According to the most recent data (2017) from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the world produces about 340 million metric tons of meat for consumption each year, excluding fish and seafood that add another 155 million metric tons per year. And, while pig meat is the most popular globally, poultry meat is increasing the most quickly in popularity.
About 80 billion animals were slaughtered globally in 2018 for meat, including 69 billion chickens; 1.5 billion pigs; 656 million turkeys; 574 million sheep; 479 million goats; and 302 million cattle.
Below, find country-by-country data on meat consumption and and animals slaughtered for meat by type.
Country | Beef (kg/capita) | Poultry (kg/capita) | Pork (kg/capita) | Sheep & Goat (kg/capita) | Other (kg/capita) | Fish & Seafood (kg/capita) | Totals (kg/capita) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 2.61 | 1.53 | 0 | 4.15 | 0.3 | 0.25 | 8.84 |
Albania | 14.67 | 16.36 | 7.2 | 9.11 | 0.17 | 5.36 | 52.87 |
Algeria | 4.63 | 6.38 | 0 | 6.69 | 0.35 | 3.86 | 21.91 |
Angola | 4.33 | 10.56 | 7.5 | 0.77 | 0.32 | 20.22 | 43.7 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 7.47 | 54.1 | 8.22 | 1.99 | 0.25 | 52.54 | 124.57 |
Argentina | 54.16 | 42.24 | 10.7 | 1.28 | 1 | 7.29 | 116.67 |
Armenia | 17.82 | 16.06 | 8.79 | 2.95 | 0.03 | 5.83 | 51.48 |
Australia | 35.7 | 47.65 | 25.92 | 10.07 | 2.26 | 25.87 | 147.47 |
Austria | 17.76 | 18.2 | 48.97 | 1.12 | 1.17 | 14.09 | 101.31 |
Azerbaijan | 12.69 | 13.11 | 0.51 | 7.77 | 0 | 3.2 | 37.28 |
Bahamas | 7.93 | 43.17 | 12.56 | 2.91 | 0.47 | 27.31 | 94.35 |
Bangladesh | 1.18 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.36 | 0 | 24.31 | 28.35 |
Barbados | 12.76 | 46.78 | 7.29 | 4.49 | 0.05 | 39.97 | 111.34 |
Belarus | 16.73 | 27.98 | 36.46 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 16.28 | 97.75 |
Belgium | 13.76 | 12.65 | 36.54 | 1.04 | 1.79 | 23.01 | 88.79 |
Belize | 3.26 | 25.69 | 11.77 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 12.16 | 53.25 |
Benin | 3.42 | 14.4 | 0.74 | 0.92 | 0.77 | 17.6 | 37.85 |
Bolivia | 21.89 | 36 | 9.48 | 2.46 | 1.56 | 2.57 | 73.96 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.33 | 16.7 | 9.41 | 0.41 | 0.18 | 4.89 | 40.92 |
Botswana | 5.78 | 3.39 | 0.73 | 2.83 | 11.71 | 3.8 | 28.24 |
Brazil | 37.05 | 48.03 | 13.65 | 0.6 | 0.51 | 9.09 | 108.93 |
Bulgaria | 3.89 | 22.06 | 30.05 | 1.38 | 0.92 | 7.05 | 65.35 |
Burkina Faso | 5.21 | 2.27 | 2.03 | 2.05 | 0.45 | 7.06 | 19.07 |
Cambodia | 4.1 | 2.34 | 5.89 | 0.01 | 0 | 42.69 | 55.03 |
Cameroon | 3.24 | 3.16 | 1.21 | 1.28 | 3.09 | 18.06 | 30.04 |
Canada | 18.13 | 39.02 | 24.46 | 0.99 | 0.01 | 22.45 | 105.06 |
Cape Verde | 2.21 | 17.62 | 10.27 | 1.86 | 0.22 | 11.1 | 43.28 |
Central African Republic | 19.75 | 2.29 | 3.8 | 5.51 | 4.55 | 7.73 | 43.63 |
Chad | 8.26 | 0.45 | 0.06 | 16.76 | 0.95 | 7.18 | 33.66 |
