Countries by meat production

China had the highest meat production of 196 countries in 2021, at 90,115,713 tonnes. Nauru had the lowest, at 79 tonnes. The median was 263,381 tonnes and the figure for the World was 352,434,479 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest90,115,713China

Lowest79Nauru

Median263,381196 countries

World352,434,479History

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tonnes, 2021. 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, 2021

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	2021 tonnes	Change on 2020
1	China Estimated	90,115,713	+15.9%
2	United States	47,442,795	+0.8%
3	Brazil	25,309,755	-4.2%
4	India Estimated	11,643,138	+6.4%
5	Russia	11,346,122	+1.1%
6	Mexico	7,693,445	+2.4%
7	Spain	7,646,872	+2%
8	Germany	7,633,861	-2.4%
9	Argentina	6,144,593	-1.2%
10	France	5,363,842	-0.6%
11	Canada	5,203,019	+1.2%
12	Poland	5,113,595	-2.7%
13	Vietnam Estimated	4,980,970	+8.1%
14	Pakistan	4,835,890	+2.1%
15	Indonesia	4,540,374	-0.2%
16	Australia	4,421,403	-2.9%
17	Türkiye	4,255,988	+6.7%
18	United Kingdom	4,225,853	+0.2%
19	Japan	4,170,629	+1.2%
20	Italy	3,552,424	+2%
21	South Africa	3,512,937	+1.7%
22	Egypt	3,324,776	+15.2%
23	Netherlands	3,048,460	-2.4%
24	Thailand Estimated	2,984,115	+5%
25	Colombia	2,931,777	+3.9%
26	Philippines	2,788,116	-11.3%
27	Iran	2,746,826	-4.9%
28	South Korea Estimated	2,725,096	-0.8%
29	Ukraine	2,438,300	-1.6%
30	Peru	2,197,504	+1.9%
31	Denmark	2,011,354	+6.7%
32	Malaysia	1,890,847	-4%
33	Belgium	1,848,010	+2.2%
34	Nigeria Estimated	1,643,383	+3.2%
35	Taiwan	1,616,106	+0.3%
36	Chile	1,576,077	-0.8%
37	New Zealand	1,496,456	+1.2%
38	Saudi Arabia	1,436,625	+16.7%
39	Uzbekistan Estimated	1,404,949	+5.8%
40	Belarus Estimated	1,249,601	-2.5%
41	Morocco	1,210,695	+0.5%
42	Myanmar	1,177,301	+5.4%
43	Ireland	1,159,652	-2.4%
44	Hungary	1,056,565	+2.9%
45	Venezuela	1,046,803	+9.4%
46	Kazakhstan	1,040,482	+5.9%
47	Romania	983,454	n/a
48	Sudan Estimated	978,015	-2.6%
49	Algeria	968,427	-9.5%
50	Bolivia	966,033	+3.2%
51	Ethiopia Estimated	893,984	-2.4%
52	Zimbabwe Estimated	893,128	+9%
53	Austria	874,230	+0.3%
54	Portugal	859,307	+1.5%
55	Chad Estimated	856,182	+4.8%
56	Israel	842,218	-2.3%
57	Ecuador	840,447	-0.6%
58	Tanzania	795,930	+4.2%
59	Bangladesh Estimated	736,444	+1.9%
60	Uruguay	703,565	+12.8%
61	Paraguay	671,493	+1.7%
62	Uganda Estimated	635,051	+27.3%
63	Guatemala	623,367	-8.8%
64	Sweden	581,060	+2.4%
65	Kenya	558,225	-6.1%
66	Malawi Estimated	554,724	-5%
67	Papua New Guinea Estimated	526,843	+1.4%
68	Serbia	523,442	+1.2%
69	Nepal	520,742	-5.7%
70	Dominican Republic	512,336	+16.1%
71	Burkina Faso	511,077	-5.4%
72	Czechia	494,411	+2.6%
73	Switzerland	492,198	+1.9%
74	Greece	434,993	-1.3%
75	Yemen	430,135	+3.3%
76	Mongolia	429,596	-31.3%
77	Finland	410,998	+0.5%
78	Cameroon Estimated	392,852	+23.4%
79	Tajikistan Estimated	382,202	+2.4%
80	Tunisia	373,007	+2.3%
81	Norway	371,067	+4%
82	Azerbaijan	357,572	+3.3%
83	Turkmenistan Estimated	356,149	+0.3%
84	Syria	348,241	-1%
85	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	331,562	+5.7%
86	Nicaragua	327,090	+6%
87	Jordan	326,916	+10%
88	North Korea Estimated	325,285	-1.7%
89	Zambia Estimated	323,917	+4%
90	Mozambique Estimated	322,358	+17.7%
91	Angola Estimated	317,690	+9.4%
92	Senegal	314,939	+4.2%
93	Costa Rica	307,815	+4.3%
94	Panama	304,960	+8.4%
95	Ghana Estimated	298,689	-0.9%
96	Honduras Estimated	298,563	+14.3%
97	Afghanistan Estimated	270,876	-7.4%
98	Sri Lanka	269,545	+8.1%
99	Cuba	257,217	+7.1%
100	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	251,889	+3.8%
101	Kyrgyzstan	244,892	+1.9%
102	Croatia	243,518	+5.3%
