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...
What the numbers show
Meat, Total — Production is currently reported for 210 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 296,680 t, and the mean is 2.17 million t.
Over the past decade 154 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 |
| 4 | USSR | 18.50 million t | 1991 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 5 | India | 13.21 million t | 2024 | up 46.0% | 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 |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 7.07 million t | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 6.88 million t | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 11 | Argentina | 6.43 million t | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 12 | Pakistan | 5.85 million t | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 5.60 million t | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Australia | 5.58 million t | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 5.46 million t | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 16 | Canada | 5.19 million t | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 17 | France | 5.18 million t | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 18 | Indonesia | 5.11 million t | 2024 | up 75.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Türkiye | 4.68 million t | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Japan | 4.20 million t | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4.17 million t | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 22 | Egypt | 3.38 million t | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Italy | 3.38 million t | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 24 | Philippines | 3.27 million t | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Colombia | 3.16 million t | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Thailand | 3.07 million t | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Republic of Korea | 2.84 million t | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.80 million t | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.69 million t | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 2.39 million t | 2024 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Ukraine | 2.11 million t | 2024 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 32 | Malaysia | 1.85 million t | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Belgium | 1.74 million t | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 34 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.69 million t | 1999 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 35 | Nigeria | 1.68 million t | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 1.61 million t | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 1.60 million t | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 38 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.57 million t | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 39 | Chile | 1.56 million t | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 40 | New Zealand | 1.49 million t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 41 | Czechoslovakia | 1.39 million t | 1992 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 42 | Belarus | 1.33 million t | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 43 | Yugoslav SFR | 1.32 million t | 1991 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 44 | Myanmar | 1.26 million t | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Morocco | 1.22 million t | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Kazakhstan | 1.17 million t | 2024 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 47 | Ireland | 1.16 million t | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 48 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.13 million t | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.10 million t | 2024 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 1.08 million t | 2024 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 51 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.08 million t | 2024 | up 91.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Sudan (former) | 1.06 million t | 2011 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 53 | Algeria | 1.05 million t | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Caribbean | 1.04 million t | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 55 | Hungary | 1.04 million t | 2024 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 56 | Ecuador | 1.04 million t | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Chad | 1.03 million t | 2024 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Romania | 993,030 t | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 59 | Sudan | 973,482 t | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 948,764 t | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Ethiopia | 912,484 t | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 62 | Portugal | 889,814 t | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 63 | Israel | 860,051 t | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Serbia and Montenegro | 831,654 t | 2005 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 65 | Austria | 814,265 t | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 66 | Bangladesh | 777,844 t | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 67 | Guatemala | 753,192 t | 2024 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Malawi | 703,100 t | 2024 | up 165.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Uruguay | 695,238 t | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 70 | Kenya | 656,460 t | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 71 | Uganda | 642,365 t | 2024 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Melanesia | 601,576 t | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 73 | Paraguay | 580,201 t | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 74 | Sweden | 570,910 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 75 | Ethiopia PDR | 559,202 t | 1992 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 555,538 t | 2024 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Burkina Faso | 552,048 t | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Serbia | 545,829 t | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 531,162 t | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 80 | Switzerland | 480,607 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 81 | Czechia | 475,908 t | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 82 | Yemen | 453,607 t | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 452,315 t | 2024 | up 366.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Nepal | 447,767 t | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Côte d'Ivoire | 441,064 t | 2024 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 86 | Greece | 429,399 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 87 | Cameroon | 418,231 t | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Syrian Arab Republic | 418,050 t | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Finland | 397,311 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 90 | Turkmenistan | 393,734 t | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 91 | Jordan | 382,910 t | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Mongolia | 378,314 t | 2024 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 93 | Tunisia | 376,758 t | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Zambia | 369,605 t | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 367,361 t | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 96 | Norway | 364,440 t | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 97 | Angola | 360,123 t | 2024 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 344,589 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 99 | Senegal | 341,094 t | 2024 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 332,400 t | 2023 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Mozambique | 323,757 t | 2024 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Ghana | 323,365 t | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 302,665 t | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Honduras | 302,166 t | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Panama | 301,415 t | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 291,946 t | 2024 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Iraq | 286,984 t | 2024 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 