Countries by meat production

China had the highest meat production of 197 countries in 2019, at 77,780,484 tonnes. Nauru had the lowest, at 78 tonnes. The median was 255,395 tonnes and the figure for the World was 337,181,045 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest77,780,484China

Lowest78Nauru

Median255,395197 countries

World337,181,045History

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tonnes, 2019. 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, 2019

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	2019 tonnes	Change on 2018
1	China Estimated	77,780,484	-10%
2	United States	48,170,421	+2.8%
3	Brazil	26,196,281	+1.6%
4	India Estimated	11,207,411	+4.6%
5	Russia	10,866,309	+2.2%
6	Germany	7,919,216	-1.3%
7	Mexico	7,301,769	+4%
8	Spain	7,161,624	+2.9%
9	Argentina	6,148,718	+3.7%
10	France	5,422,414	-0.8%
11	Poland	5,130,383	-1.8%
12	Canada	5,061,964	+3.1%
13	Indonesia	4,881,671	+2.2%
14	Australia	4,874,201	+2.2%
15	Pakistan	4,505,786	+5%
16	Vietnam Estimated	4,484,963	-5.4%
17	United Kingdom	4,122,270	+0.8%
18	Japan	4,054,593	+1%
19	Türkiye	3,944,768	+1.3%
20	Italy	3,690,036	+0.8%
21	Philippines	3,368,937	+1.5%
22	South Africa	3,363,372	+3.7%
23	Netherlands	3,121,818	+1.9%
24	Colombia	2,900,883	+3.6%
25	Thailand Estimated	2,828,009	+2.3%
26	Iran Estimated	2,669,933	-4.3%
27	South Korea Estimated	2,607,556	+3.1%
28	Ukraine	2,492,400	+5.8%
29	Egypt	2,440,648	+1.7%
30	Peru	2,209,478	+9.7%
31	Malaysia	1,926,453	-0.1%
32	Denmark	1,786,224	-4.1%
33	Belgium	1,755,598	-3.8%
34	Taiwan	1,560,310	+1.7%
35	Nigeria Estimated	1,549,420	+3.3%
36	Chile	1,534,792	+2%
37	New Zealand	1,464,393	+0.3%
38	Uzbekistan Estimated	1,330,519	-5.2%
39	Morocco Estimated	1,303,001	+5.3%
40	Belarus Estimated	1,240,131	+1.1%
41	Ireland	1,147,948	+0.4%
42	Saudi Arabia	1,076,325	+14.5%
43	Romania	1,034,576	-0.3%
44	Hungary	1,032,210	+0.2%
45	Myanmar	1,025,445	+9.8%
46	Sudan Estimated	994,547	+0.9%
47	Venezuela	968,172	-1.4%
48	Algeria Estimated	954,752	+0.4%
49	Ecuador	948,732	+4.1%
50	Kazakhstan	940,302	+4.1%
51	Bolivia	928,659	+1.2%
52	Ethiopia Estimated	876,998	+8.3%
53	Austria	871,680	-0.4%
54	Portugal	848,304	+1.2%
55	Zimbabwe Estimated	823,826	+6.8%
56	Israel	813,726	-1.8%
57	Chad Estimated	779,363	+5.1%
58	Burkina Faso	715,865	+9%
59	Tanzania	707,197	+0.2%
60	Bangladesh Estimated	706,685	+1.6%
61	Uruguay	689,972	-1.6%
62	Kenya	644,417	+34.2%
63	Paraguay	620,563	-0.8%
64	Guatemala	593,995	+3.9%
65	Sweden	546,890	+0.2%
66	Serbia	515,943	-1.7%
67	Papua New Guinea Estimated	513,973	+1.2%
68	Dominican Republic	500,757	+2.1%
69	Malawi Estimated	482,685	-14.1%
70	Czechia	478,601	+1.1%
71	Switzerland	476,585	-2.6%
72	Uganda Estimated	473,875	-5.3%
73	Mongolia	457,191	+6.2%
74	Greece	443,005	+1.3%
75	Finland	397,560	+1.5%
76	Yemen Estimated	392,607	+9.8%
77	Tajikistan	377,222	+5.7%
78	Cameroon	374,030	-12.2%
79	North Korea Estimated	361,590	+3.1%
80	Norway	359,399	-0.3%
81	Nepal	357,081	+2.8%
82	Tunisia	353,789	+2.2%
83	Cuba Estimated	349,006	-4.3%
84	Turkmenistan Estimated	347,258	+1.9%
85	Azerbaijan	335,719	+3%
86	Zambia Estimated	323,869	+1.6%
87	Panama	309,589	-4.4%
88	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	309,232	+2.2%
89	Nicaragua	303,298	+4.1%
90	Syria	303,215	-3.2%
91	Costa Rica	298,919	+6.6%
92	South Sudan Estimated	295,223	+37.6%
93	Ghana Estimated	295,177	+3.4%
94	Angola Estimated	290,016	-5%
95	Afghanistan Estimated	285,593	-2.6%
96	Senegal	284,702	+4.2%
97	Honduras Estimated	282,826	-0.1%
98	Sri Lanka	257,004	+4%
99	Jordan	255,395	-11%
100	Iraq	242,379	+20.3%
101	Croatia	240,461	+5.7%
102	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	238,473	-1.1%
