# Countries by meat production, 2024

All 194 values come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for 2024, so the places are comparable. 7 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `meat_production`
- Unit: tonnes
- 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.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Citation: 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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| Rank | Place | tonnes |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 97,859,402 |
| 2 | United States | 47,793,756 |
| 3 | Brazil | 29,642,575 |
| 4 | India | 13,209,091 |
| 5 | Russia | 12,865,115 |
| 6 | Mexico | 8,353,547 |
| 7 | Spain | 7,564,708 |
| 8 | Germany | 6,875,680 |
| 9 | Argentina | 6,427,706 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 5,850,952 |
| 11 | Vietnam | 5,598,991 |
| 12 | Australia | 5,577,061 |
| 13 | Poland | 5,455,245 |
| 14 | Canada | 5,193,180 |
| 15 | France | 5,183,266 |
| 16 | Indonesia | 5,113,220 |
| 17 | Türkiye | 4,676,491 |
| 18 | Japan | 4,198,551 |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 4,171,522 |
| 20 | South Africa | 3,625,721 |
| 21 | Egypt | 3,382,565 |
| 22 | Italy | 3,376,371 |
| 23 | Philippines | 3,267,645 |
| 24 | Colombia | 3,160,734 |
| 25 | Thailand | 3,066,007 |
| 26 | South Korea | 2,840,561 |
| 27 | Iran | 2,801,496 |
| 28 | Netherlands | 2,687,883 |
| 29 | Peru | 2,389,930 |
| 30 | Ukraine | 2,105,950 |
| 31 | Malaysia | 1,853,549 |
| 32 | Belgium | 1,735,124 |
| 33 | Nigeria | 1,679,582 |
| 34 | Uzbekistan | 1,614,339 |
| 35 | Denmark | 1,603,763 |
| 36 | Taiwan | 1,571,994 |
| 37 | Chile | 1,564,175 |
| 38 | New Zealand | 1,488,597 |
| 39 | Belarus | 1,326,639 |
| 40 | Myanmar | 1,260,214 |
| 41 | Morocco | 1,222,411 |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 1,169,029 |
| 43 | Ireland | 1,160,634 |
| 44 | Bolivia | 1,130,532 |
| 45 | Venezuela | 1,098,889 |
| 46 | Saudi Arabia | 1,084,904 |
| 47 | Tanzania | 1,079,368 |
| 48 | Algeria | 1,046,221 |
| 49 | Hungary | 1,037,031 |
| 50 | Ecuador | 1,035,577 |
| 51 | Chad | 1,026,008 |
| 52 | Romania | 993,030 |
| 53 | Sudan | 973,482 |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 948,764 |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 912,484 |
| 56 | Portugal | 889,814 |
| 57 | Israel | 860,051 |
| 58 | Austria | 814,265 |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 777,844 |
| 60 | Guatemala | 753,192 |
| 61 | Malawi | 703,101 |
| 62 | Uruguay | 695,238 |
| 63 | Kenya | 656,460 |
| 64 | Uganda | 642,365 |
| 65 | Paraguay | 580,201 |
| 66 | Sweden | 570,910 |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 555,538 |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 552,048 |
| 69 | Serbia | 545,829 |
| 70 | Papua New Guinea | 531,162 |
| 71 | Switzerland | 480,607 |
| 72 | Czechia | 475,908 |
| 73 | Yemen | 453,607 |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 452,315 |
| 75 | Nepal | 447,767 |
| 76 | Côte d’Ivoire | 441,064 |
| 77 | Greece | 429,399 |
| 78 | Cameroon | 418,231 |
| 79 | Syria | 418,050 |
| 80 | Finland | 397,311 |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 393,734 |
| 82 | Jordan | 382,910 |
| 83 | Mongolia | 378,314 |
| 84 | Tunisia | 376,758 |
| 85 | Zambia | 369,605 |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 367,361 |
| 87 | Norway | 364,440 |
| 88 | Angola | 360,123 |
| 89 | North Korea | 344,589 |
| 90 | Senegal | 341,094 |
