Meat, Total — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Meat, Total — Production was 23.62 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Total — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production in Southern Asia is 23.62 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Southern Asia peaked at 23.62 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.78 million t, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 13th of 33 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.06 million t | 2.78 million t | 3.38 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.91 million t | 3.45 million t | 4.56 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.52 million t | 4.61 million t | 6.54 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.94 million t | 6.36 million t | 7.78 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.50 million t | 8.08 million t | 13.02 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.00 million t | 13.66 million t | 19.99 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.88 million t | 20.39 million t | 23.62 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 522,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.04 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 39.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.07 million ha (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 36.83 million An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 21.49 million t (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 13,863 kg/ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 1.55 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 17.88 million t (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Production 560.66 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Southern Asia?
- Meat, total — production in Southern Asia was 23.62 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 23.62 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.78 million t in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for meat, total — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 13th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.