FAOSTAT · 2024

World ranking: Meat, Poultry — Producing/slaughtered animals 2024

World ranking: Meat, Poultry — Producing/slaughtered animals 2024. Source: FAOSTAT. Calculations and presentation: Terra Cultiva.

Rank	Country	Value	World share
#1	China	16.12B head	19.2 %
#2	United States	9.80B head	11.7 %
#3	Brazil	6.51B head	7.8 %
#4	Indonesia	4.93B head	5.9 %
#5	India	3.39B head	4.0 %
#6	Russia	2.64B head	3.1 %
#7	Mexico	2.14B head	2.5 %
#8	Pakistan	2.02B head	2.4 %
#9	Iran	1.88B head	2.2 %
#10	Egypt	1.83B head	2.2 %
#11	Turkey	1.37B head	1.6 %
#12	Poland	1.37B head	1.6 %
#13	Thailand	1.37B head	1.6 %
#14	Philippines	1.36B head	1.6 %
#15	United Kingdom	1.20B head	1.4 %
#16	South Korea	1.11B head	1.3 %
#17	Colombia	1.07B head	1.3 %
#18	South Africa	1.05B head	1.2 %
#19	France	866.25M head	1.0 %
#20	Japan	846.71M head	1.0 %
#21	Canada	831.33M head	1.0 %
#22	Peru	826.76M head	1.0 %
#23	Vietnam	824.26M head	1.0 %
#24	Spain	798.44M head	1.0 %
#25	Australia	754.50M head	0.9 %
#26	Argentina	749.82M head	0.9 %
#27	Malaysia	681.81M head	0.8 %
#28	Morocco	673.44M head	0.8 %
#29	Germany	668.66M head	0.8 %
#30	Saudi Arabia	664.60M head	0.8 %
#31	Ukraine	623.10M head	0.7 %
#32	Italy	616.09M head	0.7 %
#33	Myanmar	593.62M head	0.7 %
#34	Belarus	513.87M head	0.6 %
#35	The Netherlands	507.39M head	0.6 %
#36	Taiwan	427.38M head	0.5 %
#37	Bangladesh	398.38M head	0.5 %
#38	Algeria	385.81M head	0.5 %
#39	Nigeria	342.93M head	0.4 %
#40	Romania	320.10M head	0.4 %
#41	Israel	311.54M head	0.4 %
#42	Belgium	310.36M head	0.4 %
#43	Venezuela	295.73M head	0.4 %
#44	Chile	295.71M head	0.4 %
#45	Ecuador	265.71M head	0.3 %
#46	Dominican Republic	258.19M head	0.3 %
#47	Jordan	251.52M head	0.3 %
#48	Portugal	239.84M head	0.3 %
#49	Guatemala	237.97M head	0.3 %
#50	Hungary	236.97M head	0.3 %
#51	Nepal	236.51M head	0.3 %
#52	Bolivia	198.24M head	0.2 %
#53	Kazakhstan	190.57M head	0.2 %
#54	Yemen	189.00M head	0.2 %
#55	Greece	165.64M head	0.2 %
#56	Burkina Faso	153.66M head	0.2 %
#57	Sri Lanka	145.09M head	0.2 %
#58	Iraq	142.68M head	0.2 %
#59	El Salvador	133.74M head	0.2 %
#60	Tunisia	126.23M head	0.2 %
#61	Honduras	125.49M head	0.1 %
#62	New Zealand	124.45M head	0.1 %
#63	Czechia	122.27M head	0.1 %
#64	Libya	112.02M head	0.1 %
#65	Panama	112.00M head	0.1 %
#66	Azerbaijan	110.72M head	0.1 %
#67	Ivory Coast	109.50M head	0.1 %
#68	Syria	108.30M head	0.1 %
#69	Sweden	107.49M head	0.1 %
#70	Denmark	105.34M head	0.1 %
#71	Ireland	104.56M head	0.1 %
#72	Uganda	103.20M head	0.1 %
#73	Senegal	102.62M head	0.1 %
#74	Tanzania	102.53M head	0.1 %
#75	Ghana	96.87M head	0.1 %
#76	Mali	92.63M head	0.1 %
#77	Switzerland	90.45M head	0.1 %
#78	Cameroon	90.40M head	0.1 %
#79	Uzbekistan	88.48M head	0.1 %
#80	Jamaica	86.41M head	0.1 %
#81	Costa Rica	81.63M head	0.1 %
#82	Madagascar	81.05M head	0.1 %
#83	Finland	80.52M head	0.1 %
#84	Paraguay	80.14M head	0.1 %
#85	Serbia	78.77M head	0.1 %
#86	Mozambique	78.57M head	0.1 %
#87	Ethiopia	76.58M head	0.1 %
#88	Norway	73.93M head	0.1 %
#89	Kenya	69.24M head	0.1 %
#90	Zimbabwe	68.12M head	0.1 %
#91	Lebanon	64.50M head	0.1 %
#92	Bulgaria	61.06M head	0.1 %
#93	Angola	60.82M head	0.1 %
#94	Laos	57.28M head	0.1 %
#95	Kuwait	50.50M head	0.1 %
