Countries by meat production

China had the highest meat production of 197 countries in 2018, at 86,423,326 tonnes. Nauru had the lowest, at 78 tonnes. The median was 247,016 tonnes and the figure for the World was 340,929,017 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest86,423,326China

Lowest78Nauru

Median247,016197 countries

World340,929,017History

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tonnes, 2018. 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, 2018

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	2018 tonnes	Change on 2017
1	China Estimated	86,423,326	+0.7%
2	United States	46,839,622	+2.3%
3	Brazil	25,790,844	+0.5%
4	India Estimated	10,710,214	+3.7%
5	Russia	10,629,377	+3%
6	Germany	8,024,938	-2.7%
7	Mexico	7,018,002	+3.5%
8	Spain	6,958,835	+4.4%
9	Argentina	5,931,324	+4.1%
10	France	5,468,058	-1.7%
11	Poland	5,222,634	+20.9%
12	Canada	4,909,555	+2.5%
13	Indonesia	4,777,464	+14.3%
14	Australia	4,769,939	+6.9%
15	Vietnam Estimated	4,738,725	+3.9%
16	Pakistan	4,291,522	+4.9%
17	United Kingdom	4,090,494	+3.3%
18	Japan	4,015,892	+1.3%
19	Türkiye	3,893,865	+7.1%
20	Italy	3,661,613	+0.5%
21	Philippines	3,318,395	+1.2%
22	South Africa	3,244,864	+3.6%
23	Netherlands	3,063,170	+1.9%
24	Colombia	2,799,576	+4%
25	Iran	2,788,699	-0.3%
26	Thailand Estimated	2,763,186	-2.4%
27	South Korea Estimated	2,529,286	+5.2%
28	Egypt	2,400,645	+0.7%
29	Ukraine	2,356,489	-0.6%
30	Peru	2,014,302	+6.5%
31	Malaysia	1,929,101	-0.3%
32	Denmark	1,862,831	+2.7%
33	Belgium	1,825,048	+1.7%
34	Taiwan	1,534,019	+4.3%
35	Chile	1,504,889	+6.1%
36	Nigeria Estimated	1,499,470	+4.4%
37	New Zealand	1,459,611	+4.9%
38	Uzbekistan Estimated	1,403,630	+18.6%
39	Morocco Estimated	1,237,532	+3.5%
40	Belarus Estimated	1,226,441	+1.5%
41	Ireland	1,143,556	+1.5%
42	Romania	1,037,841	-7.9%
43	Hungary	1,030,277	+2.4%
44	Sudan Estimated	985,537	+1.4%
45	Venezuela	982,193	-5.6%
46	Algeria Estimated	950,524	-0.2%
47	Saudi Arabia	939,620	+8.4%
48	Myanmar	934,119	-70.6%
49	Bolivia	917,863	-0.2%
50	Ecuador	911,286	-1.4%
51	Kazakhstan Estimated	903,219	+2.8%
52	Austria	875,061	-2%
53	Portugal	837,950	-1.6%
54	Israel	828,798	+0.5%
55	Ethiopia Estimated	809,672	+4.5%
56	Zimbabwe Estimated	771,502	-0.6%
57	Chad Estimated	741,867	+5%
58	Tanzania	705,550	+20.9%
59	Uruguay	700,880	-0.8%
60	Bangladesh Estimated	695,805	+2.1%
61	Burkina Faso	656,933	+2.2%
62	Paraguay	625,367	-4.1%
63	Guatemala	571,729	+5.9%
64	Malawi	561,944	+36.5%
65	Sweden	545,953	-1.1%
66	Serbia	524,723	+6.9%
67	Papua New Guinea Estimated	507,709	+1.1%
68	Uganda Estimated	500,259	+2.1%
69	Dominican Republic	490,290	+3.1%
70	Switzerland	489,167	+2%
71	Kenya	480,070	+10.8%
72	Czechia	473,607	-4.3%
73	Greece	437,215	-1.9%
74	Mongolia	430,694	+21.4%
75	Cameroon	425,766	+0.1%
76	Finland	391,590	-2.3%
77	Cuba Estimated	364,608	+1%
78	Norway	360,497	+0.2%
79	Yemen Estimated	357,494	+1.6%
80	Tajikistan	356,984	+5.9%
81	North Korea Estimated	350,837	-2%
82	Nepal	347,352	+4.5%
83	Tunisia	346,100	+1.7%
84	Turkmenistan Estimated	340,651	+0.5%
85	Azerbaijan	326,024	+2.9%
86	Panama	323,734	+4.9%
87	Zambia Estimated	318,835	-6.2%
88	Syria	313,313	-1.9%
89	Angola Estimated	305,352	-0.5%
90	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	302,616	+5.7%
91	Afghanistan Estimated	293,128	-6.4%
92	Nicaragua	291,263	-4.4%
93	Jordan	286,818	+1.7%
94	Ghana Estimated	285,435	+1.8%
95	Honduras Estimated	283,038	+5%
96	Costa Rica	280,344	+3%
97	Senegal	273,117	+3.6%
98	Mozambique Estimated	253,057	+7.9%
99	Sri Lanka	247,016	+5.6%
100	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	241,163	+0.1%
101	Kyrgyzstan	231,081	+2%
102	Croatia	227,392	+4.4%
