Countries by meat production

China had the highest meat production of 197 countries in 2013, at 84,820,244 tonnes. Nauru had the lowest, at 77 tonnes. The median was 218,787 tonnes and the figure for the World was 312,973,100 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest84,820,244China

Lowest77Nauru

Median218,787197 countries

World312,973,100History

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tonnes, 2013. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2013

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2013 tonnes	Change on 2012
1	China Estimated	84,820,244	+1.6%
2	United States	42,736,171	+0.3%
3	Brazil	23,759,918	+5%
4	Russia	8,544,195	+5.6%
5	India Estimated	8,529,705	+7.7%
6	Germany	8,183,412	+0.3%
7	Mexico	6,101,234	+0.7%
8	France	5,529,044	-2.6%
9	Spain	5,507,221	-2.5%
10	Argentina	5,344,253	+6.5%
11	Australia	4,541,944	+8.2%
12	Canada	4,309,031	-0%
13	Japan	3,904,515	+19%
14	Poland Estimated	3,879,742	+0.9%
15	Italy	3,837,202	-4.2%
16	United Kingdom	3,642,454	+1%
17	Pakistan Estimated	3,407,558	+4.7%
18	Vietnam Estimated	3,273,795	+3%
19	Philippines	3,168,815	+3%
20	South Africa	3,080,772	+10.4%
21	Türkiye	2,902,163	+2.3%
22	Indonesia	2,823,237	+6.2%
23	Thailand	2,803,776	+3%
24	Iran	2,740,809	+3.9%
25	Netherlands	2,700,170	+0.5%
26	Myanmar	2,520,129	+9.4%
27	Ukraine	2,438,589	+8%
28	Colombia	2,384,530	+3.4%
29	South Korea Estimated	2,312,264	+10.1%
30	Egypt	2,113,456	+6%
31	Denmark	1,891,283	-4.9%
32	Belgium	1,774,712	-0.8%
33	Malaysia	1,732,076	+5%
34	Venezuela	1,708,380	-3.8%
35	Peru	1,657,222	+3.4%
36	Taiwan	1,474,555	-2.9%
37	Chile	1,454,051	-1.4%
38	Nigeria Estimated	1,364,883	+7.4%
39	New Zealand	1,354,905	+3.2%
40	Belarus	1,172,200	+7.3%
41	Uzbekistan Estimated	1,029,976	+6.7%
42	Morocco	964,090	+0.8%
43	Ireland	926,835	+2.6%
44	Sudan Estimated	919,000	+1.7%
45	Austria	903,523	+0.2%
46	Romania	896,460	-9.4%
47	Zimbabwe Estimated	845,537	+0.4%
48	Hungary	811,454	-6%
49	Saudi Arabia Estimated	797,617	+18.6%
50	Bolivia	795,622	+4%
51	Portugal	788,531	-3.2%
52	Ecuador	776,996	+7.8%
53	Algeria Estimated	770,953	+4.4%
54	Kazakhstan Estimated	751,848	+2.8%
55	Israel	703,493	-4.4%
56	Ethiopia Estimated	678,965	+1.2%
57	Kenya Estimated	661,787	+4%
58	Burkina Faso	656,721	+3.8%
59	Bangladesh Estimated	632,122	+1%
60	Uruguay	625,399	-2.3%
61	Chad Estimated	566,836	+5.9%
62	Tanzania	541,369	+3.5%
63	Sweden	504,820	+1.9%
64	Czechia	503,961	-2.3%
65	Serbia	488,957	-0.8%
66	Greece	487,499	+12.6%
67	Papua New Guinea Estimated	473,015	+1.4%
68	Switzerland	468,063	-1.1%
69	Dominican Republic	465,878	+6.1%
70	Paraguay	465,680	+22.1%
71	Uganda Estimated	444,324	+1.8%
72	Yemen	397,250	+7.9%
73	Finland	391,347	+1.4%
74	Guatemala Estimated	378,494	+3.3%
75	Syria	357,779	-9.5%
76	Norway	348,726	+4.6%
77	North Korea Estimated	343,480	0%
78	Zambia Estimated	327,453	+8.7%
79	Tunisia	326,611	+5.6%
80	Afghanistan	322,110	-2.6%
81	Cameroon Estimated	307,749	+6.9%
82	Turkmenistan Estimated	307,586	+1.2%
83	Cuba	306,624	+8.2%
84	Nepal	295,167	+2.5%
85	Azerbaijan	286,882	+3.9%
86	Panama	275,310	+1.7%
87	Angola Estimated	260,595	+7.3%
88	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	260,066	+3.5%
89	Costa Rica	258,868	+1.5%
90	Nicaragua	255,951	+19.6%
91	Mongolia	250,113	+13%
92	Ghana Estimated	249,102	+1.6%
93	Malawi	238,939	+15.2%
94	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	235,311	+0.4%
95	Honduras Estimated	227,893	-1.4%
96	Jordan	225,671	-4.1%
97	Croatia	220,025	-10.4%
98	Lithuania	219,148	+5.7%
99	Senegal	218,787	+6.1%
100	Bulgaria	207,734	-6.7%
101	Mozambique Estimated	201,363	+5.1%
102	Cambodia Estimated	199,432	-0.2%
103	Somalia Estimated	195,250	+0.3%
