Countries by meat production

China had the highest meat production of 197 countries in 2017, at 85,781,208 tonnes. Nauru had the lowest, at 79 tonnes. The median was 240,985 tonnes and the figure for the World was 335,610,859 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest85,781,208China

Lowest79Nauru

Median240,985197 countries

World335,610,859History

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tonnes, 2017. 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, 2017

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	2017 tonnes	Change on 2016
1	China Estimated	85,781,208	+0.5%
2	United States	45,805,650	+2.6%
3	Brazil	25,658,057	+3.4%
4	India Estimated	10,323,678	+5.1%
5	Russia	10,319,002	+4.7%
6	Germany	8,248,595	-1.4%
7	Mexico	6,777,567	+3.8%
8	Spain	6,666,928	+1.8%
9	Argentina	5,696,940	+5.6%
10	France	5,563,378	-1.8%
11	Canada	4,789,237	+4%
12	Vietnam Estimated	4,558,946	+3.8%
13	Australia	4,463,379	-5%
14	Poland Estimated	4,318,921	+1.3%
15	Indonesia	4,179,482	+24.8%
16	Pakistan	4,090,238	+4.9%
17	Japan	3,963,165	+1.1%
18	United Kingdom	3,959,636	+0.4%
19	Italy	3,643,618	-4.5%
20	Türkiye	3,635,112	+12.4%
21	Philippines Estimated	3,278,654	-3%
22	Myanmar	3,178,816	+3.3%
23	South Africa	3,132,356	-3.4%
24	Netherlands	3,007,300	+0.7%
25	Thailand Estimated	2,829,988	+1.5%
26	Iran	2,796,547	+1.6%
27	Colombia	2,691,151	+2%
28	South Korea Estimated	2,405,051	-1.3%
29	Egypt	2,383,436	+9.2%
30	Ukraine	2,371,650	-0.2%
31	Malaysia	1,933,966	-3.5%
32	Peru	1,891,846	+3.5%
33	Denmark	1,813,656	-2.9%
34	Belgium	1,794,958	-0.6%
35	Taiwan	1,470,923	-1.6%
36	Nigeria Estimated	1,435,985	+3.2%
37	Chile	1,418,217	-5.4%
38	New Zealand	1,391,562	-3.4%
39	Belarus Estimated	1,208,589	+3%
40	Morocco Estimated	1,195,533	+10.5%
41	Uzbekistan Estimated	1,183,880	-2.6%
42	Romania	1,126,915	-0.1%
43	Ireland	1,126,748	+7.8%
44	Venezuela	1,039,970	-13.1%
45	Hungary	1,005,762	-1%
46	Sudan Estimated	971,626	+1.4%
47	Algeria Estimated	952,127	+3.3%
48	Ecuador	924,338	-2%
49	Bolivia	919,243	+6.8%
50	Austria	892,822	-1.3%
51	Kazakhstan Estimated	878,223	+7%
52	Saudi Arabia	867,127	+6.9%
53	Portugal	851,757	-0.5%
54	Israel	824,291	+0.9%
55	Zimbabwe Estimated	775,977	-1.3%
56	Ethiopia Estimated	774,883	+1.4%
57	Uruguay	706,682	+3%
58	Chad Estimated	706,668	+6.3%
59	Bangladesh Estimated	681,802	+2%
60	Paraguay	651,868	+11.6%
61	Burkina Faso	643,055	+2.1%
62	Tanzania	583,600	-1.6%
63	Sweden	552,297	+1.2%
64	Guatemala	540,109	+1.6%
65	Papua New Guinea Estimated	502,109	+0.9%
66	Czechia	495,120	-2.2%
67	Serbia	491,075	+0.5%
68	Uganda Estimated	489,790	+0.4%
69	Switzerland	479,555	-0.8%
70	Dominican Republic	475,756	-4.1%
71	Greece	445,806	-3.3%
72	Kenya	433,286	-2.7%
73	Cameroon	425,215	+0.6%
74	Malawi	411,687	+26.4%
75	Finland	400,808	-1.4%
76	Cuba	360,826	+2.8%
77	Norway	359,628	+1.9%
78	North Korea Estimated	357,926	+0.5%
79	Mongolia	354,766	+6%
80	Yemen Estimated	351,845	-0.9%
81	Tunisia	340,374	-0.3%
82	Zambia Estimated	340,036	+19.7%
83	Turkmenistan Estimated	338,886	+1.4%
84	Tajikistan	337,245	+58.8%
85	Nepal	332,544	+3.3%
86	Syria	319,506	+0.6%
87	Azerbaijan	316,827	+4.8%
88	Afghanistan Estimated	313,221	+6%
89	Panama	308,643	+2.2%
90	Angola Estimated	306,922	+2.9%
91	Nicaragua	304,793	+15.1%
92	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	286,376	+4.6%
93	Jordan Estimated	281,964	+6.3%
94	Ghana Estimated	280,517	+2.9%
95	Costa Rica	272,094	+3.9%
96	Honduras Estimated	269,534	+2.2%
97	Senegal	263,627	+9.4%
98	Lithuania	249,207	+7.7%
99	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	240,985	+0.2%
100	Mozambique Estimated	234,541	+22.9%
101	Sri Lanka	233,852	+7.4%
102	Kyrgyzstan	226,541	+1.8%
103	Croatia	217,906	+2%
