Countries by meat production

China had the highest meat production of 197 countries in 2014, at 86,353,639 tonnes. Nauru had the lowest, at 79 tonnes. The median was 219,509 tonnes and the figure for the World was 320,749,791 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest86,353,639China

Lowest79Nauru

Median219,509197 countries

World320,749,791History

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tonnes, 2014. 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, 2014

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	2014 tonnes	Change on 2013
1	China Estimated	86,353,639	+1.8%
2	United States	42,804,029	+0.2%
3	Brazil	25,894,672	+9%
4	Russia	9,070,305	+6.2%
5	India Estimated	9,046,844	+6.1%
6	Germany	8,317,017	+1.6%
7	Mexico	6,200,001	+1.6%
8	Spain	5,721,706	+3.9%
9	France	5,598,080	+1.2%
10	Argentina	5,237,482	-2%
11	Australia	4,878,967	+7.4%
12	Canada	4,350,312	+1%
13	Poland Estimated	4,000,181	+3.1%
14	Japan	3,902,289	-0.1%
15	United Kingdom	3,697,598	+1.5%
16	Pakistan	3,559,655	+4.5%
17	Vietnam Estimated	3,406,700	+4.1%
18	Italy	3,369,847	-12.2%
19	Philippines	3,215,917	+1.5%
20	South Africa	3,200,138	+3.9%
21	Türkiye	3,071,897	+5.8%
22	Thailand	2,926,306	+4.4%
23	Indonesia	2,918,667	+3.4%
24	Iran	2,834,675	+3.4%
25	Myanmar	2,792,547	+10.8%
26	Netherlands	2,784,184	+3.1%
27	Colombia	2,469,403	+3.6%
28	Ukraine	2,413,521	-1%
29	South Korea Estimated	2,333,092	+0.9%
30	Egypt	2,185,616	+3.4%
31	Denmark	1,884,948	-0.3%
32	Malaysia	1,847,966	+6.7%
33	Belgium	1,814,781	+2.3%
34	Peru	1,731,014	+4.5%
35	Venezuela	1,620,982	-5.1%
36	Taiwan	1,479,153	+0.3%
37	Chile	1,431,260	-1.6%
38	Nigeria Estimated	1,382,009	+1.3%
39	New Zealand	1,381,255	+1.9%
40	Uzbekistan Estimated	1,096,689	+6.5%
41	Belarus Estimated	1,073,200	-8.4%
42	Romania	1,045,970	+16.7%
43	Morocco	1,012,201	+5%
44	Ireland	1,005,668	+8.5%
45	Sudan Estimated	932,000	+1.4%
46	Austria	899,987	-0.4%
47	Hungary	894,504	+10.2%
48	Algeria Estimated	834,015	+8.2%
49	Ecuador	830,257	+6.9%
50	Bolivia	805,809	+1.3%
51	Portugal	791,338	+0.4%
52	Kazakhstan Estimated	766,885	+2%
53	Israel	739,683	+5.1%
54	Ethiopia Estimated	736,132	+8.4%
55	Saudi Arabia Estimated	719,245	-9.8%
56	Zimbabwe Estimated	697,699	-17.5%
57	Kenya	681,691	+3%
58	Uruguay	652,418	+4.3%
59	Bangladesh Estimated	649,590	+2.8%
60	Burkina Faso	637,289	-3%
61	Chad Estimated	600,499	+5.9%
62	Tanzania	564,668	+4.3%
63	Paraguay	563,521	+21%
64	Sweden	529,798	+4.9%
65	Guatemala	510,998	+35%
66	Serbia	510,370	+4.4%
67	Czechia	508,850	+1%
68	Papua New Guinea Estimated	480,448	+1.6%
69	Switzerland	479,593	+2.5%
70	Dominican Republic	460,781	-1.1%
71	Uganda Estimated	444,961	+0.1%
72	Greece	425,229	-12.8%
73	Yemen	397,346	0%
74	Finland	386,975	-1.1%
75	Norway	347,136	-0.5%
76	Tunisia	342,602	+4.9%
77	Syria	342,180	-4.4%
78	North Korea Estimated	339,094	-1.3%
79	Cameroon Estimated	338,788	+10.1%
80	Zambia Estimated	335,951	+2.6%
81	Cuba	315,130	+2.8%
82	Afghanistan Estimated	311,020	-3.4%
83	Turkmenistan Estimated	310,359	+0.9%
84	Nepal	298,244	+1%
85	Azerbaijan	291,189	+1.5%
86	Panama	286,620	+4.1%
87	Angola Estimated	274,424	+5.3%
88	Costa Rica	267,223	+3.2%
89	Malawi	265,334	+11%
90	Nicaragua Estimated	262,111	+2.4%
91	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	262,095	+0.8%
92	Ghana Estimated	254,945	+2.3%
93	Mongolia	243,610	-2.6%
94	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	236,080	+0.3%
95	Jordan	233,636	+3.5%
96	Honduras Estimated	232,885	+2.2%
97	Lithuania	226,507	+3.4%
98	Mozambique Estimated	222,847	+10.7%
99	Senegal	219,509	+0.3%
100	Kyrgyzstan	212,366	+8.8%
101	Croatia	206,543	-6.1%
102	Bulgaria	205,219	-1.2%
103	Cambodia Estimated	204,139	+2.4%
104	Somalia Estimated	194,137	-0.6%
