Countries by meat production

China had the highest meat production of 197 countries in 2015, at 86,970,736 tonnes. Nauru had the lowest, at 79 tonnes. The median was 218,322 tonnes and the figure for the World was 326,539,491 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest86,970,736China

Lowest79Nauru

Median218,322197 countries

World326,539,491History

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tonnes, 2015. 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, 2015

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	2015 tonnes	Change on 2014
1	China Estimated	86,970,736	+0.7%
2	United States	43,292,067	+1.1%
3	Brazil	25,122,822	-3%
4	Russia	9,565,187	+5.5%
5	India Estimated	9,441,027	+4.4%
6	Germany	8,333,571	+0.2%
7	Mexico	6,330,904	+2.1%
8	Spain	6,061,642	+5.9%
9	France	5,654,140	+1%
10	Argentina	5,485,180	+4.7%
11	Australia	4,967,488	+1.8%
12	Canada	4,441,227	+2.1%
13	Poland Estimated	4,167,208	+4.2%
14	Vietnam Estimated	3,929,587	+15.3%
15	Japan	3,875,144	-0.7%
16	United Kingdom	3,832,714	+3.7%
17	Pakistan	3,723,864	+4.6%
18	Italy	3,668,897	+8.9%
19	Philippines	3,376,237	+5%
20	South Africa	3,276,254	+2.4%
21	Türkiye	3,154,355	+2.7%
22	Indonesia	3,049,734	+4.5%
23	Myanmar	3,001,604	+7.5%
24	Netherlands	2,913,981	+4.7%
25	Iran	2,861,570	+0.9%
26	Thailand Estimated	2,808,975	-4%
27	Colombia	2,595,050	+5.1%
28	South Korea Estimated	2,416,310	+3.6%
29	Ukraine	2,380,537	-1.4%
30	Egypt	2,220,836	+1.6%
31	Malaysia	1,911,075	+3.4%
32	Denmark	1,871,929	-0.7%
33	Belgium	1,850,880	+2%
34	Peru	1,748,663	+1%
35	Chile	1,482,548	+3.6%
36	Taiwan	1,463,673	-1%
37	Venezuela	1,446,120	-10.8%
38	New Zealand	1,430,712	+3.6%
39	Nigeria Estimated	1,423,917	+3%
40	Uzbekistan Estimated	1,166,399	+6.4%
41	Belarus Estimated	1,148,400	+7%
42	Morocco Estimated	1,115,237	+10.2%
43	Romania	1,084,139	+3.6%
44	Ireland	1,010,722	+0.5%
45	Hungary	988,670	+10.5%
46	Sudan Estimated	938,485	+0.7%
47	Austria	909,621	+1.1%
48	Algeria Estimated	871,962	+4.5%
49	Portugal	841,688	+6.4%
50	Ecuador	838,699	+1%
51	Bolivia	837,297	+3.9%
52	Kazakhstan Estimated	794,978	+3.7%
53	Israel	785,583	+6.2%
54	Zimbabwe Estimated	766,771	+9.9%
55	Ethiopia Estimated	758,118	+3%
56	Saudi Arabia Estimated	751,888	+4.5%
57	Kenya	742,638	+8.9%
58	Uruguay	660,266	+1.2%
59	Bangladesh Estimated	655,052	+0.8%
60	Burkina Faso	644,902	+1.2%
61	Chad Estimated	633,776	+5.5%
62	Tanzania	587,654	+4.1%
63	Sweden	549,521	+3.7%
64	Paraguay Estimated	548,458	-2.7%
65	Guatemala	520,232	+1.8%
66	Czechia	504,922	-0.8%
67	Papua New Guinea Estimated	492,733	+2.6%
68	Dominican Republic	487,655	+5.8%
69	Uganda Estimated	480,936	+8.1%
70	Switzerland	479,404	-0%
71	Serbia	462,811	-9.3%
72	Greece	459,453	+8%
73	Finland	400,205	+3.4%
74	Yemen	379,326	-4.5%
75	Mongolia	373,798	+53.4%
76	Cameroon Estimated	373,236	+10.2%
77	Tunisia	347,438	+1.4%
78	North Korea Estimated	344,908	+1.7%
79	Norway	341,472	-1.6%
80	Cuba	325,753	+3.4%
81	Turkmenistan Estimated	316,129	+1.9%
82	Malawi	309,727	+16.7%
83	Syria	307,274	-10.2%
84	Nepal	303,401	+1.7%
85	Afghanistan Estimated	302,781	-2.6%
86	Azerbaijan	298,613	+2.5%
87	Panama	296,739	+3.5%
88	Angola Estimated	287,163	+4.6%
89	Zambia Estimated	284,298	-15.4%
90	Ghana Estimated	269,801	+5.8%
91	Costa Rica	264,382	-1.1%
92	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	262,598	+0.2%
93	Nicaragua	256,903	-2%
94	Honduras Estimated	251,688	+8.1%
95	Lithuania	242,169	+6.9%
96	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	241,651	+2.4%
97	Jordan	232,088	-0.7%
98	Senegal Estimated	229,645	+4.6%
99	Kyrgyzstan	218,322	+2.8%
100	Bulgaria	209,769	+2.2%
101	Croatia	205,765	-0.4%
102	Mozambique Estimated	204,843	-8.1%
103	Cambodia Estimated	201,608	-1.2%
