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]
Countries and some territories by meat production.
| Rank | Country | Meat production (in tonnes) | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 92,948,520 | 2022 | ||
| 2 | 47,530,724 | 2022 | ||
| 3 | 30,397,944 | 2022 | ||
| 4 | 12,244,950 | 2022 | ||
| 5 | 10,644,195 | 2022 | ||
| 6 | 7,891,058 | 2022 | ||
| 7 | 7,562,136 | 2022 | ||
| 8 | 7,026,648 | 2022 | ||
| 9 | 6,339,574 | 2022 | ||
| 10 | 5,248,574 | 2022 | ||
| 11 | 5,213,636 | 2022 | ||
| 12 | 5,106,484 | 2022 | ||
| 13 | 5,091,000 | 2022 | ||
| 14 | 4,985,907 | 2022 | ||
| 15 | 4,730,438 | 2022 | ||
| 16 | 4,669,652 | 2022 | ||
| 17 | 4,471,332 | 2022 | ||
| 18 | 4,220,672 | 2022 | ||
| 19 | 4,163,305 | 2022 | ||
| 20 | 3,534,461 | 2022 | ||
| 21 | 3,406,693 | 2022 | ||
| 22 | 3,064,670 | 2022 | ||
| 23 | 2,999,508 | 2022 | ||
| 24 | 2,961,210 | 2022 | ||
| 25 | 2,907,638 | 2022 | ||
| 26 | 2,727,070 | 2022 | ||
| 27 | 2,702,516 | 2022 | ||
| 28 | 2,256,424 | 2022 | ||
| 29 | 2,205,514 | 2022 | ||
| 30 | 1,912,610 | 2022 | ||
| 31 | 1,882,619 | 2022 | ||
| 32 | 1,724,323 | 2022 | ||
| 33 | 1,651,712 | 2022 | ||
| 34 | 1,585,565 | 2022 | ||
| 35 | 1,559,920 | 2022 | ||
| 36 | 1,456,140 | 2022 | ||
| 37 | 1,388,790 | 2022 | ||
| 38 | 1,348,460 | 2022 | ||
| 39 | 1,240,976 | 2022 | ||
| 40 | 1,220,493 | 2022 | ||
| 41 | 1,184,998 | 2022 | ||
| 42 | 1,173,980 | 2022 | ||
| 43 | 1,116,716 | 2022 | ||
| 44 | 1,017,911 | 2022 | ||
| 45 | 998,284 | 2022 | ||
| 46 | 968,196 | 2022 | ||
| 47 | 965,262 | 2022 | ||
| 48 | 960,509 | 2022 | ||
| 49 | 954,060 | 2022 | ||
| 50 | 922,437 | 2022 | ||
| 51 | 918,058 | 2022 | ||
| 52 | 874,227 | 2021 | ||
| 53 | 862,670 | 2022 | ||
| 54 | 859,039 | 2022 | ||
| 55 | 844,000 | 2022 | ||
| 56 | 803,545 | 2022 | ||
| 57 | 798,138 | 2022 | ||
| 58 | 739,750 | 2022 | ||
| 59 | 735,879 | 2022 | ||
| 60 | 666,553 | 2022 | ||
| 61 | 663,713 | 2022 | ||
| 62 | 630,759 | 2022 | ||
| 63 | 609,255 | 2022 | ||
| 64 | 569,568 | 2022 | ||
| 65 | 564,302 | 2022 | ||
| 66 | 554,546 | 2022 | ||
| 67 | 528,814 | 2022 | ||
| 68 | 526,380 | 2022 | ||
| 69 | 512,789 | 2022 | ||
| 70 | 501,743 | 2022 | ||
| 71 | 495,054 | 2022 | ||
| 72 | 467,546 | 2019 | ||
| 73 | 459,087 | 2022 | ||
| 74 | 454,417 | 2022 | ||
| 75 | 436,244 | 2022 | ||
| 76 | 415,030 | 2022 | ||
| 77 | 403,712 | 2022 | ||
| 78 | 377,983 | 2022 | ||
| 79 | 373,125 | 2022 | ||
| 80 | 372,784 | 2022 | ||
| 81 | 369,918 | 2022 | ||
| 82 | 368,323 | 2022 | ||
| 83 | 359,569 | 2022 | ||
| 84 | 342,504 | 2022 | ||
| 85 | 338,927 | 2022 | ||
| 86 | 333,851 | 2022 | ||
| 87 | 332,068 | 2022 | ||
| 88 | 324,407 | 2022 | ||
| 89 | 322,374 | 2022 | ||
| 90 | 320,606 | 2022 | ||
| 91 | 314,965 | 2022 | ||
| 92 | 311,080 | 2022 | ||
| 93 | 310,487 | 2022 | ||
| 94 | 309,188 | 2022 | ||
| 95 | 308,458 | 2022 | ||
| 96 | 291,392 | 2022 | ||
