The following article lists the world's largest producers of meat. Global meat production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data, meat production has more than quintupled since 1961, reaching around 361 million tonnes in 2022.[1] The most popular meat globally is poultry, followed by pork, beef and mutton. Over 90 billion animals are slaughtered each year for meat.[2]
List
[edit]Countries and some territories by meat production.[1]
| Rank | Country | Meat production (in tonnes) |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China
|
92,948,520 | 2022 |
| 2 |  United States
|
47,530,724 | 2022 |
| 3 |  Brazil
|
30,397,944 | 2022 |
| 4 |  Russia
|
12,244,950 | 2022 |
| 5 |  India
|
10,644,195 | 2022 |
| 6 |  Mexico
|
7,891,058 | 2022 |
| 7 |  Spain
|
7,562,136 | 2022 |
| 8 |  Germany
|
7,026,648 | 2022 |
| 9 |  Argentina
|
6,339,574 | 2022 |
| 10 |  Pakistan
|
5,248,574 | 2022 |
| 11 |  Canada
|
5,213,636 | 2022 |
| 12 |  France
|
5,106,484 | 2022 |
| 13 |  Poland
|
5,091,000 | 2022 |
| 14 |  Indonesia
|
4,985,907 | 2022 |
| 15 |  Vietnam
|
4,730,438 | 2022 |
| 16 |  Turkey
|
4,669,652 | 2022 |
| 17 |  Australia
|
4,471,332 | 2022 |
| 18 |  United Kingdom
|
4,220,672 | 2022 |
| 19 |  Japan
|
4,163,305 | 2022 |
| 20 |  South Africa
|
3,534,461 | 2022 |
| 21 |  Egypt
|
3,406,693 | 2022 |
| 22 |  Colombia
|
3,064,670 | 2022 |
| 23 |  Netherlands
|
2,999,508 | 2022 |
| 24 |  Thailand
|
2,961,210 | 2022 |
| 25 |  Philippines
|
2,907,638 | 2022 |
| 26 |  South Korea
|
2,727,070 | 2022 |
| 27 |  Iran
|
2,702,516 | 2022 |
| 28 |  Peru
|
2,256,424 | 2022 |
| 29 |  Ukraine
|
2,205,514 | 2022 |
| 30 |  Malaysia
|
1,912,610 | 2022 |
| 31 |  Denmark
|
1,882,619 | 2022 |
| 32 |  Belgium
|
1,724,323 | 2022 |
| 33 |  Nigeria
|
1,651,712 | 2022 |
| 34 |  Taiwan
|
1,585,565 | 2022 |
| 35 |  Chile
|
1,559,920 | 2022 |
| 36 |  New Zealand
|
1,456,140 | 2022 |
| 37 |  Saudi Arabia
|
1,388,790 | 2022 |
| 38 |  Uzbekistan
|
1,348,460 | 2022 |
| 39 |  Kazakhstan
|
1,240,976 | 2022 |
| 40 |  Belarus
|
1,220,493 | 2022 |
| 41 |  Ireland
|
1,184,998 | 2022 |
| 42 |  Morocco
|
1,173,980 | 2022 |
| 43 |  Myanmar
|
1,116,716 | 2022 |
| 44 |  Sudan
|
1,017,911 | 2022 |
| 45 |  Bolivia
|
998,284 | 2022 |
| 46 |  Venezuela
|
968,196 | 2022 |
| 47 |  Romania
|
965,262 | 2022 |
| 48 |  Hungary
|
960,509 | 2022 |
| 49 |  Ecuador
|
954,060 | 2022 |
| 50 |  Chad
|
922,437 | 2022 |
| 51 |  Zimbabwe
|
918,058 | 2022 |
| 52 |  Austria
|
874,227 | 2021 |
| 53 |  Israel
|
862,670 | 2022 |
| 54 |  Portugal
|
859,039 | 2022 |
| 55 |  Ethiopia
|
844,000 | 2022 |
| 56 |  Algeria
|
803,545 | 2022 |
| 57 |  Tanzania
|
798,138 | 2022 |
| 58 |  Uruguay
|
739,750 | 2022 |
| 59 |  Bangladesh
|
735,879 | 2022 |
| 60 |  Paraguay
|
666,553 | 2022 |
| 61 |  Guatemala
|
663,713 | 2022 |
| 62 |  Malawi
|
630,759 | 2022 |
| 63 |  Kenya