105	Sri Lanka	180,615	+4.5%
106	Iraq Estimated	178,779	-1.4%
107	South Sudan Estimated	177,132	+2.3%
108	Libya Estimated	176,321	-3%
109	Central African Republic Estimated	174,165	+1.4%
110	Hong Kong Estimated	167,183	-0.2%
111	Niger Estimated	155,857	+4.4%
112	Madagascar Estimated	153,224	+1.7%
113	Lebanon Estimated	151,231	+4.6%
114	Laos Estimated	150,499	+4.4%
115	United Arab Emirates Estimated	147,892	+5.6%
116	El Salvador	145,010	+3.3%
117	Slovakia	139,050	-5.4%
118	Jamaica	123,110	+4.5%
119	Slovenia	122,761	+1.8%
120	Moldova	119,037	+0.1%
121	Guinea	116,032	+3.2%
122	Mali Estimated	115,930	-2.8%
123	Singapore Estimated	114,973	-2.6%
124	Mauritania Estimated	108,143	-1.8%
125	Haiti Estimated	104,999	-0%
126	Rwanda	101,315	+5.9%
127	Tajikistan	97,018	+14.5%
128	Kuwait Estimated	94,818	+9.3%
129	Armenia	93,081	+11.6%
130	Botswana Estimated	88,694	+3.7%
131	Albania	87,642	-8.5%
132	Latvia	84,540	+4.9%
133	Oman Estimated	82,012	-6.4%
134	Namibia Estimated	77,926	-3.3%
135	Cyprus	75,414	-8.1%
136	Palestine Estimated	73,238	+5.6%
137	Benin	73,129	+2.6%
138	Estonia	71,206	-10.6%
139	Trinidad and Tobago	70,741	+0.3%
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	66,042	-8.8%
141	Georgia	59,170	+22.3%
142	Republic of the Congo Estimated	54,591	-3.7%
143	Puerto Rico	51,711	-6.7%
144	Mauritius	51,156	+1.2%
145	Togo	46,386	-12.7%
146	Sierra Leone Estimated	46,115	+2.7%
147	Gabon Estimated	38,893	+1.4%
148	Eritrea Estimated	38,743	-2.2%
149	Liberia Estimated	33,319	+1%
150	Guyana	32,335	-1.9%
151	Iceland	32,330	-0.6%
152	Burundi Estimated	31,209	+29.1%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	30,217	-5.4%
154	Fiji	27,725	+23%
155	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	27,066	-2.6%
156	Brunei Estimated	25,274	-8.5%
157	Bahrain Estimated	24,159	+2.5%
158	Eswatini Estimated	23,080	-1.1%
159	Qatar Estimated	23,048	+7.4%
160	North Macedonia	22,146	+6.2%
161	Luxembourg	21,486	+8.3%
162	Belize	20,688	+6.1%
163	Barbados	17,561	+6.6%
164	Suriname	12,824	+6.5%
165	Macao Estimated	12,419	-3.5%
166	Malta	11,527	-0.1%
167	Lesotho Estimated	11,108	+16.3%
168	Djibouti Estimated	11,009	-1.8%
169	Montenegro	8,967	+12.2%
170	Gambia Estimated	8,886	+7.8%
171	Vanuatu Estimated	7,499	-4.8%
172	New Caledonia	7,178	+6.2%
173	Bahamas Estimated	6,878	-4.2%
174	Cape Verde Estimated	5,416	+1.4%
175	Samoa Estimated	4,503	-2.5%
176	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,516	+1.3%
177	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,583	+3.2%
178	Bhutan	2,364	+13.6%
179	Tonga Estimated	2,351	+0.6%
180	Comoros Estimated	2,275	-2%
181	French Polynesia Estimated	1,890	+3.8%
182	Kiribati Estimated	1,794	+3.7%
183	Grenada Estimated	1,652	+1.5%
184	Dominica Estimated	1,406	-0.6%
185	Micronesia Estimated	1,391	+1.4%
186	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,116	+17.7%
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	897	+3.6%
188	Maldives Estimated	845	+0.6%
189	Seychelles Estimated	812	+4.3%
190	Cook Islands Estimated	614	-0%
191	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	607	-0.4%
192	Faroe Islands Estimated	595	-7.9%
193	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	254	-14.8%
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	203	+4.3%
195	Tuvalu Estimated	176	+2.3%
196	Niue Estimated	88	+2.3%
197	Nauru Estimated	79	+1.4%

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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 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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China, with 86,353,639 tonnes in 2014, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Nauru, with 79 tonnes in 2014.

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