Meat — Processing by country
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...
What the numbers show
Meat — Processing is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 187 1000 t in Netherlands (Kingdom of the); the lowest is 0 1000 t in Australia.
The median across all reporting countries is 10 1000 t, and the mean is 31.28 1000 t.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Belgium (up 566.7%), and the largest decrease in Guatemala (down 100.0%).
Meat — Processing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 187 1000 t | 2023 | up 484.4% | volatile |
| 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 124 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 124 1000 t | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 104 1000 t | 2023 | up 258.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Russia | 104 1000 t | 2023 | up 258.6% | volatile |
| 6 | France | 94 1000 t | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 7 | Germany | 92 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 87 1000 t | 2023 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 8 | New Zealand | 87 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.1% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 63 1000 t | 2023 | up 231.6% | rising |
| 11 | Spain | 57 1000 t | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 12 | Ireland | 43 1000 t | 2023 | up 168.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Belgium | 40 1000 t | 2023 | up 566.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Hungary | 33 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 15 | Panama | 27 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 26 1000 t | 2023 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Serbia | 24 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 18 | United States | 23 1000 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Mongolia | 22 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Austria | 18 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 21 | Czechia | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 22 | Slovakia | 12 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Thailand | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Finland | 10 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 25 | Romania | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 26 | Uruguay | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 26 | Belarus | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Poland | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 89.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Brazil | 3 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 29 | Ukraine | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Lithuania | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 32 | Slovenia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 35 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Israel | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | China | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Denmark | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Greece | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 35 | Jordan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Norway | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 35 | Portugal | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Guatemala | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 45 | India | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Australia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | 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 1,154 1000 t
- Europe 947 1000 t
- European Union (27) 685 1000 t
- Western Europe 431 1000 t
- Northern Europe 245 1000 t
- Eastern Europe 183 1000 t
- Southern Europe 87 1000 t
- Oceania 87 1000 t
- Asia 63 1000 t
- Americas 57 1000 t
- Western Asia 29 1000 t
- Central America 27 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 23 1000 t
- United States of America 23 1000 t
- Northern America 23 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 23 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 22 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 11 1000 t
- South America 7 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1 1000 t
- Southern Asia 0 1000 t
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.