Meat, Total — 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
213
Highest
99.58 million t
China
Lowest
78.52 t
Nauru
Median
291,946 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
14,172
What the numbers show
Meat, Total — Production is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 99.58 million t in China; the lowest is 78.52 t in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 291,946 t, and the mean is 2.16 million t.
Over the past decade 157 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 366.2%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 67.8%).
Meat, Total — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 99.58 million t | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 97.86 million t | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Brazil | 29.64 million t | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 5.60 million t | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 4 | USSR | 18.50 million t | 1991 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 4 | Türkiye | 4.68 million t | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 13.21 million t | 2024 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.80 million t | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 12.87 million t | 2024 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 8.35 million t | 2024 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Spain | 7.56 million t | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.13 million t | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 7.07 million t | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.10 million t | 2024 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 6.88 million t | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.08 million t | 2024 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Argentina | 6.43 million t | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 11 | Melanesia | 601,576 t | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 5.85 million t | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Syrian Arab Republic | 418,050 t | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Australia | 5.58 million t | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 344,589 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 5.46 million t | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 256,277 t | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 15 | Canada | 5.19 million t | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 15 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 231,256 t | 2024 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 16 | France | 5.18 million t | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 16 | Republic of Moldova | 78,232 t | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 17 | Indonesia | 5.11 million t | 2024 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 30,785 t | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 18 | Japan | 4.20 million t | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 18 | Polynesia | 8,046 t | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4.17 million t | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 19 | Micronesia | 3,803 t | 2024 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 20 | South Africa | 3.63 million t | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1,482 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 21 | Egypt | 3.38 million t | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Italy | 3.38 million t | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 23 | Philippines | 3.27 million t | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Colombia | 3.16 million t | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Thailand | 3.07 million t | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 2.84 million t | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.69 million t | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 27 | Caribbean | 1.04 million t | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 2.39 million t | 2024 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 441,064 t | 2024 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 29 | Ukraine | 2.11 million t | 2024 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 4,615 t | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Malaysia | 1.85 million t | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Belgium | 1.74 million t | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 32 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.69 million t | 1999 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 33 | Nigeria | 1.68 million t | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 1.61 million t | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 35 | Denmark | 1.60 million t | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 36 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.57 million t | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 37 | Chile | 1.56 million t | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 38 | New Zealand | 1.49 million t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 39 | Czechoslovakia | 1.39 million t | 1992 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 40 | Belarus | 1.33 million t | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 41 | Yugoslav SFR | 1.32 million t | 1991 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 42 | Myanmar | 1.26 million t | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Morocco | 1.22 million t | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 1.17 million t | 2024 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 45 | Ireland | 1.16 million t | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 1.08 million t | 2024 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Sudan (former) | 1.06 million t | 2011 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 48 | Algeria | 1.05 million t | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Hungary | 1.04 million t | 2024 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 50 | Ecuador | 1.04 million t | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Chad | 1.03 million t | 2024 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Romania | 993,030 t | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 53 | Sudan | 973,482 t | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 948,764 t | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 912,484 t | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 56 | Portugal | 889,814 t | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 57 | Israel | 860,051 t | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Serbia and Montenegro | 831,654 t | 2005 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 59 | Austria | 814,265 t | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 60 | Bangladesh | 777,844 t | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 61 | Guatemala | 753,192 t | 2024 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Malawi | 703,100 t | 2024 | up 165.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Uruguay | 695,238 t | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 64 | Kenya | 656,460 t | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 65 | Uganda | 642,365 t | 2024 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Paraguay | 580,201 t | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 67 | Sweden | 570,910 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 68 | Ethiopia PDR | 559,202 t | 1992 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 555,538 t | 2024 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Burkina Faso | 552,048 t | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Serbia | 545,829 t | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 72 | Papua New Guinea | 531,162 t | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 73 | Switzerland | 480,607 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 74 | Czechia | 475,908 t | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 75 | Yemen | 453,607 t | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 452,315 t | 2024 | up 366.