Meat, Total — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Meat, Total — Production was 31.40 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Total — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, total — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) stood at 31.40 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 31.40 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.68 million t, in 1961.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 9th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Total — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.68 million t | — |
| 1962 | 4.77 million t | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 4.89 million t | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 5.10 million t | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 5.23 million t | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 5.46 million t | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 5.68 million t | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 5.93 million t | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 6.09 million t | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 6.21 million t | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 6.28 million t | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 6.38 million t | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 6.49 million t | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 6.59 million t | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 6.78 million t | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 7.05 million t | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 7.34 million t | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 7.66 million t | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 7.80 million t | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 7.96 million t | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 8.28 million t | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 8.55 million t | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 8.78 million t | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 9.02 million t | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 9.29 million t | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 9.62 million t | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 9.86 million t | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 10.33 million t | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 10.44 million t | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 10.66 million t | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 10.93 million t | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 11.27 million t | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 11.56 million t | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 11.87 million t | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 12.43 million t | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 12.51 million t | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 13.22 million t | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 13.55 million t | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 14.29 million t | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 14.68 million t | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 15.58 million t | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 16.34 million t | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 16.47 million t | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 16.90 million t | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 17.92 million t | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 18.72 million t | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 19.71 million t | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 20.51 million t | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 21.48 million t | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 22.55 million t | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 23.54 million t | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 24.09 million t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 24.93 million t | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 25.76 million t | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 26.57 million t | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 26.52 million t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 27.45 million t | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 26.16 million t | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 27.14 million t | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 27.99 million t | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 28.90 million t | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 29.40 million t | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 29.90 million t | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 31.40 million t | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.31 million t | 4.68 million t | 6.09 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.86 million t | 6.21 million t | 7.80 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.21 million t | 7.96 million t | 10.44 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.23 million t | 10.66 million t | 14.29 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.83 million t | 14.68 million t | 21.48 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.47 million t | 22.55 million t | 27.45 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.52 million t | 27.99 million t | 31.40 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 6 Russian Federation 12.87 million t compare
- 7 Mexico 8.35 million t compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.13 million t compare
- 8 Spain 7.56 million t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.10 million t compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 7.07 million t compare
- 10 Germany 6.88 million t compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1.08 million t compare
- 11 Argentina 6.43 million t compare
- 11 Melanesia 601,576 t compare
- 12 Pakistan 5.85 million t compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 418,050 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
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- Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.6954 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate -0.615 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate 0.0746 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 3.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 6.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 8.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.6745 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 0.3485 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Meat, total — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 31.40 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 31.40 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.68 million t in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for meat, total — production?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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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.