The following article lists the world's largest producers of meat. Global meat production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data, meat production has more than quintupled since 1961, reaching around 361 million tonnes in 2022.^[1] The most popular meat globally is poultry, followed by pork, beef and mutton. Over 90 billion animals are slaughtered each year for meat.^[2]

List

Countries and some territories by meat production.^[1]

Rank	Country	Meat production (in tonnes)	Year
1	China	92,948,520	2022
2	United States	47,530,724	2022
3	Brazil	30,397,944	2022
4	Russia	12,244,950	2022
5	India	10,644,195	2022
6	Mexico	7,891,058	2022
7	Spain	7,562,136	2022
8	Germany	7,026,648	2022
9	Argentina	6,339,574	2022
10	Pakistan	5,248,574	2022
11	Canada	5,213,636	2022
12	France	5,106,484	2022
13	Poland	5,091,000	2022
14	Indonesia	4,985,907	2022
15	Vietnam	4,730,438	2022
16	Turkey	4,669,652	2022
17	Australia	4,471,332	2022
18	United Kingdom	4,220,672	2022
19	Japan	4,163,305	2022
20	South Africa	3,534,461	2022
21	Egypt	3,406,693	2022
22	Colombia	3,064,670	2022
23	Netherlands	2,999,508	2022
24	Thailand	2,961,210	2022
25	Philippines	2,907,638	2022
26	South Korea	2,727,070	2022
27	Iran	2,702,516	2022
28	Peru	2,256,424	2022
29	Ukraine	2,205,514	2022
30	Malaysia	1,912,610	2022
31	Denmark	1,882,619	2022
32	Belgium	1,724,323	2022
33	Nigeria	1,651,712	2022
34	Taiwan	1,585,565	2022
35	Chile	1,559,920	2022
36	New Zealand	1,456,140	2022
37	Saudi Arabia	1,388,790	2022
38	Uzbekistan	1,348,460	2022
39	Kazakhstan	1,240,976	2022
40	Belarus	1,220,493	2022
41	Ireland	1,184,998	2022
42	Morocco	1,173,980	2022
43	Myanmar	1,116,716	2022
44	Sudan	1,017,911	2022
45	Bolivia	998,284	2022
46	Venezuela	968,196	2022
47	Romania	965,262	2022
48	Hungary	960,509	2022
49	Ecuador	954,060	2022
50	Chad	922,437	2022
51	Zimbabwe	918,058	2022
52	Austria	874,227	2021
53	Israel	862,670	2022
54	Portugal	859,039	2022
55	Ethiopia	844,000	2022
56	Algeria	803,545	2022
57	Tanzania	798,138	2022
58	Uruguay	739,750	2022
59	Bangladesh	735,879	2022
60	Paraguay	666,553	2022
61	Guatemala	663,713	2022
62	Malawi	630,759	2022
63	Kenya	609,255	2022
64	Sweden	569,568	2022
65	Burkina Faso	564,302	2022
66	Mongolia	554,546	2022
67	Papua New Guinea	528,814	2022
68	Serbia	526,380	2022
69	Nepal	512,789	2022
70	Dominican Republic	501,743	2022
71	Switzerland	495,054	2022
72	Czech Republic	467,546	2019
73	Greece	459,087	2022
74	Uganda	454,417	2022
75	Yemen	436,244	2022
76	Cameroon	415,030	2022
77	Finland	403,712	2022
78	Tajikistan	377,983	2022
79	Tunisia	373,125	2022
80	Norway	372,784	2022
81	Angola	369,918	2022
82	Azerbaijan	368,323	2022
83	Turkmenistan	359,569	2022
84	Syria	342,504	2022
85	Senegal	338,927	2022
86	Honduras	333,851	2022
87	Panama	332,068	2022
88	North Korea	324,407	2022
89	Nicaragua	322,374	2022
90	Jordan	320,606	2022
91	Zambia	314,965	2022
92	Mozambique	311,080	2022
93	Costa Rica	310,487	2022
94	Ivory Coast	309,188	2022
95	Ghana	308,458	2022