104	Bulgaria	214,719	-0.8%
105	Cambodia Estimated	204,583	+1.2%
106	South Sudan Estimated	203,599	+1.9%
107	Somalia Estimated	190,177	-0.4%
108	Iraq	188,874	+4.9%
109	Lebanon	185,842	+5%
110	Niger Estimated	181,732	+4.1%
111	Central African Republic Estimated	179,895	+3%
112	Laos Estimated	177,230	+4.2%
113	Libya Estimated	173,743	+0.4%
114	United Arab Emirates Estimated	169,428	+4.7%
115	Madagascar Estimated	165,146	-0.8%
116	El Salvador	161,610	-0.5%
117	Hong Kong Estimated	158,364	+1%
118	Mali Estimated	145,994	-2.5%
119	Slovakia	145,685	+5.5%
120	Jamaica	142,160	+0.4%
121	Slovenia	137,521	+4.3%
122	Guinea	135,841	+7.3%
123	Moldova	117,917	-14.7%
124	Mauritania Estimated	116,878	-1.4%
125	Kuwait Estimated	111,348	+0.1%
126	Rwanda Estimated	109,407	+0.1%
127	Armenia	109,038	+2.7%
128	Haiti Estimated	106,625	-0.2%
129	Singapore Estimated	99,732	-3.4%
130	Albania	91,383	+0.4%
131	Latvia	91,187	+4.6%
132	Botswana Estimated	88,089	-2.4%
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	86,649	+4.1%
134	Oman Estimated	83,259	+2%
135	Cyprus	79,875	+0.8%
136	Benin	78,664	+2.7%
137	Palestine Estimated	77,311	-3.5%
138	Namibia Estimated	77,298	+3.5%
139	Estonia	71,363	-8.5%
140	Trinidad and Tobago	67,239	+5.4%
141	Georgia	66,208	+0.2%
142	Republic of the Congo Estimated	59,327	+3.1%
143	Togo	53,737	+5.1%
144	Mauritius	50,738	+3.3%
145	Puerto Rico Estimated	48,436	+4.8%
146	Sierra Leone Estimated	42,167	-3.2%
147	Burundi Estimated	41,406	+22.4%
148	Eritrea Estimated	40,517	+3%
149	Fiji	40,071	+101.2%
150	Gabon Estimated	39,448	+0.5%
151	Bahrain Estimated	39,240	+20.5%
152	Iceland	35,439	+4.3%
153	Guyana	33,943	-3.8%
154	Liberia Estimated	33,689	+0.4%
155	Timor-Leste Estimated	32,084	-2.8%
156	Qatar Estimated	30,639	-2.7%
157	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	26,765	+5.1%
158	Brunei	25,379	-3.6%
159	Luxembourg	23,339	-3.8%
160	Belize	23,285	+4.4%
161	North Macedonia	22,879	+4%
162	Eswatini Estimated	20,493	-1.2%
163	Barbados	18,739	+3.3%
164	Suriname	13,996	+13.2%
165	Djibouti Estimated	11,224	+0.9%
166	Montenegro	10,624	-16.4%
167	Macao Estimated	10,519	-4.7%
168	Malta	9,706	-5.3%
169	Lesotho Estimated	9,346	-12.6%
170	Gambia Estimated	8,050	-7.9%
171	Bahamas Estimated	7,055	-2.6%
172	New Caledonia	6,719	-0.7%
173	Vanuatu Estimated	6,298	-4.5%
174	Cape Verde	4,494	-18.5%
175	Samoa Estimated	4,225	-8.8%
176	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,580	+0.4%
177	Bhutan	3,231	+14.1%
178	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,614	-2%
179	Tonga Estimated	2,406	+0.7%
180	Comoros Estimated	2,271	+0.7%
181	Kiribati Estimated	1,890	+2%
182	Grenada Estimated	1,794	-1.2%
183	French Polynesia Estimated	1,728	-3.8%
184	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,541	+14.4%
185	Micronesia Estimated	1,441	+1.6%
186	Dominica Estimated	1,400	+0.2%
187	Seychelles Estimated	1,109	+13.1%
188	Maldives Estimated	869	-0%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	848	-6.2%
190	Faroe Islands Estimated	627	+2.3%
191	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	617	+0.9%
192	Cook Islands Estimated	525	-8.7%
193	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	188	-7%
194	Tuvalu Estimated	183	+1.2%
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	144	-29.3%
196	Niue Estimated	92	+1.2%
197	Nauru Estimated	79	+0.2%

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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 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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China, with 85,781,208 tonnes in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Nauru, with 79 tonnes in 2017.

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