Countries by meat production

China had the highest meat production of 195 countries in 2023, at 97,656,568 tonnes. Nauru had the lowest, at 78 tonnes. The median was 267,091 tonnes and the figure for the World was 366,735,400 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest97,656,568China

Lowest78Nauru

Median267,091195 countries

World366,735,400History

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tonnes, 2023. 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, 2023

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	2023 tonnes	Change on 2022
1	China Estimated	97,656,568	+4.3%
2	United States	47,461,912	-0.6%
3	Brazil	27,864,904	+5.5%
4	India Estimated	12,817,502	+5.2%
5	Russia	12,503,313	+2.1%
6	Mexico	8,075,500	+2.4%
7	Spain	7,357,541	-2.7%
8	Germany	6,777,180	-3.6%
9	Argentina	6,496,108	+2.1%
10	Vietnam Estimated	5,649,114	+7.6%
11	Pakistan	5,373,047	+5.5%
12	Canada	5,255,242	+0.3%
13	Poland	5,060,147	-0.8%
14	Australia	5,058,063	+12.7%
15	Indonesia	4,989,230	-1.4%
16	France	4,975,906	-2.5%
17	Türkiye	4,766,572	+2.1%
18	Japan	4,186,837	+0.5%
19	United Kingdom	4,107,840	-3.4%
20	South Africa	3,469,867	-2.2%
21	Italy	3,245,711	-1.4%
22	Colombia	3,095,948	+1%
23	Thailand Estimated	3,031,341	+0.6%
24	Philippines	3,010,419	+3.5%
25	Egypt	2,981,176	-0.1%
26	Netherlands	2,784,254	-7.3%
27	South Korea Estimated	2,770,357	+0.8%
28	Iran Estimated	2,663,671	-1.5%
29	Peru	2,287,478	+0.1%
30	Ukraine	2,238,400	+1.5%
31	Malaysia	1,822,597	-0.6%
32	Nigeria Estimated	1,656,269	-0.8%
33	Belgium	1,600,959	-7.1%
34	Denmark	1,567,745	-16.7%
35	Chile	1,552,359	-0.5%
36	Uzbekistan Estimated	1,547,316	+5.2%
37	Taiwan Estimated	1,546,323	-3.6%
38	New Zealand	1,468,944	+2.1%
39	Saudi Arabia	1,436,342	+3.7%
40	Myanmar Estimated	1,259,882	0%
41	Belarus Estimated	1,235,293	+1.2%
42	Morocco	1,228,083	+4%
43	Ireland	1,139,550	-3.9%
44	Kazakhstan	1,119,961	+7.1%
45	Bolivia	1,067,852	+4.7%
46	Ecuador	1,049,809	+6.7%
47	Venezuela	1,044,239	-0.4%
48	Algeria Estimated	1,025,262	+2.4%
49	Hungary	999,326	+4%
50	Tanzania	989,280	+19.4%
51	Chad Estimated	969,685	+5.8%
52	Romania	967,577	+0.2%
53	Sudan Estimated	953,871	-0.6%
54	Zimbabwe Estimated	939,789	+1.6%
55	Israel	896,673	+3.7%
56	Ethiopia Estimated	855,013	+1.2%
57	Portugal	847,821	-1.3%
58	Guatemala	836,002	+19.9%
59	Austria	816,156	-3.7%
60	Bangladesh Estimated	765,223	+1.9%
61	Uruguay Estimated	714,460	-4.1%
62	Malawi Estimated	666,673	+25.3%
63	Uganda Estimated	638,949	+0.1%
64	Paraguay Estimated	599,172	-10.3%
65	Kenya	589,028	+11.4%
66	Sweden	561,300	-1.4%
67	Burkina Faso	530,545	+1.9%
68	Serbia	529,594	+0.6%
69	Mongolia	526,298	-3.9%
70	Papua New Guinea Estimated	525,536	+1.1%
71	Dominican Republic	520,674	+3.8%
72	Switzerland	482,280	-2.5%
73	Czechia	473,928	+0.6%
74	Greece	455,430	-0.8%
75	Tajikistan Estimated	451,216	+11.3%
76	Yemen Estimated	443,667	+0.3%
77	Nepal	430,085	-16.1%
78	Cameroon Estimated	420,652	-0.5%
79	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	403,942	+1.4%
80	Finland	388,742	-3.7%
81	Zambia Estimated	381,892	+21.6%
82	Azerbaijan	379,726	+3.1%
83	Tunisia Estimated	377,400	+0.7%
84	Norway	369,657	-0.8%
85	Turkmenistan Estimated	366,063	+1.8%
86	Syria	358,965	+5.4%
87	Angola Estimated	346,217	+4.8%
88	North Korea Estimated	343,354	0%
89	Senegal Estimated	333,412	-1.4%
90	Nicaragua	332,400	+2.8%
91	Ghana Estimated	317,634	+5.4%
92	Honduras Estimated	303,198	+0.5%
93	Jordan	299,950	-12.5%
94	Costa Rica	299,337	-3.6%
95	Iraq Estimated	298,272	+14.9%
96	Panama Estimated	298,009	+1.7%
97	Mozambique Estimated	287,912	-24.7%
98	Sri Lanka	267,091	+2.8%
99	Kyrgyzstan	261,817	+1.6%