103	Iraq	240,747	-4.4%
104	Bulgaria	225,286	+10.4%
105	South Sudan Estimated	217,086	-2.4%
106	Lithuania	213,354	-5%
107	Laos Estimated	205,854	+2.8%
108	Niger Estimated	199,640	+3.8%
109	Cambodia Estimated	196,895	-0.7%
110	Lebanon Estimated	193,608	+3.3%
111	Central African Republic Estimated	187,040	+1.7%
112	El Salvador	182,674	+16.2%
113	Libya	181,138	-1.4%
114	United Arab Emirates Estimated	171,785	-2.1%
115	Mali Estimated	159,246	-5.9%
116	Madagascar Estimated	155,537	-2.1%
117	Somalia Estimated	155,281	-17.3%
118	Slovenia	141,780	+1%
119	Hong Kong Estimated	140,048	-11.8%
120	Jamaica	139,462	+1.9%
121	Mauritania Estimated	127,300	+2.1%
122	Kuwait Estimated	122,441	+2.3%
123	Guinea	116,972	+6.1%
124	Armenia	110,631	+2.5%
125	Haiti Estimated	107,619	+0.4%
126	Botswana Estimated	101,365	-1.9%
127	Singapore Estimated	98,260	-6.3%
128	Benin	95,844	+13.1%
129	Rwanda Estimated	95,048	-7.5%
130	Latvia	90,930	+1.5%
131	Oman Estimated	87,641	+1.4%
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	85,974	-3.4%
133	Cyprus	82,066	+4%
134	Albania	78,659	-1%
135	Estonia	77,762	+0.6%
136	Georgia	72,609	+4.4%
137	Palestine	70,733	-2.2%
138	Namibia Estimated	65,118	-1.4%
139	Togo	63,441	+5.7%
140	Moldova	61,450	-6.5%
141	Republic of the Congo Estimated	60,513	-0.1%
142	Guyana	53,560	+13.2%
143	Trinidad and Tobago	52,975	+5.8%
144	Mauritius	52,283	+3.1%
145	Sierra Leone Estimated	48,231	+5%
146	Qatar	47,370	-3.7%
147	Burundi Estimated	42,313	+9.2%
148	Eritrea Estimated	42,250	+2.9%
149	Gabon Estimated	41,253	+2%
150	Bahrain Estimated	36,651	+3%
151	Brunei	35,052	+20.9%
152	Iceland	34,392	-0.8%
153	Liberia Estimated	34,346	0%
154	Puerto Rico Estimated	32,492	-19%
155	Fiji	31,759	+3.6%
156	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	27,348	+3.9%
157	Timor-Leste Estimated	27,274	-13.5%
158	North Macedonia	24,584	+4.6%
159	Eswatini Estimated	23,482	+2.3%
160	Belize	23,356	+5.2%
161	Luxembourg	23,222	+1.4%
162	Suriname	17,098	+9.6%
163	Barbados	16,371	+7.1%
164	Montenegro Estimated	12,553	+2.7%
165	Djibouti Estimated	11,509	+0.8%
166	Malta	10,062	-0.3%
167	Macao Estimated	9,137	+0.3%
168	Lesotho Estimated	8,803	-9.5%
169	Gambia Estimated	7,298	+0.9%
170	New Caledonia	6,866	+0.2%
171	Bahamas Estimated	6,846	-0.9%
172	Vanuatu Estimated	5,755	+5.2%
173	Cape Verde	4,498	+2.7%
174	Bhutan	4,070	+5%
175	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,583	+0.9%
176	Samoa Estimated	3,299	-0.2%
177	Saint Lucia Estimated	3,006	+1.6%
178	Tonga Estimated	2,428	+1%
179	Comoros Estimated	2,289	+0.3%
180	Seychelles Estimated	2,229	+35%
181	Kiribati Estimated	2,115	+5.2%
182	French Polynesia Estimated	1,932	+9.3%
183	Grenada	1,840	+1.9%
184	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,532	-0.4%
185	Micronesia Estimated	1,449	+2.2%
186	Dominica Estimated	1,403	+0.2%
187	Maldives Estimated	860	+0.6%
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	780	+4.1%
189	Faroe Islands Estimated	671	+0.6%
190	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	639	+1.3%
191	Cook Islands Estimated	469	-4.6%
192	Tuvalu Estimated	188	+1.2%
193	Antigua and Barbuda	148	-6.2%
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	125	+19.2%
195	Niue Estimated	95	+1%
196	Nauru Estimated	79	+0.8%

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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. 5 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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China, with 90,115,713 tonnes in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Nauru, with 79 tonnes in 2021.

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