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Nepal | 447,767 t | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Greece | 429,399 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 79 | Cameroon | 418,231 t | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Finland | 397,311 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 393,734 t | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 82 | Jordan | 382,910 t | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 378,314 t | 2024 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 84 | Tunisia | 376,758 t | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Zambia | 369,605 t | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 367,361 t | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 87 | Norway | 364,440 t | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 88 | Angola | 360,123 t | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Senegal | 341,094 t | 2024 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 332,400 t | 2023 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Mozambique | 323,757 t | 2024 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Ghana | 323,365 t | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 302,665 t | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Honduras | 302,166 t | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Panama | 301,415 t | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 291,946 t | 2024 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Iraq | 286,984 t | 2024 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 258,625 t | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 99 | Croatia | 246,847 t | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 100 | Bulgaria | 237,063 t | 2024 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 101 | Afghanistan | 234,092 t | 2024 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 102 | South Sudan | 230,430 t | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 103 | Lithuania | 200,638 t | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 104 | Niger | 193,878 t | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 105 | Cambodia | 192,858 t | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 106 | United Arab Emirates | 191,558 t | 2024 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 107 | El Salvador | 191,383 t | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 191,151 t | 2024 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Lebanon | 184,744 t | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Libya | 184,576 t | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 111 | Somalia | 180,334 t | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 112 | Mali | 177,136 t | 2024 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 113 | Madagascar | 161,610 t | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 114 | Jamaica | 159,369 t | 2024 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Slovakia | 159,110 t | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 116 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 140,991 t | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 117 | Slovenia | 134,638 t | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 118 | Mauritania | 134,116 t | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 119 | Guinea | 132,562 t | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Benin | 128,504 t | 2024 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 121 | Kuwait | 117,908 t | 2024 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Haiti | 108,360 t | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 123 | Armenia | 105,515 t | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 124 | Botswana | 101,747 t | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 125 | Cuba | 101,472 t | 2024 | down 67.8% | rising |
| 126 | Rwanda | 99,076 t | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Oman | 92,976 t | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 92,890 t | 2024 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 129 | Latvia | 90,662 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 130 | Georgia | 88,812 t | 2024 | up 50.1% | falling |
| 131 | Guyana | 87,418 t | 2024 | up 170.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Togo | 81,199 t | 2024 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Namibia | 78,955 t | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 134 | Cyprus | 73,884 t | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 135 | Estonia | 71,782 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 136 | Albania | 66,669 t | 2024 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 137 | Palestine | 63,178 t | 2022 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 138 | Congo | 62,068 t | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Singapore | 56,511 t | 2024 | down 50.8% | flat |
| 140 | Mauritius | 54,741 t | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Fiji | 54,529 t | 2024 | up 96.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Trinidad and Tobago | 49,512 t | 2024 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 48,716 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Burundi | 47,876 t | 2024 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 145 | Eritrea | 43,426 t | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 146 | Gabon | 41,673 t | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 147 | Bahrain | 38,364 t | 2024 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Réunion | 36,254 t | 2006 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Puerto Rico | 35,721 t | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 150 | Liberia | 34,692 t | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 151 | Iceland | 34,130 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 152 | Qatar | 33,814 t | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Brunei Darussalam | 30,581 t | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Belize | 28,602 t | 2024 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 26,995 t | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 156 | Eswatini | 26,283 t | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 21,430 t | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 158 | Luxembourg | 19,809 t | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 159 | Barbados | 16,145 t | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 160 | Montenegro | 15,218 t | 2024 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 161 | Suriname | 12,565 t | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 162 | Djibouti | 11,738 t | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 163 | Malta | 10,438 t | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 164 | China, Macao SAR | 8,864 t | 2024 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 165 | Lesotho | 8,837 t | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 166 | Gambia | 8,278 t | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 167 | New Caledonia | 6,852 t | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 168 | Bahamas | 6,480 t | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 169 | Guadeloupe | 5,610 t | 2006 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 5,406 t | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 171 | Bhutan | 4,553 t | 2024 | up 92.6% | falling |
| 172 | Martinique | 4,074 t | 2006 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 3,627 t | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 174 | Samoa | 3,059 t | 2024 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 3,005 t | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 176 | Tonga | 2,467 t | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 177 | Comoros | 2,293 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 178 | Kiribati | 2,242 t | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 1,801 t | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 180 | Grenada | 1,781 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,725 t | 2024 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Seychelles | 1,461 t | 2024 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 183 | Dominica | 1,405 t | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 184 | French Guiana | 1,159 t | 2006 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 185 | Maldives | 865.7 t | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 186 | Faroe Islands | 708.46 t | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 187 | Equatorial Guinea | 655.58 t | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 499 t | 2024 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 375.31 t | 2024 | down 38.9% | rising |
| 190 | Tuvalu | 191.62 t | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 138.47 t | 2024 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 136.51 t | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 193 | Niue | 96.77 t | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 194 | Nauru | 78.52 t | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 373.87 million t
- Asia 165.05 million t
- Americas 112.44 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 13.23 million t
- Eastern Asia 107.34 million t
- Europe 64.54 million t
- Northern America 52.99 million t
- South America 47.83 million t
- Middle Africa 2.36 million t
- United States of America 47.79 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1.96 million t
- European Union (27) 42.45 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 31.40 million t
- Eastern Europe 24.69 million t
- Africa 24.16 million t
- Southern Asia 23.62 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 20.70 million t
- Western Europe 17.80 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 15.51 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 13.70 million t
- Southern Europe 13.39 million t
- Central America 10.58 million t
- Western Asia 9.50 million t
- Northern Europe 8.67 million t
- Oceania 7.68 million t
- Northern Africa 7.19 million t
- Eastern Africa 6.47 million t
- Western Africa 4.31 million t
- Central Asia 3.89 million t
- Southern Africa 3.84 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.