|
609,255 | 2022 |
| 64 |  Sweden
|
569,568 | 2022 |
| 65 |  Burkina Faso
|
564,302 | 2022 |
| 66 |  Mongolia
|
554,546 | 2022 |
| 67 |  Papua New Guinea
|
528,814 | 2022 |
| 68 |  Serbia
|
526,380 | 2022 |
| 69 |  Nepal
|
512,789 | 2022 |
| 70 |  Dominican Republic
|
501,743 | 2022 |
| 71 |  Switzerland
|
495,054 | 2022 |
| 72 |  Czech Republic
|
467,546 | 2019 |
| 73 |  Greece
|
459,087 | 2022 |
| 74 |  Uganda
|
454,417 | 2022 |
| 75 |  Yemen
|
436,244 | 2022 |
| 76 |  Cameroon
|
415,030 | 2022 |
| 77 |  Finland
|
403,712 | 2022 |
| 78 |  Tajikistan
|
377,983 | 2022 |
| 79 |  Tunisia
|
373,125 | 2022 |
| 80 |  Norway
|
372,784 | 2022 |
| 81 |  Angola
|
369,918 | 2022 |
| 82 |  Azerbaijan
|
368,323 | 2022 |
| 83 |  Turkmenistan
|
359,569 | 2022 |
| 84 |  Syria
|
342,504 | 2022 |
| 85 |  Senegal
|
338,927 | 2022 |
| 86 |  Honduras
|
333,851 | 2022 |
| 87 |  Panama
|
332,068 | 2022 |
| 88 |  North Korea
|
324,407 | 2022 |
| 89 |  Nicaragua
|
322,374 | 2022 |
| 90 |  Jordan
|
320,606 | 2022 |
| 91 |  Zambia
|
314,965 | 2022 |
| 92 |  Mozambique
|
311,080 | 2022 |
| 93 |  Costa Rica
|
310,487 | 2022 |
| 94 |  Ivory Coast
|
309,188 | 2022 |
| 95 |  Ghana
|
308,458 | 2022 |
| 96 |  Cuba
|
291,392 | 2022 |
| 97 |  Afghanistan
|
271,641 | 2022 |
| 98 |  Sri Lanka
|
260,288 | 2022 |
| 99 |  Kyrgyzstan
|
256,840 | 2022 |
| 100 |  Iraq
|
254,365 | 2022 |
| 101 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
251,417 | 2022 |
| 102 |  South Sudan
|
246,185 | 2022 |
| 103 |  Croatia
|
231,050 | 2022 |
| 104 |  Bulgaria
|
221,739 | 2019 |
| 105 |  Lithuania
|
213,371 | 2021 |
| 106 |  Laos
|
211,602 | 2022 |
| 107 |  Niger
|
196,479 | 2022 |
| 108 |  Central African Republic
|
191,389 | 2022 |
| 109 |  Cambodia
|
189,963 | 2022 |
| 110 |  El Salvador
|
185,709 | 2022 |
| 111 |  Somalia
|
185,700 | 2022 |
| 112 |  Libya
|
183,581 | 2022 |
| 113 |  Lebanon
|
175,472 | 2022 |
| 114 |  Mali
|
174,869 | 2022 |
| 115 |  United Arab Emirates
|
174,344 | 2022 |
| 116 |  Madagascar
|
162,164 | 2022 |
| 117 |  Jamaica
|
154,067 | 2022 |
| 118 |  Slovenia
|
137,900 | 2022 |
| 119 |  Hong Kong
|
133,441 | 2022 |
| 120 |  Guinea
|
126,802 | 2022 |
| 121 |  Mauritania
|
126,701 | 2022 |
| 122 |  Kuwait
|
125,523 | 2022 |
| 123 |  Moldova
|
115,782 | 2022 |
| 124 |  Haiti
|
108,362 | 2022 |
| 125 |  Armenia
|
103,428 | 2022 |
| 126 |  Benin
|
102,526 | 2022 |
| 127 |  Latvia
|
92,230 | 2022 |
| 128 |  Oman
|
89,985 | 2022 |
| 129 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
88,705 | 2022 |
| 130 |  Rwanda
|
84,521 | 2022 |
| 131 |  Albania
|
80,836 | 2022 |
| 132 |  Cyprus
|
79,222 | 2022 |
| 133 |  Estonia
|
75,380 | 2022 |
| 134 |  Singapore
|
74,759 | 2022 |
| 135 |  Georgia
|
74,539 | 2022 |
| 136 |  Togo
|
70,986 | 2022 |
| 137 |  Botswana
|
69,926 | 2022 |
| 138 |  Namibia
|
68,713 | 2022 |
| 139 |  Republic of the Congo
