Meat, Poultry — Production in Viet Nam

Viet Nam: Meat, Poultry — Production was 1.42 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
1.42 million t
Change on year
down 16.9%
World rank
5th
of 20 countries
All-time high
1.71 million t
in 2023
All-time low
55,760 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Meat, Poultry — Production in Viet Nam, 1961–2024

0500.0k1.0M1.5M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, meat, poultry — production in Viet Nam stood at 1.42 million t.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.9% on the previous year and up 94.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Viet Nam peaked at 1.71 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 55,760 t, in 1961.

Viet Nam ranks 5th of 20 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Meat, Poultry — Production in Viet Nam, year by year

Annual values for Meat, Poultry — Production in Viet Nam, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 55,760 t —
1962 60,200 t +8.0%
1963 73,360 t +21.9%
1964 65,120 t -11.2%
1965 71,640 t +10.0%
1966 68,960 t -3.7%
1967 70,080 t +1.6%
1968 70,920 t +1.2%
1969 68,800 t -3.0%
1970 70,040 t +1.8%
1971 72,660 t +3.7%
1972 87,000 t +19.7%
1973 88,200 t +1.4%
1974 88,480 t +0.3%
1975 71,120 t -19.6%
1976 76,800 t +8.0%
1977 74,800 t -2.6%
1978 76,800 t +2.7%
1979 83,240 t +8.4%
1980 96,000 t +15.3%
1981 114,600 t +19.4%
1982 124,000 t +8.2%
1983 150,800 t +21.6%
1984 156,600 t +3.8%
1985 146,200 t -6.6%
1986 132,900 t -9.1%
1987 166,000 t +24.9%
1988 161,000 t -3.0%
1989 166,400 t +3.4%
1990 169,600 t +1.9%
1991 164,720 t -2.9%
1992 177,120 t +7.5%
1993 168,720 t -4.7%
1994 170,400 t +1.0%
1995 175,840 t +3.2%
1996 196,720 t +11.9%
1997 284,660 t +44.7%
1998 299,440 t +5.2%
1999 325,500 t +8.7%
2000 365,292 t +12.2%
2001 385,371 t +5.5%
2002 420,002 t +9.0%
2003 455,521 t +8.5%
2004 387,689 t -14.9%
2005 393,890 t +1.6%
2006 414,600 t +5.3%
2007 432,360 t +4.3%
2008 530,160 t +22.6%
2009 607,748 t +14.6%
2010 531,397 t -12.6%
2011 599,361 t +12.8%
2012 626,401 t +4.5%
2013 678,232 t +8.3%
2014 730,880 t +7.8%
2015 790,849 t +8.2%
2016 851,872 t +7.7%
2017 910,152 t +6.8%
2018 974,162 t +7.0%
2019 1.14 million t +17.5%
2020 1.32 million t +15.3%
2021 1.49 million t +12.9%
2022 1.55 million t +4.4%
2023 1.71 million t +10.2%
2024 1.42 million t -16.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 67,204 t 55,760 t 73,360 t 9
1970s 78,914 t 70,040 t 88,480 t 10
1980s 141,450 t 96,000 t 166,400 t 10
1990s 213,272 t 164,720 t 325,500 t 10
2000s 439,263 t 365,292 t 607,748 t 10
2010s 783,786 t 531,397 t 1.14 million t 10
2020s 1.50 million t 1.32 million t 1.71 million t 5

Countries ranked near Viet Nam

  1. 2 China, mainland 26.60 million t compare
  2. 3 Brazil 13.87 million t compare
  3. 3 Türkiye 2.57 million t compare
  4. 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.28 million t compare
  5. 4 Russian Federation 5.46 million t compare
  6. 5 India 5.06 million t compare
  7. 6 Indonesia 4.22 million t compare
  8. 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 579,764 t compare
  9. 7 Mexico 4.03 million t compare
  10. 8 USSR 3.09 million t compare
  11. 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 545,773 t compare

See the full ranking of 240 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Viet Nam

All data for Viet Nam →

Frequently asked questions

What is meat, poultry — production in Viet Nam?
Meat, poultry — production in Viet Nam was 1.42 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Viet Nam?
The highest recorded value was 1.71 million t in 2023.
What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Viet Nam?
The lowest recorded value was 55,760 t in 1961.
How does Viet Nam rank for meat, poultry — production?
Viet Nam ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Viet Nam?
Over the last ten years it is up 94.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Viet Nam 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Meat, Poultry — Production in Viet Nam. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 30 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/meat-poultry-production/viet-nam-2/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/meat-poultry-production/viet-nam-2/">Meat, Poultry — Production in Viet Nam</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Meat, Poultry — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,979 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.