Meat production in United States

Meat production in the United States was 47,793,756 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.7% from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 194 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes47,793,756

Change on 2023+0.7%

Rank2nd of 194Countries ranked

Series high48,170,4212019

Series low16,513,0331961

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Meat production in United States, 1961 to 2024

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	tonnes
2024	47,793,756
2023	47,461,912
2022	47,753,588
2021	47,442,795
2020	47,044,350
2019	48,170,421
2018	46,839,622
2017	45,805,650
2016	44,648,240
2015	43,292,067
2014	42,804,029
2013	42,736,171
2012	42,602,216
2011	42,422,193
2010	41,924,252
2009	41,828,174
2008	42,855,558
2007	41,605,200
2006	40,131,501
2005	39,744,000
2004	39,805,478
2003	39,464,439
2002	38,715,587
2001	38,252,104
2000	37,565,211
1999	37,016,022
1998	35,874,199
1997	34,914,247
1996	34,270,504
1995	33,486,448
1994	32,229,067
1993	31,172,442
1992	30,665,133
1991	29,350,007
1990	28,634,662
1989	28,289,328
1988	27,808,250
1987	26,844,305
1986	26,283,505
1985	25,834,359
1984	25,417,452
1983	25,151,146
1982	24,222,123
1981	24,883,150
1980	24,455,198
1979	23,637,355
1978	23,497,032
1977	23,723,466
1976	23,588,288
1975	21,701,342
1974	22,330,673
1973	20,934,899
1972	21,961,512
1971	22,071,024
1970	21,330,296
1969	20,590,034
1968	20,347,979
1967	19,983,792
1966	19,077,205
1965	18,241,816
1964	18,545,967
1963	17,452,752
1962	16,589,528
1961	16,513,033

Rankings

Countries by meat production 201 places
EU countries by meat production 27 places

Definition

Meat from animals slaughtered in the country in the calendar year, all species, in tonnes of carcass weight. FAOSTAT item "Meat; Total", the sum FAO calculates from the meat of each species, imported live animals included.

Carcass weight, bone included, so it is higher than the boneless weight in consumption statistics. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510) (Meat production, United States, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510), Meat production, United States, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/meat-production/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Meat production, United States, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/meat-production/united-states.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510), Meat production, United States, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/meat-production/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_meat_production_united_states_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510): Meat production, United States, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/meat-production/united-states. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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48,170,421 tonnes in 2019, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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