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 quadrupled since 1961, reaching around 357 million tonnes in 2021. ^[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	90,737,304	2021
2	United States	48,876,684	2021
3	Brazil	29,497,016	2021
4	Russia	11,346,122	2021
5	India	10,888,240	2021
6	Mexico	7,692,412	2021
7	Spain	7,649,473	2021
8	Germany	7,632,081	2021
9	Argentina	6,152,519	2021
10	France	5,363,326	2021
11	Canada	5,335,358	2021
12	Poland	5,076,195	2021
13	Pakistan	4,983,083	2021
14	Indonesia	4,790,545	2021
15	Vietnam	4,689,921	2021
16	Australia	4,383,355	2021
17	Turkey	4,255,976	2021
18	Japan	4,238,442	2021
19	United Kingdom	4,182,086	2021
20	Italy	3,690,036	2019
21	South Africa	3,508,060	2021
22	Netherlands	3,037,072	2021
23	Egypt	3,007,820	2021
24	Colombia	2,932,011	2021
25	Thailand	2,929,310	2021
26	Philippines	2,787,635	2021
27	South Korea	2,733,404	2021
28	Iran	2,621,062	2021
29	Ukraine	2,439,081	2021
30	Peru	2,197,571	2021
31	Denmark	2,011,712	2021
32	Malaysia	1,889,289	2021
33	Belgium	1,844,274	2021
34	Taiwan	1,703,423	2021
35	Chile	1,575,171	2021
36	New Zealand	1,502,865	2021
37	Nigeria	1,472,987	2021
38	Uzbekistan	1,310,144	2021
39	Belarus	1,253,648	2021
40	Kazakhstan	1,231,038	2021
41	Morocco	1,209,709	2021
42	Saudi Arabia	1,202,137	2021
43	Ireland	1,159,033	2021
44	Myanmar	1,116,440	2021
45	Hungary	1,056,929	2021
46	Sudan	1,003,776	2021
47	Zimbabwe	997,907	2021
48	Romania	983,450	2021
49	Bolivia	966,758	2021
50	Venezuela	951,385	2021
51	Ethiopia	933,124	2021
52	Ecuador	910,273	2021
53	Austria	871,833	2020
54	Chad	861,417	2021
55	Portugal	859,339	2021
56	Israel	828,443	2021
57	Algeria	781,518	2021
58	Tanzania	765,856	2021
59	Burkina Faso	735,915	2021
60	Bangladesh	734,114	2021
61	Uruguay	701,710	2021
62	Paraguay	674,135	2021
63	Guatemala	619,464	2021
64	Sweden	581,060	2021
65	Kenya	559,727	2021
66	Turkmenistan	527,590	2021
67	Serbia	524,071	2021
68	Nepal	520,742	2021
69	Papua New Guinea	517,853	2021
70	Malawi	513,842	2021
71	Switzerland	491,981	2021
72	Dominican Republic	487,198	2021
73	Czech Republic	467,561	2019
74	Uganda	460,203	2021
75	Mongolia	441,277	2021
76	Greece	435,653	2021
77	Yemen	434,631	2021
78	Finland	410,998	2021
79	Norway	370,916	2021
80	Tunisia	369,589	2021
81	Azerbaijan	357,572	2021
82	Panama	352,874	2021
83	Syria	349,446	2021
84	Zambia	344,424	2021
85	Nicaragua	326,971	2021
86	Tajikistan	326,813	2021
87	Ivory Coast	326,734	2021
88	North Korea	320,414	2021
89	Angola	319,788	2021
90	Senegal	318,448	2021
91	Cameroon	312,180	2021
92	Afghanistan	312,155	2021
93	Costa Rica	306,944	2021
94	Ghana	306,298	2021
95	Honduras	304,754	2021
96	Jordan	288,571	2021
97	Mozambique	287,093	2021
98	Sri Lanka	261,758	2021
99	Democratic Republic of the Congo	254,825	2021
100	South Sudan	254,377	2021
101	Croatia	242,419	2021
102	Kyrgyzstan	240,594	2021
103	Cuba	235,008	2021
104	Iraq	223,716	2021
105	Bulgaria	221,738	2019
106	Lithuania	213,369	2021
107	Laos	208,881	2021
108	Niger	200,235	2021
109	Cambodia	194,643	2021
110	Central African Republic	190,613	2021
111	United Arab Emirates	181,535	2021
112	Libya	180,667	2021
113	Somalia	180,046	2021
114	Mali	170,481	2021
115	Lebanon	167,792	2021
116	Hong Kong	166,062	2021
117	Guinea	158,531	2021
118	El Salvador	156,711	2021
119	Madagascar	155,368	2021
120	Slovakia	152,396	2018
121	Slovenia	141,812	2021
122	Jamaica	139,464	2021
123	Kuwait	122,304	2021
124	Mauritania	118,986	2021
125	Singapore	116,121	2021
126	Moldova	112,282	2021
127	Haiti	108,415	2021
128	Rwanda	103,592	2021
129	Armenia	95,500	2021
130	Latvia	90,929	2021
131	Oman	89,582	2021
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	85,974	2021
133	Benin	84,567	2021
134	Cyprus	82,079	2021
135	Albania	78,666	2021
136	Estonia	77,750	2021
137	Botswana	73,510	2021
138	Namibia	73,122	2021
139	Georgia	72,569	2021
140	Palestine	72,087	2021
141	Republic of the Congo	64,399	2021
142	Togo	63,524	2021
143	Guyana	52,689	2021
144	Mauritius	52,262	2021
145	Trinidad and Tobago	50,788	2021
146	Sierra Leone	50,765	2021
147	Qatar	47,880	2021
148	Burundi	43,123	2021
149	Puerto Rico	42,244	2021
150	Eritrea	41,751	2021
151	Gabon	40,954	2021
152	Liberia	37,789	2021
153	Brunei	35,963	2021
154	Fiji	34,645	2021
155	Bahrain	34,434	2021
156	Iceland	34,322	2021
157	Guinea-Bissau	26,883	2021
158	Eswatini	26,342	2021
159	North Macedonia	24,584	2021
160	Timor-Leste	23,751	2021
161	Luxembourg	23,222	2021
162	Belize	22,945	2021
163	Suriname	17,098	2021
164	Barbados	16,371	2021
165	Montenegro	12,655	2021
166	Djibouti	11,378	2021
167	Malta	10,064	2021
168	Lesotho	9,221	2021
169	Gambia	9,220	2021
170	Macau	9,153	2021
171	New Caledonia	6,996	2021
172	Bahamas	6,702	2021
173	Vanuatu	6,256	2021
174	Cape Verde	5,091	2021
175	Bhutan	4,268	2021
176	Solomon Islands	3,659	2021
177	Samoa	3,292	2021
178	Saint Lucia	2,742	2021
179	Tonga	2,463	2021
180	Comoros	2,270	2021
181	Kiribati	2,028	2021
182	French Polynesia	1,754	2021
183	Federated States of Micronesia	1,521	2021
184	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,496	2021
185	Dominica	1,423	2021
186	Grenada	1,179	2021
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,179	2021
188	Seychelles	866	2021
189	Maldives	861	2021
190	Faroe Islands	683	2021
191	Equatorial Guinea	645	2021
192	Cook Islands	428	2021
193	Tuvalu	192	2021
194	Antigua and Barbuda	148	2021
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	146	2021
196	Niue	94	2021
197	Nauru	80	2021
198	Tokelau	63	2021
199	Vatican City	0	2021

World production

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