Countries by meat production

China had the highest meat production of 195 countries in 2020, at 77,741,826 tonnes. Nauru had the lowest, at 78 tonnes. The median was 249,235 tonnes and the figure for the World was 338,123,534 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest77,741,826China

Lowest78Nauru

Median249,235195 countries

World338,123,534History

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tonnes, 2020. 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, 2020

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	2020 tonnes	Change on 2019
1	China Estimated	77,741,826	-0%
2	United States	47,044,350	-2.3%
3	Brazil	26,422,248	+0.9%
4	Russia	11,222,020	+3.3%
5	India Estimated	10,941,153	-2.4%
6	Germany	7,824,838	-1.2%
7	Mexico	7,510,759	+2.9%
8	Spain	7,500,376	+4.7%
9	Argentina	6,218,804	+1.1%
10	France	5,398,452	-0.4%
11	Poland	5,257,102	+2.5%
12	Canada	5,142,476	+1.6%
13	Pakistan	4,736,948	+5.1%
14	Vietnam Estimated	4,606,146	+2.7%
15	Australia	4,553,035	-6.6%
16	Indonesia	4,549,302	-6.8%
17	United Kingdom	4,217,300	+2.3%
18	Japan	4,121,785	+1.7%
19	Türkiye	3,989,282	+1.1%
20	Italy	3,484,436	-5.6%
21	South Africa	3,454,350	+2.7%
22	Philippines	3,142,474	-6.7%
23	Netherlands	3,123,591	+0.1%
24	Iran	2,887,989	+8.2%
25	Egypt	2,887,187	+18.3%
26	Thailand Estimated	2,841,697	+0.5%
27	Colombia	2,820,540	-2.8%
28	South Korea Estimated	2,747,012	+5.3%
29	Ukraine	2,477,500	-0.6%
30	Peru	2,155,907	-2.4%
31	Malaysia	1,968,841	+2.2%
32	Denmark	1,885,654	+5.6%
33	Belgium	1,808,719	+3%
34	Taiwan	1,611,754	+3.3%
35	Nigeria Estimated	1,591,763	+2.7%
36	Chile	1,589,031	+3.5%
37	New Zealand	1,479,122	+1%
38	Uzbekistan Estimated	1,328,099	-0.2%
39	Belarus Estimated	1,281,189	+3.3%
40	Saudi Arabia	1,231,105	+14.4%
41	Morocco	1,205,155	-7.5%
42	Ireland	1,188,719	+3.6%
43	Myanmar	1,117,255	+9%
44	Algeria	1,069,912	+12.1%
45	Hungary	1,026,636	-0.5%
46	Sudan Estimated	1,003,924	+0.9%
47	Kazakhstan	982,334	+4.5%
48	Venezuela	956,927	-1.2%
49	Bolivia	936,307	+0.8%
50	Ethiopia Estimated	915,842	+4.4%
51	Austria	871,848	0%
52	Israel	862,358	+6%
53	Portugal	847,019	-0.2%
54	Ecuador	845,578	-10.9%
55	Zimbabwe Estimated	819,094	-0.6%
56	Chad Estimated	817,005	+4.8%
57	Tanzania	764,012	+8%
58	Bangladesh Estimated	722,617	+2.3%
59	Guatemala	683,813	+15.1%
60	Paraguay	660,517	+6.4%
61	Mongolia	625,221	+36.8%
62	Uruguay	623,796	-9.6%
63	Kenya	594,769	-7.7%
64	Malawi Estimated	583,726	+20.9%
65	Sweden	567,460	+3.8%
66	Nepal	552,156	+54.6%
67	Burkina Faso Estimated	540,365	-24.5%
68	Papua New Guinea Estimated	519,654	+1.1%
69	Serbia	517,017	+0.2%
70	Uganda Estimated	498,819	+5.3%
71	Switzerland	482,986	+1.3%
72	Czechia	482,063	+0.7%
73	Dominican Republic	441,144	-11.9%
74	Greece	440,741	-0.5%
75	Yemen Estimated	416,254	+6%
76	Finland	409,152	+2.9%
77	Tajikistan Estimated	373,357	-1%
78	Tunisia	364,591	+3.1%
79	Norway	356,941	-0.7%
80	Turkmenistan Estimated	355,258	+2.3%
81	Syria	351,661	+16%
82	Azerbaijan	346,011	+3.1%
83	North Korea Estimated	330,855	-8.5%
84	Cameroon	318,265	-14.9%
85	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	313,615	+1.4%
86	Zambia Estimated	311,604	-3.8%
87	Nicaragua	308,639	+1.8%
88	Senegal	302,369	+6.2%
89	Ghana Estimated	301,481	+2.1%
90	Jordan	297,095	+16.3%
91	Costa Rica	295,131	-1.3%
92	Afghanistan Estimated	292,523	+2.4%
93	Angola Estimated	290,453	+0.2%
94	Panama	281,289	-9.1%
95	Mozambique Estimated	273,875	+20.8%
96	Honduras Estimated	261,227	-7.6%
97	Iraq	251,799	+3.9%
98	Sri Lanka	249,235	-3%
99	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	242,561	+1.7%
100	Kyrgyzstan	240,232	+1.7%
101	Cuba Estimated	240,115	-31.2%