96	Cuba	291,392	2022
97	Afghanistan	271,641	2022
98	Sri Lanka	260,288	2022
99	Kyrgyzstan	256,840	2022
100	Iraq	254,365	2022
101	Democratic Republic of the Congo	251,417	2022
102	South Sudan	246,185	2022
103	Croatia	231,050	2022
104	Bulgaria	221,739	2019
105	Lithuania	213,371	2021
106	Laos	211,602	2022
107	Niger	196,479	2022
108	Central African Republic	191,389	2022
109	Cambodia	189,963	2022
110	El Salvador	185,709	2022
111	Somalia	185,700	2022
112	Libya	183,581	2022
113	Lebanon	175,472	2022
114	Mali	174,869	2022
115	United Arab Emirates	174,344	2022
116	Madagascar	162,164	2022
117	Jamaica	154,067	2022
118	Slovenia	137,900	2022
119	Hong Kong	133,441	2022
120	Guinea	126,802	2022
121	Mauritania	126,701	2022
122	Kuwait	125,523	2022
123	Moldova	115,782	2022
124	Haiti	108,362	2022
125	Armenia	103,428	2022
126	Benin	102,526	2022
127	Latvia	92,230	2022
128	Oman	89,985	2022
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	88,705	2022
130	Rwanda	84,521	2022
131	Albania	80,836	2022
132	Cyprus	79,222	2022
133	Estonia	75,380	2022
134	Singapore	74,759	2022
135	Georgia	74,539	2022
136	Togo	70,986	2022
137	Botswana	69,926	2022
138	Namibia	68,713	2022
139	Republic of the Congo	63,271	2022
140	Palestine	61,229	2022
141	Guyana	60,821	2022
142	Mauritius	59,176	2022
143	Trinidad and Tobago	54,410	2022
144	Fiji	53,917	2022
145	Sierra Leone	50,821	2022
146	Burundi	45,581	2022
147	Eritrea	42,664	2022
148	Puerto Rico	41,876	2022
149	Gabon	41,086	2022
150	Bahrain	36,639	2022
151	Liberia	36,146	2022
152	Brunei	34,219	2022
153	Iceland	33,700	2022
154	Qatar	33,364	2022
155	Timor-Leste	29,031	2022
156	Eswatini	26,065	2022
157	Guinea-Bissau	25,603	2022
158	Belize	24,940	2022
159	North Macedonia	23,842	2022
160	Luxembourg	22,740	2022
161	Barbados	18,620	2022
162	Suriname	17,224	2022
163	Djibouti	11,445	2022
164	Malta	9,948	2022
165	Montenegro	9,703	2022
166	Lesotho	9,155	2022
167	Macau	9,035	2022
168	Gambia	7,448	2022
169	New Caledonia	6,903	2022
170	Bahamas	6,526	2022
171	Vanuatu	5,356	2022
172	Lesotho	9,221	2021
173	Cape Verde	4,442	2022
174	Bhutan	4,240	2022
175	Solomon Islands	3,634	2022
176	Samoa	3,283	2022
177	Saint Lucia	3,114	2022
178	Tonga	2,440	2022
179	Seychelles	2,359	2022
180	Comoros	2,296	2022
181	Kiribati	2,073	2022
182	French Polynesia	1,656	2022
183	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,497	2022
184	Federated States of Micronesia	1,479	2022
185	Dominica	1,414	2022
186	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,063	2022
187	Grenada	1,018	2022
188	Maldives	855	2022
189	Faroe Islands	705	2022
190	Equatorial Guinea	649	2022
191	Cook Islands	424	2022
192	Saint Kitts and Nevis	234	2022
193	Antigua and Barbuda	212	2022
194	Tuvalu	190	2022
195	Niue	95	2022
196	Nauru	78	2022
197	Tokelau	51	2022
198	Antigua and Barbuda	148	2021
199	Saint Kitts and Nevis	146	2021
200	Niue	94	2021
201	Nauru	80	2021
202	Tokelau	63	2021
203	Vatican City	0	2021

World production

References