Meat, Poultry — Production in Asia
Asia: Meat, Poultry — Production was 59.31 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Production in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — production in Asia is 59.31 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 45.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Asia peaked at 59.31 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.50 million t, in 1961.
Asia ranks 2nd of 33 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.94 million t | 1.50 million t | 2.52 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.68 million t | 2.70 million t | 4.96 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.12 million t | 5.22 million t | 9.48 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.95 million t | 10.04 million t | 21.24 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.30 million t | 22.90 million t | 33.35 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.26 million t | 34.81 million t | 51.24 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.07 million t | 53.32 million t | 59.31 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 China 27.41 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 26.60 million t compare
- 3 Brazil 13.87 million t compare
- 4 Russian Federation 5.46 million t compare
- 5 India 5.06 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Asia
- Tomatoes — Production 113.95 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 2.08 million ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 866.88 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 68.35 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 79 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Asia?
- Meat, poultry — production in Asia was 59.31 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 59.31 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.50 million t in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Asia ranks 2nd out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.