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Meat production2019

Total primary meat production in tonnes, using the FAOSTAT weight definition.

FAOSTAT · via Our World in Data
Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data194 / 217No observation: 23
First-ranked country or territoryChina77,780,490 tonnes

Top 10

tonnes · 2019
01China
77,780,490
02United States
48,170,420
03Brazil
26,196,282
04India
11,207,411
05Russia
10,866,309
06Germany
7,919,216
07Mexico
7,301,769
08Spain
7,161,624
09Argentina
6,148,718
10France
5,422,414

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Meat production · 2019 · tonnes
RankCountry / territoryValue (tonnes)Year
01China77,780,4902019
02United States48,170,4202019
03Brazil26,196,2822019
04India11,207,4112019
05Russia10,866,3092019
06Germany7,919,2162019
07Mexico7,301,7692019
08Spain7,161,6242019
09Argentina6,148,7182019
10France5,422,4142019
11Poland5,130,3832019
12Canada5,061,9652019
13Indonesia4,881,6712019
14Australia4,874,2022019
15Pakistan4,505,7862019
16Vietnam4,484,9632019
17United Kingdom4,122,2702019
18Japan4,054,5932019
19Türkiye3,944,7682019
20Italy3,690,0362019
21Philippines3,368,9372019
22South Africa3,363,3722019
23Netherlands3,121,8182019
24Colombia2,900,8832019
25Thailand2,828,0092019
26Iran2,669,9332019
27South Korea2,607,5562019
28Ukraine2,492,4002019
29Egypt2,440,6482019
30Peru2,209,4782019
31Malaysia1,926,4532019
32Denmark1,786,2242019
33Belgium1,755,5982019
34Nigeria1,549,4202019
35Chile1,534,7922019
36New Zealand1,464,3932019
37Uzbekistan1,330,5192019
38Morocco1,303,0012019
39Belarus1,240,1312019
40Ireland1,147,9482019
41Saudi Arabia1,076,3252019
42Romania1,034,5762019
43Hungary1,032,2102019
44Myanmar (Burma)1,025,4452019
45Sudan994,5472019
46Venezuela968,1722019
47Algeria954,7522019
48Ecuador948,7322019
49Kazakhstan940,3022019
50Bolivia928,6592019
51Ethiopia876,9982019
52Austria871,6802019
53Portugal848,3042019
54Zimbabwe823,8262019
55Israel813,7262019
56Chad779,3632019
57Burkina Faso715,8652019
58Tanzania707,1972019
59Bangladesh706,6852019
60Uruguay689,9722019
61Kenya644,4172019
62Paraguay620,5632019
63Guatemala593,9952019
64Sweden546,8902019
65Serbia515,9432019
66Papua New Guinea513,9732019
67Dominican Republic500,7572019
68Malawi482,6852019
69Czechia478,6012019
70Switzerland476,5852019
71Uganda473,8752019
72Mongolia457,1912019
73Greece443,0052019
74Finland397,5602019
75Yemen392,6072019
76Tajikistan377,2222019
77Cameroon374,0302019
78North Korea361,5902019
79Norway359,3992019
80Nepal357,0812019
81Tunisia353,7892019
82Cuba349,0062019
83Turkmenistan347,2582019
84Azerbaijan335,7192019
85Zambia323,8692019
86Panama309,5892019
87Côte d’Ivoire309,2322019
88Nicaragua303,2982019
89Syria303,2152019
90Costa Rica298,9192019
91South Sudan295,2232019
92Ghana295,1772019
93Angola290,0162019
94Afghanistan285,5932019
95Senegal284,7022019
96Honduras282,8262019
97Sri Lanka257,0042019
98Jordan255,3952019
99Iraq242,3792019
100Croatia240,4612019
101Congo - Kinshasa238,4732019
102Kyrgyzstan236,1802019
103Mozambique226,6272019
104Lithuania223,1802019
105Bulgaria221,8342019
106Cambodia205,5912019
107Laos192,3502019
108Somalia187,9612019
109Central African Republic182,9642019
110Niger181,3252019
111Libya180,6812019
112Lebanon178,5872019
113El Salvador173,7132019
114Madagascar162,6262019
115United Arab Emirates160,4452019
116Hong Kong SAR China160,3032019
117Slovakia159,1102019
118Jamaica147,8782019
119Mali147,2382019
120Guinea142,4422019
121Slovenia139,9152019
122Mauritania120,8372019
123Kuwait119,4412019
124Moldova118,8672019
125Palestinian Territories107,3892019
126Armenia107,3292019
127Haiti107,0322019
128Rwanda105,9792019
129Singapore101,8562019
130Botswana97,3282019
131Latvia93,0542019
132Benin89,7312019
133Bosnia & Herzegovina88,1872019
134Albania85,1102019
135Oman84,6112019
136Cyprus81,7602019
137Estonia75,3492019
138Namibia73,6992019
139Georgia69,5632019
140Congo - Brazzaville60,0642019
141Togo59,4162019
142Trinidad & Tobago54,4122019
143Mauritius54,3182019
144Burundi46,8342019
145Puerto Rico45,3552019
146Qatar43,9372019
147Sierra Leone43,7472019
148Guyana43,3382019
149Eritrea40,9782019
150Gabon40,1602019
151Bahrain39,7722019
152Fiji39,7112019
153Iceland35,3192019
154Timor-Leste34,8262019
155Liberia33,9612019
156Brunei26,4692019
157Belize24,5022019
158Guinea-Bissau23,4282019
159Luxembourg23,2912019
160North Macedonia22,3492019
161Eswatini22,2152019
162Barbados19,5542019
163Suriname16,0952019
164Montenegro11,8932019
165Djibouti11,4132019
166Malta9,6702019
167Macao SAR China9,1742019
168Lesotho8,6172019
169Gambia7,3832019
170Bahamas6,9642019
171New Caledonia6,6472019
172Vanuatu5,7672019
173Cape Verde4,2322019
174Bhutan4,0462019
175Solomon Islands3,5552019
176Samoa2,9742019
177St. Lucia2,7532019
178Tonga2,4002019
179Comoros2,2852019
180Grenada2,0722019
181Kiribati2,0592019
182French Polynesia1,7422019
183São Tomé & Príncipe1,4762019
184Micronesia1,4172019
185Dominica1,4022019
186Seychelles1,3252019
187Maldives858.532019
188St. Vincent & Grenadines793.072019
189Faroe Islands640.342019
190Equatorial Guinea626.282019
191Tuvalu183.532019
192Antigua & Barbuda150.32019
193St. Kitts & Nevis111.862019
194Nauru77.792019

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No observation (23)

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Source & definition

Indicator definition
Total primary meat production in tonnes, using the FAOSTAT weight definition.
Unit
tonnes
Source & definition
FAOSTAT · via Our World in Data · fao:1765
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Original metadata

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