103	Kyrgyzstan	236,180	+2.2%
104	Mozambique Estimated	226,627	-10.4%
105	Lithuania	223,180	-0.1%
106	Bulgaria	221,834	-0.1%
107	Cambodia Estimated	205,591	+1%
108	Laos Estimated	192,350	+7.3%
109	Somalia Estimated	187,961	-0.8%
110	Central African Republic Estimated	182,964	+1.1%
111	Niger Estimated	181,325	-1.2%
112	Libya	180,681	+0.7%
113	Lebanon Estimated	178,587	-8.3%
114	El Salvador	173,713	+2.1%
115	Madagascar Estimated	162,626	+1.1%
116	United Arab Emirates Estimated	160,445	-0.9%
117	Hong Kong Estimated	160,303	+0.2%
118	Slovakia	159,110	+1.8%
119	Jamaica	147,878	+1.3%
120	Mali Estimated	147,238	+3.8%
121	Guinea	142,442	+2%
122	Slovenia	139,915	+1.8%
123	Mauritania Estimated	120,837	+1.9%
124	Kuwait Estimated	119,441	+2.2%
125	Moldova	118,867	-2.8%
126	Palestine	107,389	+0.2%
127	Armenia	107,329	-0.8%
128	Haiti Estimated	107,032	+1.4%
129	Rwanda Estimated	105,979	-3.8%
130	Singapore Estimated	101,856	+0.1%
131	Botswana Estimated	97,328	+3.7%
132	Latvia	93,054	+2.7%
133	Benin	89,731	+12%
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	88,187	+7%
135	Albania	85,110	-12.7%
136	Oman Estimated	84,611	+7.2%
137	Cyprus	81,760	+4%
138	Estonia	75,349	+3.4%
139	Namibia Estimated	73,699	-1%
140	Georgia	69,563	-4.1%
141	Republic of the Congo Estimated	60,064	+0.4%
142	Togo	59,416	+6.4%
143	Trinidad and Tobago	54,412	-20.5%
144	Mauritius	54,318	+3.9%
145	Burundi Estimated	46,834	+7.9%
146	Puerto Rico Estimated	45,355	-15.7%
147	Qatar Estimated	43,937	+0.3%
148	Sierra Leone Estimated	43,747	+2.2%
149	Guyana	43,338	-4.6%
150	Eritrea Estimated	40,978	+0.2%
151	Gabon Estimated	40,160	+0.7%
152	Bahrain Estimated	39,772	+5.5%
153	Fiji	39,711	-5.2%
154	Iceland	35,319	-1.8%
155	Timor-Leste Estimated	34,826	+8.3%
156	Liberia Estimated	33,961	+0.4%
157	Brunei	26,469	-3%
158	Belize	24,502	+2.6%
159	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	23,428	-5.2%
160	Luxembourg	23,291	+1.4%
161	North Macedonia	22,349	+0.4%
162	Eswatini Estimated	22,215	+7.1%
163	Barbados	19,554	-0.9%
164	Suriname	16,095	+10%
165	Montenegro	11,893	+20.9%
166	Djibouti Estimated	11,413	+0.7%
167	Malta	9,670	+1.5%
168	Macao Estimated	9,174	-7.8%
169	Lesotho Estimated	8,617	-5.9%
170	Gambia Estimated	7,383	-3.3%
171	Bahamas Estimated	6,964	-0.5%
172	New Caledonia	6,647	+1.2%
173	Vanuatu Estimated	5,767	-0.6%
174	Cape Verde	4,232	+5%
175	Bhutan	4,046	+1.3%
176	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,555	-0.1%
177	Samoa Estimated	2,974	-19.6%
178	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,753	+6.4%
179	Tonga Estimated	2,400	+0.2%
180	Comoros Estimated	2,285	+0.2%
181	Grenada Estimated	2,072	+3%
182	Kiribati Estimated	2,059	+6%
183	French Polynesia Estimated	1,742	-1.8%
184	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,476	+6.7%
185	Micronesia Estimated	1,417	0%
186	Dominica Estimated	1,402	+0.1%
187	Seychelles Estimated	1,325	+22.2%
188	Maldives Estimated	859	-0.6%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	793	-3.1%
190	Faroe Islands Estimated	640	-1.1%
191	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	626	+0.9%
192	Cook Islands Estimated	528	-5.3%
193	Tuvalu Estimated	184	+1.2%
194	Antigua and Barbuda	150	-11.7%
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	112	-23.5%
196	Niue Estimated	93	+1.1%
197	Nauru Estimated	78	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 2019 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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China, with 77,780,484 tonnes in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Nauru, with 78 tonnes in 2019.

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