Chile | 21.23 | 36.36 | 24.47 | 0.48 | 0.62 | 11.78 | 94.94 |
China | 5.58 | 12.88 | 37.63 | 3.25 | 1.25 | 38.17 | 98.76 |
Colombia | 14.68 | 31.99 | 8.95 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 7.16 | 63.05 |
Congo | 2.81 | 21.53 | 6.12 | 0.35 | 9.3 | 29.34 | 69.45 |
Costa Rica | 13.58 | 26.52 | 13.44 | 0.01 | 0 | 18.46 | 72.01 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 1.24 | 2.53 | 1.72 | 0.56 | 6.32 | 17.97 | 30.34 |
Croatia | 12.31 | 10.77 | 49.58 | 1.52 | 1.11 | 18.74 | 94.03 |
Cuba | 6.6 | 23.72 | 18.56 | 1.18 | 5.41 | 5.69 | 61.16 |
Cyprus | 6.72 | 25.08 | 34.77 | 5 | 1.25 | 24.94 | 97.76 |
Czechia | 10.34 | 21.96 | 45.82 | 0.32 | 4.34 | 9.31 | 92.09 |
Denmark | 25.38 | 28.98 | 14.21 | 0.9 | 1.35 | 22.7 | 93.52 |
Djibouti | 6.73 | 2.68 | 0.08 | 4.8 | 0.75 | 3.69 | 18.73 |
Dominica | 8.46 | 35.19 | 10.27 | 0.97 | 0.13 | 28.06 | 83.08 |
Dominican Republic | 8.68 | 35.26 | 11.08 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 9.56 | 64.81 |
Ecuador | 12.61 | 19.31 | 13.04 | 0.2 | 0.06 | 7.77 | 52.99 |
Egypt | 10.76 | 12.96 | 0.01 | 1.31 | 1.25 | 23.69 | 49.98 |
El Salvador | 6.31 | 20.43 | 3.76 | 0.02 | 0 | 6.64 | 37.16 |
Estonia | 7.44 | 21.26 | 34.36 | 0.46 | 0.11 | 14.72 | 78.35 |
Eswatini | 16.97 | 6.46 | 1.91 | 2 | 0.27 | 3.88 | 31.49 |
Ethiopia | 3.52 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.64 | 1.09 | 0.44 | 5.84 |
Fiji | 5 | 28.02 | 4.68 | 6.03 | 0.11 | 34.83 | 78.67 |
Finland | 19.05 | 18.76 | 37.31 | 0.56 | 1.01 | 33.62 | 110.31 |
France | 23.15 | 22.9 | 32.78 | 2.84 | 1.37 | 34.37 | 117.41 |
French Polynesia | 25.01 | 47.4 | 19.14 | 3.1 | 1.43 | 47.24 | 143.32 |
Gabon | 6.34 | 29.33 | 7.99 | 0.69 | 14.85 | 30.94 | 90.14 |
Gambia | 2.65 | 3.53 | 0.27 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 27.53 | 35.34 |
Georgia | 5.94 | 15.27 | 9.7 | 0.78 | 0.14 | 8.04 | 39.87 |
Germany | 14.91 | 19.47 | 50.45 | 0.82 | 2.13 | 12.75 | 100.53 |
Ghana | 1.01 | 7.24 | 1.08 | 1.72 | 2.69 | 25.51 | 39.25 |
Greece | 15.7 | 15.32 | 29.24 | 9.24 | 2.19 | 19.44 | 91.13 |
Grenada | 3.17 | 45.7 | 8.64 | 1.23 | 0.65 | 27.1 | 86.49 |
Guatemala | 10.77 | 20.58 | 4.76 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 2.58 | 38.97 |
Guinea | 6.5 | 4.08 | 0.17 | 1.79 | 0.51 | 10.09 | 23.14 |
Guinea-Bissau | 3.87 | 2.16 | 9.88 | 1.38 | 0 | 1.3 | 18.59 |
Guyana | 3.37 | 38.34 | 2.37 | 1.1 | 0.04 | 30.48 | 75.7 |
Haiti | 4.1 | 8.91 | 3.63 | 0.58 | 0.39 | 4.53 | 22.14 |
Honduras | 6.84 | 21.73 | 4.49 | 0.03 | 0 | 3.15 | 36.24 |
Hong Kong | 20.1 | 53.51 | 59.1 | 1.36 | 2.99 | 70.75 | 207.81 |
Hungary | 4.19 | 25.27 | 49.82 | 0.14 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 86.02 |
Iceland | 15.12 | 29.95 | 20.77 | 21.92 | 3.25 | 90.71 | 181.72 |
India | 0.76 | 2.22 | 0.25 | 0.44 | 0.11 | 6.9 | 10.68 |
Indonesia | 2.79 | 7.19 | 1.24 | 0.46 | 0.01 | 44.67 | 56.36 |
Iran | 5.22 | 27.52 | 0 | 3.08 | 0.16 | 11.73 | 47.71 |