100	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	253,194	+0.9%
101	Afghanistan Estimated	251,971	-3.3%
102	Croatia	232,251	-0%
103	South Sudan Estimated	231,376	+3.9%
104	Bulgaria	224,472	-3%
105	Laos Estimated	220,294	+3.7%
106	Niger Estimated	201,896	0%
107	Lithuania	200,240	-1.2%
108	Cambodia Estimated	192,224	+0.9%
109	United Arab Emirates Estimated	189,593	+9.3%
110	Central African Republic Estimated	189,438	+1.2%
111	El Salvador Estimated	186,344	+1.5%
112	Libya Estimated	186,043	+1.8%
113	Somalia Estimated	183,238	-1.4%
114	Lebanon Estimated	182,826	-1%
115	Madagascar Estimated	167,715	+8.9%
116	Mali Estimated	162,503	-5%
117	Jamaica	155,279	-1%
118	Hong Kong Estimated	146,579	-5.7%
119	Guinea Estimated	140,889	+13.8%
120	Slovenia	133,641	-3%
121	Mauritania Estimated	131,674	+1.8%
122	Kuwait Estimated	118,709	+0.7%
123	Benin	116,869	+11.4%
124	Cuba Estimated	109,209	-65.1%
125	Haiti Estimated	107,962	+0.3%
126	Botswana Estimated	105,374	-6.6%
127	Armenia	100,326	-3.3%
128	Oman Estimated	91,308	+1.7%
129	Rwanda Estimated	89,896	+5.8%
130	Latvia	89,290	-3.2%
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	89,017	+2.2%
132	Namibia Estimated	84,847	+15.7%
133	Georgia	78,765	+5.5%
134	Togo Estimated	78,457	+10.9%
135	Albania	76,215	-5.7%
136	Cyprus	75,360	-4.8%
137	Moldova	72,222	+3.9%
138	Estonia	70,614	-6.3%
139	Guyana	67,019	+8.4%
140	Mauritius	62,618	+5.8%
141	Republic of the Congo Estimated	61,447	+0.8%
142	Singapore Estimated	58,366	-15.2%
143	Trinidad and Tobago	53,257	-1.7%
144	Fiji	49,218	-4%
145	Sierra Leone Estimated	48,350	-1.5%
146	Burundi Estimated	47,789	+4.7%
147	Eritrea Estimated	42,999	+1%
148	Gabon Estimated	41,194	+1.2%
149	Bahrain Estimated	38,174	+0.6%
150	Qatar	37,594	+11.8%
151	Liberia Estimated	34,543	+0.4%
152	Iceland	33,432	-1%
153	Timor-Leste Estimated	30,967	+0.8%
154	Brunei	30,414	-8.5%
155	Puerto Rico Estimated	29,603	+2.2%
156	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	27,054	-0.2%
157	Belize	26,612	+6.2%
158	Eswatini Estimated	24,910	+6.2%
159	North Macedonia	22,069	-7.4%
160	Luxembourg	21,258	-6.5%
161	Barbados Estimated	18,572	-0.3%
162	Montenegro Estimated	13,655	+3%
163	Suriname Estimated	13,644	-17.1%
164	Djibouti Estimated	11,665	+0.6%
165	Malta	10,029	+0.9%
166	Lesotho Estimated	8,999	+2%
167	Macao Estimated	8,965	-0.8%
168	Gambia Estimated	7,866	+7.2%
169	New Caledonia	6,812	-1.3%
170	Bahamas Estimated	6,554	-1.1%
171	Vanuatu Estimated	5,418	+0.7%
172	Bhutan	4,758	+4.4%
173	Cape Verde Estimated	4,458	-0.2%
174	Solomon Islands Estimated	3,614	+0.5%
175	Samoa Estimated	3,117	-1.8%
176	Saint Lucia Estimated	3,016	-5.1%
177	Tonga Estimated	2,455	+0.5%
178	Comoros Estimated	2,290	+0.2%
179	Kiribati Estimated	2,200	+1.9%
180	Grenada	2,013	-9%
181	Seychelles Estimated	1,868	-18.6%
182	French Polynesia Estimated	1,828	-3.6%
183	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,741	+3.7%
184	Micronesia Estimated	1,472	+0.7%
185	Dominica Estimated	1,404	+0.1%
186	Maldives Estimated	864	+0.1%
187	Faroe Islands Estimated	707	-1.5%
188	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	650	+0.9%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	582	-12%
190	Cook Islands Estimated	444	-4.9%
191	Tuvalu Estimated	190	+0.8%
192	Saint Kitts and Nevis	152	-3.2%
193	Antigua and Barbuda	104	-50.7%
194	Niue Estimated	96	+0.8%
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 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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China, with 97,656,568 tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Nauru, with 78 tonnes in 2023.

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