| 97 | 271,641 | 2022 | ||
| 98 | 260,288 | 2022 | ||
| 99 | 256,840 | 2022 | ||
| 100 | 254,365 | 2022 | ||
| 101 | 251,417 | 2022 | ||
| 102 | 246,185 | 2022 | ||
| 103 | 231,050 | 2022 | ||
| 104 | 221,739 | 2019 | ||
| 105 | 213,371 | 2021 | ||
| 106 | 211,602 | 2022 | ||
| 107 | 196,479 | 2022 | ||
| 108 | 191,389 | 2022 | ||
| 109 | 189,963 | 2022 | ||
| 110 | 185,709 | 2022 | ||
| 111 | 185,700 | 2022 | ||
| 112 | 183,581 | 2022 | ||
| 113 | 175,472 | 2022 | ||
| 114 | 174,869 | 2022 | ||
| 115 | 174,344 | 2022 | ||
| 116 | 162,164 | 2022 | ||
| 117 | 154,067 | 2022 | ||
| 118 | 137,900 | 2022 | ||
| 119 | 133,441 | 2022 | ||
| 120 | 126,802 | 2022 | ||
| 121 | 126,701 | 2022 | ||
| 122 | 125,523 | 2022 | ||
| 123 | 115,782 | 2022 | ||
| 124 | 108,362 | 2022 | ||
| 125 | 103,428 | 2022 | ||
| 126 | 102,526 | 2022 | ||
| 127 | 92,230 | 2022 | ||
| 128 | 89,985 | 2022 | ||
| 129 | 88,705 | 2022 | ||
| 130 | 84,521 | 2022 | ||
| 131 | 80,836 | 2022 | ||
| 132 | 79,222 | 2022 | ||
| 133 | 75,380 | 2022 | ||
| 134 | 74,759 | 2022 | ||
| 135 | 74,539 | 2022 | ||
| 136 | 70,986 | 2022 | ||
| 137 | 69,926 | 2022 | ||
| 138 | 68,713 | 2022 | ||
| 139 | 63,271 | 2022 | ||
| 140 | 61,229 | 2022 | ||
| 141 | 60,821 | 2022 | ||
| 142 | 59,176 | 2022 | ||
| 143 | 54,410 | 2022 | ||
| 144 | 53,917 | 2022 | ||
| 145 | 50,821 | 2022 | ||
| 146 | 45,581 | 2022 | ||
| 147 | 42,664 | 2022 | ||
| 148 | 41,876 | 2022 | ||
| 149 | 41,086 | 2022 | ||
| 150 | 36,639 | 2022 | ||
| 151 | 36,146 | 2022 | ||
| 152 | 34,219 | 2022 | ||
| 153 | 33,700 | 2022 | ||
| 154 | 33,364 | 2022 | ||
| 155 | 29,031 | 2022 | ||
| 156 | 26,065 | 2022 | ||
| 157 | 25,603 | 2022 | ||
| 158 | 24,940 | 2022 | ||
| 159 | 23,842 | 2022 | ||
| 160 | 22,740 | 2022 | ||
| 161 | 18,620 | 2022 | ||
| 162 | 17,224 | 2022 | ||
| 163 | 11,445 | 2022 | ||
| 164 | 9,948 | 2022 | ||
| 165 | 9,703 | 2022 | ||
| 166 | 9,155 | 2022 | ||
| 167 | 9,035 | 2022 | ||
| 168 | 7,448 | 2022 | ||
| 169 | 6,903 | 2022 | ||
| 170 | 6,526 | 2022 | ||
| 171 | 5,356 | 2022 | ||
| 172 | 9,221 | 2021 | ||
| 173 | 4,442 | 2022 | ||
| 174 | 4,240 | 2022 | ||
| 175 | 3,634 | 2022 | ||
| 176 | 3,283 | 2022 | ||
| 177 | 3,114 | 2022 | ||
| 178 | 2,440 | 2022 | ||
| 179 | 2,359 | 2022 | ||
| 180 | 2,296 | 2022 | ||
| 181 | 2,073 | 2022 | ||
| 182 | 1,656 | 2022 | ||
| 183 | 1,497 | 2022 | ||
| 184 | 1,479 | 2022 | ||
| 185 | 1,414 | 2022 | ||
| 186 | 1,063 | 2022 | ||
| 187 | 1,018 | 2022 | ||
| 188 | 855 | 2022 | ||
| 189 | 705 | 2022 | ||
| 190 | 649 | 2022 | ||
| 191 | 424 | 2022 | ||
| 192 | 234 | 2022 | ||
| 193 | 212 | 2022 | ||
| 194 | 190 | 2022 | ||
| 195 | 95 | 2022 | ||
| 196 | 78 | 2022 | ||
| 197 | 51 | 2022 | ||
| 198 | 148 | 2021 | ||
| 199 | 146 | 2021 | ||
| 200 | 94 | 2021 | ||
| 201 | 80 | 2021 | ||
| 202 | 63 | 2021 | ||
| 203 | 0 | 2021 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|