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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 |