258,625 t | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 109 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 256,277 t | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 110 | Croatia | 246,847 t | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 237,063 t | 2024 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 112 | Afghanistan | 234,092 t | 2024 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 113 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 231,256 t | 2024 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 114 | South Sudan | 230,430 t | 2024 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 115 | Lithuania | 200,638 t | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 116 | Niger | 193,878 t | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 117 | Cambodia | 192,858 t | 2024 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 191,558 t | 2024 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 119 | El Salvador | 191,383 t | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Lebanon | 184,744 t | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Libya | 184,576 t | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 122 | Somalia | 180,334 t | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 123 | Mali | 177,136 t | 2024 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 124 | Madagascar | 161,610 t | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 125 | Jamaica | 159,369 t | 2024 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Slovakia | 159,110 t | 2019 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 127 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 140,991 t | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 128 | Slovenia | 134,638 t | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 129 | Mauritania | 134,116 t | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 130 | Guinea | 132,562 t | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Benin | 128,504 t | 2024 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 132 | Kuwait | 117,908 t | 2024 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Haiti | 108,360 t | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 134 | Armenia | 105,515 t | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 135 | Botswana | 101,747 t | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 136 | Cuba | 101,472 t | 2024 | down 67.8% | rising |
| 137 | Rwanda | 99,076 t | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Oman | 92,976 t | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 92,890 t | 2024 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 140 | Latvia | 90,662 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 141 | Georgia | 88,812 t | 2024 | up 50.1% | falling |
| 142 | Guyana | 87,418 t | 2024 | up 170.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Togo | 81,199 t | 2024 | up 75.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Namibia | 78,955 t | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 145 | Republic of Moldova | 78,232 t | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 146 | Cyprus | 73,884 t | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 147 | Estonia | 71,782 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 148 | Albania | 66,669 t | 2024 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 149 | Palestine | 63,178 t | 2022 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 150 | Congo | 62,068 t | 2024 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Singapore | 56,511 t | 2024 | down 50.8% | flat |
| 152 | Mauritius | 54,741 t | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Fiji | 54,529 t | 2024 | up 96.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 49,512 t | 2024 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 48,716 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Burundi | 47,876 t | 2024 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 157 | Eritrea | 43,426 t | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 158 | Gabon | 41,673 t | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 159 | Bahrain | 38,364 t | 2024 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 35,721 t | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 161 | Liberia | 34,692 t | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 162 | Iceland | 34,130 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 163 | Qatar | 33,814 t | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Timor-Leste | 30,785 t | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 165 | Brunei Darussalam | 30,581 t | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Belize | 28,602 t | 2024 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 26,995 t | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 168 | Eswatini | 26,283 t | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 169 | North Macedonia | 21,430 t | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 19,809 t | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 171 | Barbados | 16,145 t | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 172 | Montenegro | 15,218 t | 2024 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 173 | Suriname | 12,565 t | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 174 | Djibouti | 11,738 t | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 175 | Malta | 10,438 t | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 176 | China, Macao SAR | 8,864 t | 2024 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 177 | Lesotho | 8,837 t | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 178 | Gambia | 8,278 t | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 179 | Polynesia | 8,046 t | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 180 | New Caledonia | 6,852 t | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 181 | Bahamas | 6,480 t | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 182 | Guadeloupe | 5,610 t | 2006 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 5,406 t | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 184 | Cabo Verde | 4,615 t | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Bhutan | 4,553 t | 2024 | up 92.6% | falling |
| 186 | Martinique | 4,074 t | 2006 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 187 | Micronesia | 3,803 t | 2024 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Solomon Islands | 3,627 t | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 189 | Samoa | 3,059 t | 2024 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 3,005 t | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 191 | Tonga | 2,467 t | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 192 | Comoros | 2,293 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 193 | Kiribati | 2,242 t | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 194 | French Polynesia | 1,801 t | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 195 | Grenada | 1,781 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 196 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,725 t | 2024 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1,482 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 198 | Seychelles | 1,461 t | 2024 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 199 | Dominica | 1,405 t | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 200 | French Guiana | 1,159 t | 2006 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 201 | Maldives | 865.7 t | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 202 | Faroe Islands | 708.46 t | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 203 | Equatorial Guinea | 655.58 t | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 204 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 499 t | 2024 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 205 | Cook Islands | 375.31 t | 2024 | down 38.9% | rising |
| 206 | Tuvalu | 191.62 t | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 207 | Antigua and Barbuda | 138.47 t | 2024 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 136.51 t | 2024 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 209 | Niue | 96.77 t | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 210 | 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
- Eastern Asia 107.34 million t
- Europe 64.54 million t
- Northern America 52.99 million t
- South America 47.83 million t
- United States of America 47.79 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
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.