103	Lithuania	223,421	-10.3%
104	Bulgaria	222,014	+3.4%
105	South Sudan Estimated	214,577	+5.4%
106	Cambodia Estimated	203,619	-0.5%
107	Iraq	201,416	+6.6%
108	Lebanon Estimated	194,762	+4.8%
109	Somalia Estimated	189,504	-0.4%
110	Niger Estimated	183,449	+0.9%
111	Central African Republic Estimated	181,042	+0.6%
112	Libya	179,444	+3.3%
113	Laos Estimated	179,280	+1.2%
114	El Salvador	170,132	+5.3%
115	United Arab Emirates Estimated	161,975	-4.4%
116	Madagascar Estimated	160,824	-2.6%
117	Hong Kong Estimated	160,052	+1.1%
118	Slovakia	156,304	+7.3%
119	Jamaica	146,020	+2.7%
120	Mali Estimated	141,827	-2.9%
121	Guinea	139,656	+2.8%
122	Slovenia	137,375	-0.1%
123	Moldova	122,320	+3.7%
124	Mauritania Estimated	118,586	+1.5%
125	Kuwait Estimated	116,922	+5%
126	Rwanda Estimated	110,151	+0.7%
127	Armenia	108,230	-0.7%
128	Palestine Estimated	107,129	+38.6%
129	Haiti Estimated	105,585	-1%
130	Singapore Estimated	101,800	+2.1%
131	Albania	97,523	+6.7%
132	Botswana Estimated	93,884	+6.6%
133	Latvia	90,606	-0.6%
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	82,400	-4.9%
135	Benin	80,122	+1.9%
136	Oman Estimated	78,936	-5.2%
137	Cyprus	78,640	-1.5%
138	Namibia Estimated	74,462	-3.7%
139	Estonia	72,900	+2.2%
140	Georgia	72,533	+9.6%
141	Trinidad and Tobago	68,476	+1.8%
142	Republic of the Congo Estimated	59,807	+0.8%
143	Togo	55,848	+3.9%
144	Puerto Rico Estimated	53,791	+11.1%
145	Mauritius	52,302	+3.1%
146	Guyana	45,447	+33.9%
147	Qatar Estimated	43,821	+43%
148	Burundi Estimated	43,412	+4.8%
149	Sierra Leone Estimated	42,786	+1.5%
150	Fiji	41,885	+4.5%
151	Eritrea Estimated	40,895	+0.9%
152	Gabon Estimated	39,881	+1.1%
153	Bahrain Estimated	37,709	-3.9%
154	Iceland	35,969	+1.5%
155	Liberia Estimated	33,834	+0.4%
156	Timor-Leste Estimated	32,152	+0.2%
157	Brunei	27,284	+7.5%
158	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	24,711	-7.7%
159	Belize	23,885	+2.6%
160	Luxembourg	22,962	-1.6%
161	North Macedonia	22,255	-2.7%
162	Eswatini Estimated	20,733	+1.2%
163	Barbados	19,730	+5.3%
164	Suriname	14,636	+4.6%
165	Djibouti Estimated	11,333	+1%
166	Macao Estimated	9,954	-5.4%
167	Montenegro	9,838	-7.4%
168	Malta	9,528	-1.8%
169	Lesotho Estimated	9,153	-2.1%
170	Gambia Estimated	7,631	-5.2%
171	Bahamas Estimated	7,001	-0.8%
172	New Caledonia	6,569	-2.2%
173	Vanuatu Estimated	5,802	-7.9%
174	Cape Verde	4,030	-10.3%
175	Bhutan	3,993	+23.6%
176	Samoa Estimated	3,698	-12.5%
177	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,558	-0.6%
178	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,586	-1.1%
179	Tonga Estimated	2,396	-0.4%
180	Comoros Estimated	2,282	+0.5%
181	Grenada Estimated	2,012	+12.2%
182	Kiribati Estimated	1,942	+2.8%
183	French Polynesia Estimated	1,774	+2.7%
184	Micronesia Estimated	1,416	-1.7%
185	Dominica Estimated	1,400	-0%
186	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,384	-10.2%
187	Seychelles Estimated	1,084	-2.2%
188	Maldives Estimated	864	-0.7%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	819	-3.4%
190	Faroe Islands Estimated	648	+3.3%
191	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	621	+0.6%
192	Cook Islands Estimated	557	+6%
193	Tuvalu Estimated	181	-1.2%
194	Antigua and Barbuda	170	-9.3%
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	146	+1.6%
196	Niue Estimated	92	+0.8%
197	Nauru Estimated	78	-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 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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China, with 86,423,326 tonnes in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Nauru, with 78 tonnes in 2018.

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