|
63,271 | 2022 |
| 140 |  Palestine
|
61,229 | 2022 |
| 141 |  Guyana
|
60,821 | 2022 |
| 142 |  Mauritius
|
59,176 | 2022 |
| 143 |  Trinidad and Tobago
|
54,410 | 2022 |
| 144 |  Fiji
|
53,917 | 2022 |
| 145 |  Sierra Leone
|
50,821 | 2022 |
| 146 |  Burundi
|
45,581 | 2022 |
| 147 |  Eritrea
|
42,664 | 2022 |
| 148 |  Puerto Rico
|
41,876 | 2022 |
| 149 |  Gabon
|
41,086 | 2022 |
| 150 |  Bahrain
|
36,639 | 2022 |
| 151 |  Liberia
|
36,146 | 2022 |
| 152 |  Brunei
|
34,219 | 2022 |
| 153 |  Iceland
|
33,700 | 2022 |
| 154 |  Qatar
|
33,364 | 2022 |
| 155 |  Timor-Leste
|
29,031 | 2022 |
| 156 |  Eswatini
|
26,065 | 2022 |
| 157 |  Guinea-Bissau
|
25,603 | 2022 |
| 158 |  Belize
|
24,940 | 2022 |
| 159 |  North Macedonia
|
23,842 | 2022 |
| 160 |  Luxembourg
|
22,740 | 2022 |
| 161 |  Barbados
|
18,620 | 2022 |
| 162 |  Suriname
|
17,224 | 2022 |
| 163 |  Djibouti
|
11,445 | 2022 |
| 164 |  Malta
|
9,948 | 2022 |
| 165 |  Montenegro
|
9,703 | 2022 |
| 166 |  Lesotho
|
9,155 | 2022 |
| 167 |  Macau
|
9,035 | 2022 |
| 168 |  Gambia
|
7,448 | 2022 |
| 169 |  New Caledonia
|
6,903 | 2022 |
| 170 |  Bahamas
|
6,526 | 2022 |
| 171 |  Vanuatu
|
5,356 | 2022 |
| 172 | Lesotho
|
9,221 | 2021 |
| 173 |  Cape Verde
|
4,442 | 2022 |
| 174 |  Bhutan
|
4,240 | 2022 |
| 175 |  Solomon Islands
|
3,634 | 2022 |
| 176 |  Samoa
|
3,283 | 2022 |
| 177 |  Saint Lucia
|
3,114 | 2022 |
| 178 |  Tonga
|
2,440 | 2022 |
| 179 |  Seychelles
|
2,359 | 2022 |
| 180 |  Comoros
|
2,296 | 2022 |
| 181 |  Kiribati
|
2,073 | 2022 |
| 182 |  French Polynesia
|
1,656 | 2022 |
| 183 |  São Tomé and Príncipe
|
1,497 | 2022 |
| 184 |  Federated States of Micronesia
|
1,479 | 2022 |
| 185 |  Dominica
|
1,414 | 2022 |
| 186 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
1,063 | 2022 |
| 187 |  Grenada
|
1,018 | 2022 |
| 188 |  Maldives
|
855 | 2022 |
| 189 |  Faroe Islands
|
705 | 2022 |
| 190 |  Equatorial Guinea
|
649 | 2022 |
| 191 |  Cook Islands
|
424 | 2022 |
| 192 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
234 | 2022 |
| 193 |  Antigua and Barbuda
|
212 | 2022 |
| 194 |  Tuvalu
|
190 | 2022 |
| 195 |  Niue
|
95 | 2022 |
| 196 |  Nauru
|
78 | 2022 |
| 197 |  Tokelau
|
51 | 2022 |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda
|
148 | 2021 |
| 199 | Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
146 | 2021 |
| 200 | Niue
|
94 | 2021 |
| 201 | Nauru
|
80 | 2021 |
| 202 | Tokelau
|
63 | 2021 |
| 203 |  Vatican City
|
0 | 2021 |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ritchie, Hannah; Rosado, Pablo; Roser, Max (2017-08-25). "Meat and Dairy Production". Our World in Data.
- ^ "More animals than ever before—92.2 billion—are used and killed each year for food". A Humane World. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
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