#96	Zambia	50.20M head	0.1 %
#97	Mauritius	49.90M head	0.1 %
#98	Lithuania	47.80M head	0.1 %
#99	Togo	47.73M head	0.1 %
#100	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.84M head	0.1 %
#101	Guyana	45.00M head	0.1 %
#102	United Arab Emirates	43.94M head	0.1 %
#103	Slovenia	43.45M head	0.1 %
#104	Moldova	43.14M head	0.1 %
#105	Croatia	43.12M head	0.1 %
#106	Singapore	41.47M head	0.0 %
#107	South Sudan	37.97M head	0.0 %
#108	Malawi	36.28M head	0.0 %
#109	Trinidad and Tobago	34.04M head	0.0 %
#110	Afghanistan	33.87M head	0.0 %
#111	Sudan	33.64M head	0.0 %
#112	Uruguay	32.51M head	0.0 %
#113	North Korea	27.65M head	0.0 %
#114	Benin	26.34M head	0.0 %
#115	Niger	25.58M head	0.0 %
#116	Sierra Leone	25.13M head	0.0 %
#117	Cambodia	24.08M head	0.0 %
#118	Latvia	21.95M head	0.0 %
#119	Qatar	21.28M head	0.0 %
#120	Tajikistan	20.90M head	0.0 %
#121	Puerto Rico	19.83M head	0.0 %
#122	Brunei	19.63M head	0.0 %
#123	Turkmenistan	18.87M head	0.0 %
#124	Liberia	17.60M head	0.0 %
#125	Democratic Republic of the Congo	16.99M head	0.0 %
#126	Hong Kong	15.89M head	0.0 %
#127	Fiji	14.30M head	0.0 %
#128	Cyprus	14.05M head	0.0 %
#129	Belize	13.55M head	0.0 %
#130	Namibia	13.29M head	0.0 %
#131	Georgia	13.10M head	0.0 %
#132	Armenia	12.97M head	0.0 %
#133	Kyrgyzstan	11.74M head	0.0 %
#134	Albania	11.62M head	0.0 %
#135	Haiti	10.35M head	0.0 %
#136	Bahrain	9.88M head	0.0 %
#137	Burundi	9.72M head	0.0 %
#138	Barbados	9.16M head	0.0 %
#139	Guinea	9.05M head	0.0 %
#140	Oman	8.68M head	0.0 %
#141	Chad	8.02M head	0.0 %
#142	Papua New Guinea	7.58M head	0.0 %
#143	Central African Republic	7.01M head	0.0 %
#144	Republic of the Congo	6.84M head	0.0 %
#145	Mauritania	6.17M head	0.0 %
#146	Iceland	5.79M head	0.0 %
#147	Suriname	5.69M head	0.0 %
#148	Gabon	5.19M head	0.0 %
#149	Bahamas	5.16M head	0.0 %
#150	Somalia	5.11M head	0.0 %
#151	Montenegro	4.45M head	0.0 %
#152	Rwanda	4.20M head	0.0 %
#153	Guinea-Bissau	3.80M head	0.0 %
#154	Macao	3.59M head	0.0 %
#155	Malta	3.01M head	0.0 %
#156	Cuba	3.00M head	0.0 %
#157	Eswatini	2.83M head	0.0 %
#158	North Macedonia	2.52M head	0.0 %
#159	Botswana	2.31M head	0.0 %
#160	Gambia	1.55M head	0.0 %
#161	Eritrea	1.39M head	0.0 %
#162	Bhutan	1.29M head	0.0 %
#163	Saint Lucia	1.19M head	0.0 %
#164	Kiribati	1.17M head	0.0 %
#165	French Polynesia	777.0k head	0.0 %
#166	Comoros	740.0k head	0.0 %
#167	Lesotho	711.0k head	0.0 %
#168	Sao Tome and Principe	638.0k head	0.0 %
#169	Timor Leste	603.0k head	0.0 %
#170	New Caledonia	582.0k head	0.0 %
#171	Grenada	581.0k head	0.0 %
#172	Vanuatu	548.0k head	0.0 %
#173	Cabo Verde	492.0k head	0.0 %
#174	Samoa	474.0k head	0.0 %
#175	Seychelles	441.0k head	0.0 %
#176	Dominica	373.0k head	0.0 %
#177	Tonga	371.0k head	0.0 %
#178	Solomon Islands	357.0k head	0.0 %
#179	Mongolia	349.0k head	0.0 %
#180	Equatorial Guinea	325.0k head	0.0 %
#181	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	211.0k head	0.0 %
#182	Micronesia	203.0k head	0.0 %
#183	Tuvalu	67.0k head	0.0 %
#184	Cook Islands	58.0k head	0.0 %
#185	Saint Kitts and Nevis	43.0k head	0.0 %
#186	Niue	25.0k head	0.0 %
#187	Antigua and Barbuda	5.0k head	0.0 %
#188	Nauru	5.0k head	0.0 %
#189	Luxembourg	0.00 head	0.0 %