104	Sri Lanka	199,691	+10.6%
105	Somalia Estimated	194,086	-0%
106	South Sudan Estimated	179,650	+1.4%
107	Iraq	175,376	-1.9%
108	Niger Estimated	175,134	+12.4%
109	Central African Republic Estimated	173,848	-0.2%
110	Libya Estimated	173,452	-1.6%
111	Lebanon Estimated	166,507	+10.1%
112	Hong Kong Estimated	162,799	-2.6%
113	Madagascar Estimated	160,238	+4.6%
114	Laos Estimated	158,012	+5%
115	Tajikistan Estimated	157,897	+62.7%
116	United Arab Emirates Estimated	155,446	+5.1%
117	El Salvador	153,084	+5.6%
118	Moldova	131,106	+10.1%
119	Mali Estimated	129,997	+12.1%
120	Slovakia	126,971	-8.7%
121	Jamaica	126,398	+2.7%
122	Slovenia	121,388	-1.1%
123	Guinea	120,000	+3.4%
124	Mauritania Estimated	117,396	+8.6%
125	Rwanda Estimated	112,557	+11.1%
126	Haiti Estimated	105,493	+0.5%
127	Singapore Estimated	103,693	-9.8%
128	Kuwait Estimated	103,085	+8.7%
129	Armenia	100,447	+7.9%
130	Botswana Estimated	91,469	+3.1%
131	Albania	90,449	+3.2%
132	Latvia	85,465	+1.1%
133	Estonia	82,994	+16.6%
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	81,510	+23.4%
135	Cyprus	79,467	+5.4%
136	Oman Estimated	75,663	-7.7%
137	Benin	75,147	+2.8%
138	Namibia Estimated	74,973	-3.8%
139	Palestine Estimated	68,453	-6.5%
140	Georgia	66,700	+12.7%
141	Republic of the Congo Estimated	62,449	+14.4%
142	Trinidad and Tobago	51,769	-26.8%
143	Mauritius	50,059	-2.1%
144	Puerto Rico	49,658	-4%
145	Togo	48,705	+5%
146	Sierra Leone Estimated	44,418	-3.7%
147	Gabon Estimated	39,046	+0.4%
148	Eritrea Estimated	38,831	+0.2%
149	Timor-Leste Estimated	35,244	+16.6%
150	Guyana	34,067	+5.4%
151	Liberia Estimated	33,686	+1.1%
152	Iceland	32,952	+1.9%
153	Burundi Estimated	32,058	+2.7%
154	Fiji	29,827	+7.6%
155	Bahrain Estimated	28,584	+18.3%
156	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	25,655	-5.2%
157	Qatar Estimated	25,591	+11%
158	Brunei	24,507	-3%
159	Eswatini Estimated	23,384	+1.3%
160	Luxembourg	22,439	+4.4%
161	Belize	21,854	+5.6%
162	North Macedonia	21,410	-3.3%
163	Barbados	19,475	+10.9%
164	Suriname	13,199	+2.9%
165	Macao Estimated	11,613	-6.5%
166	Djibouti Estimated	11,183	+1.6%
167	Lesotho Estimated	10,781	-2.9%
168	Malta	10,713	-7.1%
169	Gambia Estimated	9,424	+6.1%
170	Montenegro	9,017	+0.6%
171	New Caledonia	8,650	+20.5%
172	Bahamas Estimated	7,016	+2%
173	Vanuatu Estimated	6,944	-7.4%
174	Cape Verde Estimated	5,506	+1.7%
175	Samoa Estimated	4,515	+0.3%
176	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,543	+0.8%
177	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,681	+3.8%
178	Bhutan	2,501	+5.8%
179	Tonga Estimated	2,370	+0.8%
180	Comoros Estimated	2,263	-0.6%
181	French Polynesia Estimated	1,884	-0.4%
182	Kiribati Estimated	1,826	+1.8%
183	Grenada Estimated	1,792	+8.5%
184	Micronesia Estimated	1,401	+0.8%
185	Dominica Estimated	1,400	-0.5%
186	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,209	+8.4%
187	Seychelles Estimated	993	+22.4%
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	890	-0.9%
189	Maldives Estimated	862	+2%
190	Faroe Islands Estimated	613	+3%
191	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	608	+0.2%
192	Cook Islands Estimated	602	-2%
193	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	271	+7%
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	215	+5.7%
195	Tuvalu Estimated	179	+2%
196	Niue Estimated	89	+1%
197	Nauru Estimated	79	+0.1%

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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 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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China, with 86,970,736 tonnes in 2015, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Nauru, with 79 tonnes in 2015.

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