| 91 | Mozambique | 323,757 |
| 92 | Ghana | 323,365 |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 302,665 |
| 94 | Honduras | 302,166 |
| 95 | Panama | 301,415 |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 291,946 |
| 97 | Iraq | 286,984 |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 258,625 |
| 99 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 256,277 |
| 100 | Croatia | 246,847 |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 237,063 |
| 102 | Afghanistan | 234,092 |
| 103 | Laos | 231,256 |
| 104 | South Sudan | 230,430 |
| 105 | Lithuania | 200,638 |
| 106 | Niger | 193,878 |
| 107 | Cambodia | 192,858 |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates | 191,558 |
| 109 | El Salvador | 191,383 |
| 110 | Central African Republic | 191,151 |
| 111 | Lebanon | 184,744 |
| 112 | Libya | 184,576 |
| 113 | Somalia | 180,334 |
| 114 | Mali | 177,136 |
| 115 | Madagascar | 161,610 |
| 116 | Jamaica | 159,369 |
| 117 | Hong Kong | 140,991 |
| 118 | Slovenia | 134,638 |
| 119 | Mauritania | 134,116 |
| 120 | Guinea | 132,562 |
| 121 | Benin | 128,504 |
| 122 | Kuwait | 117,908 |
| 123 | Haiti | 108,360 |
| 124 | Armenia | 105,515 |
| 125 | Botswana | 101,747 |
| 126 | Cuba | 101,472 |
| 127 | Rwanda | 99,076 |
| 128 | Oman | 92,977 |
| 129 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 92,890 |
| 130 | Latvia | 90,662 |
| 131 | Georgia | 88,812 |
| 132 | Guyana | 87,418 |
| 133 | Togo | 81,199 |
| 134 | Namibia | 78,955 |
| 135 | Moldova | 78,232 |
| 136 | Cyprus | 73,884 |
| 137 | Estonia | 71,782 |
| 138 | Albania | 66,669 |
| 139 | Republic of the Congo | 62,068 |
| 140 | Singapore | 56,511 |
| 141 | Mauritius | 54,741 |
| 142 | Fiji | 54,529 |
| 143 | Trinidad and Tobago | 49,512 |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 48,716 |
| 145 | Burundi | 47,876 |
| 146 | Eritrea | 43,426 |
| 147 | Gabon | 41,673 |
| 148 | Bahrain | 38,364 |
| 149 | Puerto Rico | 35,721 |
| 150 | Liberia | 34,692 |
| 151 | Iceland | 34,130 |
| 152 | Qatar | 33,814 |
| 153 | Timor-Leste | 30,785 |
| 154 | Brunei | 30,581 |
| 155 | Belize | 28,602 |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 26,995 |
| 157 | Eswatini | 26,283 |
| 158 | North Macedonia | 21,430 |
| 159 | Luxembourg | 19,809 |
| 160 | Barbados | 16,145 |
| 161 | Montenegro | 15,218 |
| 162 | Suriname | 12,565 |
| 163 | Djibouti | 11,739 |
| 164 | Malta | 10,438 |
| 165 | Macao | 8,864 |
| 166 | Lesotho | 8,837 |
| 167 | Gambia | 8,279 |
| 168 | New Caledonia | 6,852 |
| 169 | Bahamas | 6,480 |
| 170 | Vanuatu | 5,406 |
| 171 | Cape Verde | 4,615 |
| 172 | Bhutan | 4,553 |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 3,627 |
| 174 | Samoa | 3,059 |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 3,005 |
| 176 | Tonga | 2,467 |
| 177 | Comoros | 2,293 |
| 178 | Kiribati | 2,242 |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 1,801 |
| 180 | Grenada | 1,781 |
| 181 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,725 |
| 182 | Micronesia | 1,482 |
| 183 | Seychelles | 1,461 |
| 184 | Dominica | 1,405 |
| 185 | Maldives | 866 |
| 186 | Faroe Islands | 708 |
| 187 | Equatorial Guinea | 656 |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 499 |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 375 |
| 190 | Tuvalu | 192 |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 138 |
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 137 |
| 193 | Niue | 97 |
| 194 | Nauru | 79 |