Meat, Total — Production in China, mainland
China, mainland: Meat, Total — Production was 97.86 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Total — Production in China, mainland, 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, mainland is 97.86 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in China, mainland peaked at 97.86 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.22 million t, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 2nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Total — Production in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.22 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.68 million t | +20.8% |
| 1963 | 4.28 million t | +59.5% |
| 1964 | 5.54 million t | +29.5% |
| 1965 | 6.36 million t | +14.8% |
| 1966 | 6.88 million t | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 7.24 million t | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 7.18 million t | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 7.03 million t | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 6.99 million t | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 8.00 million t | +14.4% |
| 1972 | 8.84 million t | +10.5% |
| 1973 | 8.93 million t | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 8.96 million t | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 9.24 million t | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 9.16 million t | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 9.22 million t | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 10.05 million t | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 12.16 million t | +21.0% |
| 1980 | 13.65 million t | +12.2% |
| 1981 | 14.26 million t | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 15.21 million t | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 15.77 million t | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 17.20 million t | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 19.44 million t | +13.0% |
| 1986 | 20.54 million t | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 22.38 million t | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 24.82 million t | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 26.19 million t | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 28.11 million t | +7.3% |
| 1991 | 31.40 million t | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 34.38 million t | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 38.39 million t | +11.7% |
| 1994 | 43.06 million t | +12.2% |
| 1995 | 49.92 million t | +15.9% |
| 1996 | 45.51 million t | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 52.23 million t | +14.8% |
| 1998 | 56.79 million t | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 59.42 million t | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 60.13 million t | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 61.04 million t | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 62.34 million t | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 64.43 million t | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 66.08 million t | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 69.39 million t | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 71.04 million t | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 68.92 million t | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 73.08 million t | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 76.63 million t | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 79.21 million t | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 79.43 million t | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 83.51 million t | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 84.82 million t | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 86.35 million t | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 86.97 million t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 85.38 million t | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 85.78 million t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 86.42 million t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 77.78 million t | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 77.74 million t | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 90.12 million t | +15.9% |
| 2022 | 93.59 million t | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 97.66 million t | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 97.86 million t | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Total — Production in China, mainland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +59.5% | 2.68 million t | 4.28 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.49 million t | 2.22 million t | 7.24 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.15 million t | 6.99 million t | 12.16 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.95 million t | 13.65 million t | 26.19 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 43.92 million t | 28.11 million t | 59.42 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.31 million t | 60.13 million t | 76.63 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.57 million t | 77.78 million t | 86.97 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.39 million t | 77.74 million t | 97.86 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in China, mainland?
- Meat, total — production in China, mainland was 97.86 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 97.86 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.22 million t in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for meat, total — production?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.