panama | 198,284 t | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Czechoslovakia | 194,948 t | 1992 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 60 | Iraq | 190,000 t | 2024 | up 171.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Nepal | 181,271 t | 2024 | up 318.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Ireland | 179,483 t | 2024 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Sweden | 178,090 t | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 174,100 t | 2024 | up 262.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Czechia | 172,663 t | 2024 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 168,997 t | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 67 | El Salvador | 167,371 t | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 163,310 t | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Denmark | 163,309 t | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 70 | Senegal | 159,502 t | 2024 | up 142.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Austria | 149,482 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 72 | Finland | 148,660 t | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 143,677 t | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Jamaica | 142,354 t | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 142,321 t | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Serbia | 139,660 t | 2024 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 77 | Mozambique | 139,017 t | 2024 | up 106.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Lebanon | 137,662 t | 2024 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Uganda | 132,768 t | 2024 | up 120.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Libya | 131,499 t | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Norway | 120,069 t | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 118,956 t | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 83 | Switzerland | 115,808 t | 2024 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Cameroon | 113,200 t | 2024 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Malawi | 111,035 t | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 108,934 t | 2024 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Kenya | 102,529 t | 2024 | up 366.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Madagascar | 91,348 t | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 89 | Serbia and Montenegro | 88,575 t | 2005 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 90 | Lithuania | 85,709 t | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 91 | Guyana | 81,678 t | 2024 | up 187.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Paraguay | 81,139 t | 2024 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Croatia | 78,207 t | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 94 | Slovenia | 77,960 t | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 95 | Ethiopia PDR | 77,200 t | 1992 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76,558 t | 2024 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Sudan | 76,042 t | 2024 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 98 | Ghana | 74,518 t | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Uruguay | 74,323 t | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Slovakia | 71,433 t | 2019 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 101 | Kuwait | 62,000 t | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Ethiopia | 61,261 t | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 103 | United Arab Emirates | 59,075 t | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Angola | 57,631 t | 2024 | up 64.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Mali | 52,033 t | 2024 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 106 | South Sudan | 52,008 t | 2024 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Mauritius | 51,292 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Zambia | 51,237 t | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Singapore | 49,029 t | 2024 | down 48.4% | rising |
| 110 | Tajikistan | 47,381 t | 2024 | up 3,058.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46,888 t | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Fiji | 46,146 t | 2024 | up 107.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Sudan (former) | 40,000 t | 2011 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 114 | Latvia | 38,480 t | 2024 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 115 | Palestine | 34,318 t | 2022 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 116 | Togo | 32,632 t | 2024 | up 123.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Brunei Darussalam | 29,091 t | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 28,689 t | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 119 | Cyprus | 28,150 t | 2024 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Cambodia | 27,330 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Georgia | 26,600 t | 2024 | up 82.2% | rising |
| 122 | Qatar | 25,037 t | 2024 | up 212.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Turkmenistan | 24,886 t | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 124 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 24,363 t | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 125 | Puerto Rico | 24,352 t | 2024 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Belize | 23,982 t | 2024 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Estonia | 22,237 t | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 128 | Niger | 20,460 t | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 129 | Sierra Leone | 20,454 t | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Kyrgyzstan | 19,604 t | 2024 | up 237.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Réunion | 19,234 t | 2006 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Namibia | 16,697 t | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Rwanda | 15,043 t | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Liberia | 14,533 t | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Benin | 14,487 t | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 136 | Guinea | 14,138 t | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Armenia | 14,058 t | 2024 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 138 | Barbados | 13,058 t | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Albania | 12,574 t | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Iceland | 10,229 t | 2024 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Burundi | 9,963 t | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 142 | Haiti | 9,472 t | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 143 | Suriname | 8,899 t | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 144 | Bahrain | 8,671 t | 2024 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 6,952 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 21.9% | 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 | 3,106 t | 2024 | down 13.2% | 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 | Guadeloupe | 1,474 t | 2006 | up 379.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Saint Lucia | 1,422 t | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Gambia | 1,360 t | 2024 | down 27.8% | 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 | 750.75 t | 2024 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 691.1 t | 2024 | up 7.4% | 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 | 461.74 t | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 178 | French Guiana | 407 t | 2006 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 179 | Samoa | 381.71 t | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 180 | Dominica | 372.88 t | 2024 | up 3.3% | 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 146.15 million t
- Asia 59.31 million t
- Americas 52.78 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.06 million t
- Eastern Asia 30.92 million t
- Northern America 24.14 million t
- Europe 23.56 million t
- South America 22.62 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 948,796 t
- United States of America 22.55 million t
- European Union (27) 13.88 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 13.49 million t
- Middle Africa 205,090 t
- South-Eastern Asia 11.86 million t
- Eastern Europe 11.54 million t
- Southern Asia 10.48 million t
- Africa 8.69 million t
- Western Asia 5.42 million t
- Central America 5.36 million t
- Western Europe 4.88 million t
- Northern Africa 4.38 million t
- Southern Europe 4.19 million t
- Northern Europe 2.94 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.75 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.56 million t
- Southern Africa 1.94 million t
- Oceania 1.80 million t
- Western Africa 1.09 million t
- Eastern Africa 1.08 million t
- Central Asia 626,012 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.