104	Kyrgyzstan	195,200	+1.5%
105	Libya Estimated	181,711	+0.7%
106	Iraq Estimated	181,317	-13.5%
107	South Sudan Estimated	173,218	+1.7%
108	Sri Lanka	172,778	+5.2%
109	Central African Republic Estimated	171,792	+2.1%
110	Hong Kong Estimated	167,458	+0.6%
111	Madagascar Estimated	150,735	-0.9%
112	Niger Estimated	149,287	-11.5%
113	Slovakia	146,937	-4.4%
114	Lebanon Estimated	144,547	-7%
115	Laos Estimated	144,147	+4.1%
116	El Salvador	140,368	-3.3%
117	United Arab Emirates Estimated	140,085	+3.9%
118	Slovenia	120,534	-7.4%
119	Mali Estimated	119,243	-1.2%
120	Moldova	118,910	+2.4%
121	Singapore Estimated	118,102	+1.2%
122	Jamaica Estimated	117,768	+1.6%
123	Guinea	112,395	+8.5%
124	Mauritania Estimated	110,123	+3.1%
125	Haiti Estimated	105,036	0%
126	Albania Estimated	95,734	+2%
127	Rwanda	95,706	+5%
128	Oman Estimated	87,605	+33.1%
129	Kuwait Estimated	86,757	-3.4%
130	Botswana Estimated	85,565	-1.8%
131	Tajikistan	84,718	+6.2%
132	Armenia	83,380	+12.9%
133	Cyprus	82,059	-8.5%
134	Latvia	80,578	+2.2%
135	Namibia Estimated	80,578	+0.9%
136	Estonia	79,661	+1.8%
137	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72,445	-23.1%
138	Benin	71,296	+2.3%
139	Trinidad and Tobago	70,528	-0%
140	Palestine Estimated	69,373	-11.3%
141	Republic of the Congo Estimated	56,695	-5.8%
142	Puerto Rico Estimated	55,450	-9.4%
143	Togo Estimated	53,133	+6.3%
144	Mauritius	50,533	-1.9%
145	Georgia	48,370	+13.6%
146	Sierra Leone Estimated	44,920	+5.2%
147	Eritrea Estimated	39,597	-2.9%
148	Gabon Estimated	38,358	+2.1%
149	Liberia Estimated	32,998	-0.8%
150	Guyana	32,950	-0.4%
151	Iceland	32,513	+1.2%
152	Timor-Leste Estimated	31,933	-6.6%
153	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	27,781	+4.8%
154	Brunei Estimated	27,619	+9.1%
155	Burundi Estimated	24,165	-23.3%
156	Bahrain Estimated	23,570	-1.6%
157	Eswatini Estimated	23,346	-3.6%
158	Fiji	22,541	-26.2%
159	Qatar Estimated	21,452	-3.3%
160	North Macedonia	20,856	-9.8%
161	Luxembourg	19,836	-0.3%
162	Belize	19,497	+11.5%
163	Barbados	16,471	-4.3%
164	Macao Estimated	12,870	+0.1%
165	Suriname	12,043	-20.3%
166	Malta	11,542	+1.3%
167	Djibouti Estimated	11,214	-0.4%
168	Lesotho Estimated	9,552	-6%
169	Gambia Estimated	8,246	-0.9%
170	Montenegro	7,992	-24%
171	Vanuatu Estimated	7,877	-0.2%
172	Bahamas Estimated	7,182	+1.8%
173	New Caledonia	6,761	-0.3%
174	Cape Verde	5,342	+4.5%
175	Samoa Estimated	4,620	-2%
176	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,471	+1%
177	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,503	-9.7%
178	Tonga Estimated	2,338	-0.1%
179	Comoros Estimated	2,323	+0.1%
180	Bhutan	2,081	-45.7%
181	French Polynesia Estimated	1,820	-7.5%
182	Kiribati Estimated	1,731	+2.1%
183	Grenada Estimated	1,627	+5.6%
184	Dominica Estimated	1,415	-0.5%
185	Micronesia Estimated	1,371	+2.3%
186	São Tomé and Príncipe	948	+3.6%
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	867	+7.8%
188	Maldives Estimated	840	0%
189	Seychelles Estimated	778	-10.9%
190	Faroe Islands Estimated	646	+3.5%
191	Cook Islands Estimated	614	-0.1%
192	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	610	+3.1%
193	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	297	-5.7%
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	195	-22.7%
195	Tuvalu Estimated	172	+0.2%
196	Niue Estimated	86	+0.2%
197	Nauru Estimated	77	-0%

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 4 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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China, with 84,820,244 tonnes in 2013, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Nauru, with 77 tonnes in 2013.

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