Meat, Total — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Meat, Total — Production was 140,991 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat, Total — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production in China, Hong Kong SAR is 140,991 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 333,928 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 88,476 t, in 1961.
That places China, Hong Kong SAR 116th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 88,476 t | — |
| 1962 | 120,154 t | +35.8% |
| 1963 | 133,944 t | +11.5% |
| 1964 | 144,972 t | +8.2% |
| 1965 | 153,232 t | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 168,280 t | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 155,325 t | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 164,781 t | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 169,280 t | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 174,687 t | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 205,035 t | +17.4% |
| 1972 | 227,521 t | +11.0% |
| 1973 | 217,100 t | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 207,890 t | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 207,440 t | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 221,146 t | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 237,949 t | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 240,879 t | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 255,644 t | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 272,049 t | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 294,121 t | +8.1% |
| 1982 | 297,677 t | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 288,852 t | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 282,808 t | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 301,497 t | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 329,514 t | +9.3% |
| 1987 | 332,688 t | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 331,213 t | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 320,836 t | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 333,928 t | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 305,956 t | -8.4% |
| 1992 | 286,515 t | -6.4% |
| 1993 | 269,269 t | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 264,900 t | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 249,938 t | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 241,268 t | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 234,942 t | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 241,177 t | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 250,245 t | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 253,308 t | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 248,579 t | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 229,742 t | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 223,520 t | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 211,542 t | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 208,618 t | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 196,737 t | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 190,215 t | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 170,448 t | -10.4% |
| 2009 | 180,426 t | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 176,496 t | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 160,221 t | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 166,387 t | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 167,458 t | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 167,183 t | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 162,799 t | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 156,852 t | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 158,364 t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 160,052 t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 160,303 t | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 158,723 t | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 140,048 t | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 155,379 t | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 146,579 t | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 140,991 t | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 144,272 t | 88,476 t | 169,280 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 219,529 t | 174,687 t | 255,644 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 305,126 t | 272,049 t | 332,688 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 267,814 t | 234,942 t | 333,928 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 211,314 t | 170,448 t | 253,308 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 163,612 t | 156,852 t | 176,496 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 148,344 t | 140,048 t | 158,723 t | 5 |
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- Eggs Primary — Laying, annual growth rate 33.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate 6.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -21.13 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Meat, total — production in China, Hong Kong SAR was 140,991 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 333,928 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 88,476 t in 1961.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for meat, total — production?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 116th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Total — 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.