Iraq | 2.59 | 14.95 | 0 | 1.45 | 0.07 | 3.37 | 22.43 |
Ireland | 20.31 | 25.82 | 28.84 | 3.41 | 0.29 | 23.43 | 102.1 |
Israel | 26.5 | 67.39 | 1.48 | 1.62 | 0.01 | 25.92 | 122.92 |
Italy | 15.56 | 18.88 | 43.77 | 0.89 | 1.85 | 29.8 | 110.75 |
Jamaica | 3.41 | 51.1 | 3.42 | 1 | 0.03 | 25.41 | 84.37 |
Japan | 9.19 | 18.5 | 21.39 | 0.15 | 0.1 | 45.49 | 94.82 |
Jordan | 5.08 | 28.07 | 0.01 | 4.69 | 0.06 | 5.87 | 43.78 |
Kazakhstan | 23.78 | 18.27 | 7.79 | 9.27 | 5.76 | 4.5 | 69.37 |
Kenya | 11.19 | 0.67 | 0.22 | 1.72 | 2.14 | 3.98 | 19.92 |
Kiribati | 2.34 | 17.98 | 9.47 | 0.05 | 0.11 | 76.69 | 106.64 |
Kuwait | 7.75 | 46.25 | -- | 12.9 | 0.21 | 11.48 | 78.59 |
Kyrgyzstan | 13.97 | 3.1 | 3.16 | 8.72 | 1.52 | 1.14 | 31.61 |
Laos | 8.8 | 10.91 | 10.36 | 0.33 | 0 | 25.26 | 55.66 |
Latvia | 5.56 | 20.89 | 41.4 | 0.37 | 0.5 | 24.86 | 93.58 |
Lebanon | 10.69 | 10.74 | 0.89 | 1.63 | 0.01 | 8.73 | 32.69 |
Lesotho | 3.02 | 7.93 | 4.41 | 0.51 | 3.66 | 1.84 | 21.37 |
Liberia | 0.62 | 10.67 | 4.75 | 0.47 | 1.77 | 5.88 | 24.16 |
Lithuania | 4.89 | 28.19 | 47.49 | 0.19 | 0.51 | 33.09 | 114.36 |
Luxembourg | 24.64 | 18.33 | 33.98 | 1.34 | 1.77 | 32.15 | 112.21 |
Macao | 13.21 | 34.47 | 53.02 | 0.72 | 1.72 | 56.33 | 159.47 |
Madagascar | 6.26 | 2.87 | 2.42 | 0.47 | 0.32 | 5.29 | 17.63 |
Malawi | 2.47 | 5.17 | 10.11 | 2.6 | 0 | 9.5 | 29.85 |
Malaysia | 5.62 | 39.21 | 7.22 | 0.83 | 0.01 | 57.62 | 110.51 |
Maldives | 5.19 | 13.5 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.12 | 90.41 | 111.02 |
Mali | 9.36 | 2.83 | 0.15 | 8.54 | 2.8 | 9.34 | 33.02 |
Malta | 18.89 | 27.17 | 28.98 | 1.44 | 5.56 | 31.9 | 113.94 |
Mauritania | 7.03 | 5.14 | 0 | 12.71 | 6.17 | 9.16 | 40.21 |
Mauritius | 5.18 | 37.93 | 2.86 | 4.14 | 0.78 | 23.07 | 73.96 |
Mexico | 14.18 | 32.52 | 16.67 | 0.85 | 0.65 | 14.38 | 79.25 |
Moldova | 1.62 | 16.14 | 19.98 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 11.58 | 49.7 |
Mongolia | 22.34 | 2.77 | 0.41 | 50.74 | 12.1 | 0.48 | 88.84 |
Montenegro | 12.96 | 15.98 | 41.89 | 2.15 | 0.03 | 14.06 | 87.07 |
Morocco | 7.22 | 20.96 | 0.02 | 5.07 | 1.84 | 19.47 | 54.58 |
Mozambique | 0.64 | 3.59 | 4.47 | 0.67 | 0.01 | 11.46 | 20.84 |
Myanmar | 8.53 | 30.37 | 17.48 | 1.86 | 0 | 47.32 | 105.56 |
Namibia | 6.03 | 11.53 | 4.37 | 3.41 | 5.2 | 11.56 | 42.1 |
Nepal | 8.29 | 1.99 | 0.85 | 2.42 | 0 | 2.83 | 16.38 |
Netherlands | 15.84 | 20.33 | 37.38 | 1.01 | 1.24 | 21.77 | 97.57 |
New Caledonia | 13.84 | 38.71 | 14.1 | 1.92 | 0.02 | 23.8 | 92.39 |
New Zealand | 20.84 | 34.79 | 23.89 | 19 | 2.37 | 24.73 | 125.62 |
Nicaragua | 3.59 | 21.59 | 5.28 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 6.51 | 37.33 |
Niger | 6.7 | 0.94 | 0.07 | 2.56 | 2.48 | 2.03 | 14.78 |
Nigeria | 1.86 | 1.01 | 1.39 | 1.98 | 0.91 | 9.12 | 16.27 |
North Korea | 0.79 | 1.62 | 4.64 | 0.57 | 6.06 | 11.4 | 25.08 |
North Macedonia | 7.09 | 19.73 | 9.14 | 0.55 | 0.11 | 6.21 | 42.83 |