102	Croatia	231,301	-3.8%
103	Lithuania	224,553	+0.6%
104	South Sudan Estimated	222,489	-24.6%
105	Bulgaria	204,128	-8%
106	Laos Estimated	200,221	+4.1%
107	Cambodia Estimated	198,333	-3.5%
108	Niger Estimated	192,366	+6.1%
109	Somalia Estimated	187,758	-0.1%
110	Lebanon Estimated	187,491	+5%
111	Central African Republic Estimated	183,873	+0.5%
112	Libya	183,686	+1.7%
113	United Arab Emirates Estimated	175,533	+9.4%
114	Mali Estimated	169,221	+14.9%
115	Madagascar Estimated	158,868	-2.3%
116	Hong Kong Estimated	158,723	-1%
117	El Salvador	157,268	-9.5%
118	Slovenia	140,393	+0.3%
119	Jamaica	136,800	-7.5%
120	Mauritania Estimated	124,710	+3.2%
121	Kuwait Estimated	119,679	+0.2%
122	Guinea	110,287	-22.6%
123	Armenia	107,929	+0.6%
124	Haiti Estimated	107,158	+0.1%
125	Singapore Estimated	104,914	+3%
126	Botswana Estimated	103,352	+6.2%
127	Rwanda Estimated	102,780	-3%
128	Latvia	89,589	-3.7%
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	89,033	+1%
130	Oman Estimated	86,427	+2.1%
131	Benin	84,734	-5.6%
132	Albania	79,489	-6.6%
133	Cyprus	78,880	-3.5%
134	Estonia	77,311	+2.6%
135	Palestine Estimated	72,306	-32.7%
136	Georgia	69,529	-0.1%
137	Namibia Estimated	66,022	-10.4%
138	Moldova	65,713	-44.7%
139	Republic of the Congo Estimated	60,597	+0.9%
140	Togo	60,009	+1%
141	Mauritius	50,714	-6.6%
142	Trinidad and Tobago	50,062	-8%
143	Qatar	49,194	+12%
144	Guyana	47,298	+9.1%
145	Sierra Leone Estimated	45,945	+5%
146	Eritrea Estimated	41,077	+0.2%
147	Gabon Estimated	40,444	+0.7%
148	Puerto Rico Estimated	40,128	-11.5%
149	Burundi Estimated	38,734	-17.3%
150	Bahrain Estimated	35,588	-10.5%
151	Iceland	34,671	-1.8%
152	Liberia Estimated	34,343	+1.1%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	31,532	-9.5%
154	Fiji	30,653	-22.8%
155	Brunei	28,986	+9.5%
156	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	26,323	+12.4%
157	North Macedonia	23,493	+5.1%
158	Eswatini Estimated	22,944	+3.3%
159	Luxembourg	22,911	-1.6%
160	Belize	22,194	-9.4%
161	Suriname	15,600	-3.1%
162	Barbados	15,285	-21.8%
163	Montenegro	12,225	+2.8%
164	Djibouti Estimated	11,417	0%
165	Malta	10,089	+4.3%
166	Lesotho Estimated	9,725	+12.9%
167	Macao Estimated	9,107	-0.7%
168	Gambia Estimated	7,236	-2%
169	Bahamas Estimated	6,908	-0.8%
170	New Caledonia	6,850	+3%
171	Vanuatu Estimated	5,469	-5.2%
172	Cape Verde	4,380	+3.5%
173	Bhutan	3,877	-4.2%
174	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,553	-0%
175	Samoa Estimated	3,307	+11.2%
176	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,958	+7.5%
177	Tonga Estimated	2,404	+0.1%
178	Comoros Estimated	2,282	-0.2%
179	Kiribati Estimated	2,011	-2.3%
180	Grenada Estimated	1,806	-12.9%
181	French Polynesia Estimated	1,768	+1.5%
182	Seychelles Estimated	1,652	+24.6%
183	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,538	+4.2%
184	Micronesia Estimated	1,418	+0.1%
185	Dominica Estimated	1,400	-0.2%
186	Maldives Estimated	855	-0.4%
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	750	-5.5%
188	Faroe Islands Estimated	667	+4.2%
189	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	631	+0.8%
190	Cook Islands Estimated	491	-6.9%
191	Tuvalu Estimated	186	+1.1%
192	Antigua and Barbuda	157	+4.7%
193	Saint Kitts and Nevis	105	-6.1%
194	Niue Estimated	94	+1.1%
195	Nauru Estimated	78	+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. 6 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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China, with 77,741,826 tonnes in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Nauru, with 78 tonnes in 2020.

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