Meat, Total — Production in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Meat, Total — Production was 191.62 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Total — Production in Tuvalu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production in Tuvalu is 191.62 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Tuvalu peaked at 191.62 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30 t, in 1961.
That places Tuvalu 190th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Total — Production in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30 t | — |
| 1962 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 30 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 34 t | +13.3% |
| 1978 | 34 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 36 t | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 37 t | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 39 t | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 41 t | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 43 t | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 50 t | +16.3% |
| 1985 | 60 t | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 73 t | +21.7% |
| 1987 | 73 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 93 t | +27.4% |
| 1989 | 76 t | -18.3% |
| 1990 | 90 t | +18.4% |
| 1991 | 137 t | +52.2% |
| 1992 | 138 t | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 114 t | -17.4% |
| 1994 | 120 t | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 121 t | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 124 t | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 147 t | +18.5% |
| 1998 | 150 t | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 149 t | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 152 t | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 154 t | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 156 t | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 156 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 156 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 156 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 156 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 167 t | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 166.84 t | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 170.87 t | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 167.63 t | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 169.65 t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 171.59 t | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 172.01 t | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 175.89 t | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 179.39 t | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 181.35 t | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 183.48 t | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 181.3 t | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 183.53 t | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 185.52 t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 187.74 t | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 188.44 t | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 190.03 t | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 191.62 t | +0.8% |
Tuvalu compared with similar countries
- Tuvalu's 191.62 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 286,984 t, 0% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Tuvalu's 191.62 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 192,858 t, 0% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Total — Production in Tuvalu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +52.2% | 90 t | 137 t |
| 1988 | +27.4% | 73 t | 93 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30 t | 30 t | 30 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 31.4 t | 30 t | 36 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.5 t | 37 t | 93 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 129 t | 90 t | 150 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 159.07 t | 152 t | 170.87 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 176.58 t | 167.63 t | 183.53 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 188.67 t | 185.52 t | 191.62 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
- 187 Equatorial Guinea 655.58 t compare
- 188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 499 t compare
- 189 Cook Islands 375.31 t compare
- 191 Antigua and Barbuda 138.47 t compare
- 192 Saint Kitts and Nevis 136.51 t compare
- 193 Niue 96.77 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tuvalu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -17.15 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1594 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 534.44 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -3.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3456 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.9% (2015)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.9% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2008)
- Rural population 34.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Tuvalu?
- Meat, total — production in Tuvalu was 191.62 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 191.62 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 30 t in 1961.
- How does Tuvalu rank for meat, total — production?
- Tuvalu ranks 190th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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.