Norway | 19.63 | 19.05 | 22.81 | 5.23 | 0.75 | 51.35 | 118.82 |
Oman | 7.62 | 21.63 | 0.01 | 11.65 | 2.43 | 28.54 | 71.88 |
Pakistan | 8.62 | 5.86 | -- | 2.3 | 0.08 | 1.72 | 18.58 |
Panama | 17.03 | 33.82 | 13.38 | 0.01 | 0.77 | 13.12 | 78.13 |
Paraguay | 18.61 | 5.99 | 28.83 | 0.58 | 0.05 | 4.17 | 58.23 |
Peru | 4.71 | 13.47 | 4.3 | 0.84 | 1.08 | 25.04 | 49.44 |
Philippines | 4.68 | 13.87 | 17.83 | 0.55 | 0.1 | 28.14 | 65.17 |
Poland | 3.25 | 30.3 | 55.01 | 0.03 | 0.1 | 10.69 | 99.38 |
Portugal | 17.77 | 30.58 | 41.95 | 2.35 | 1.41 | 56.84 | 150.9 |
Romania | 4.95 | 19.37 | 35.34 | 3.92 | 0.33 | 5.96 | 69.87 |
Russia | 13.51 | 30.98 | 26.67 | 1.38 | 4.06 | 20.07 | 96.67 |
Rwanda | 2.53 | 1.49 | 1.21 | 2.13 | 1.73 | 7.66 | 16.75 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.88 | 55.77 | 10.09 | 1.85 | 3.91 | 36.05 | 118.55 |
Saint Lucia | 7.76 | 56.69 | 23.76 | 2.67 | 0.01 | 34.1 | 124.99 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.1 | 72.31 | 8.58 | 0.99 | 0.06 | 18.14 | 109.18 |
Samoa | 9.66 | 64.77 | 17.33 | 4.88 | 0.02 | 46.32 | 142.98 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 1.35 | 9.47 | 3.93 | 0.05 | 0 | 28.3 | 43.1 |
Saudi Arabia | 4 | 43.36 | 0.18 | 4.94 | 1.64 | 11.33 | 65.45 |
Senegal | 4.95 | 4.76 | 0.94 | 2.82 | 0.65 | 18.09 | 32.21 |
Serbia | 6.58 | 10.16 | 33.38 | 3.18 | 0.18 | 6.18 | 59.66 |
Sierra Leone | 1.38 | 3.97 | 0.86 | 0.51 | 1.53 | 26.3 | 34.55 |
Slovakia | 6 | 13.9 | 37.39 | 0.14 | 1.92 | 9.7 | 69.05 |
Slovenia | 18.94 | 24.41 | 31.84 | 0.86 | 0.34 | 11.96 | 88.35 |
Solomon Islands | 2.71 | 4.45 | 4.49 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 30.14 | 41.88 |
South Africa | 16.57 | 35.69 | 4.19 | 2.88 | 0.68 | 5.97 | 65.98 |
South Korea | 15.79 | 16.7 | 37.96 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 54.97 | 125.67 |
Spain | 12.74 | 30.39 | 53.62 | 1.94 | 1.56 | 42.47 | 142.72 |
Sri Lanka | 1.11 | 7.78 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0 | 30.84 | 39.87 |
Sudan | 7.72 | 1.6 | 0 | 8.47 | 3.59 | 1.03 | 22.41 |
Suriname | 4.28 | 31.06 | 6.82 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 16.69 | 59.08 |
Sweden | 24.26 | 16.6 | 33.27 | 1.4 | 1.54 | 32.81 | 109.88 |
Switzerland | 19.77 | 15.72 | 29.24 | 1.47 | 1.32 | 16.94 | 84.46 |
Taiwan | 5.02 | 33.17 | 38.41 | 0.92 | 0.05 | 29.69 | 107.26 |
Tajikistan | 5.78 | 4.45 | 0.16 | 6.08 | 0 | 0.37 | 16.84 |
Tanzania | 5.49 | 1.88 | 0.27 | 1.12 | 0.46 | 6.8 | 16.02 |
Thailand | 2.16 | 12.95 | 12.22 | 0.05 | 0 | 29.17 | 56.55 |
Timor | 1.49 | 4.24 | 9.27 | 0.42 | 16.09 | 7.98 | 39.49 |
Togo | 1.72 | 7.06 | 1.31 | 1.69 | 0.8 | 11.73 | 24.31 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 4.72 | 54.54 | 6.54 | 2.28 | 0.57 | 23.85 | 92.5 |
Tunisia | 5.56 | 17.03 | 0 | 5.47 | 0.29 | 13.16 | 41.51 |
Turkey | 12.9 | 20.64 | 0 | 5.3 | 0.02 | 4.85 | 43.71 |
Turkmenistan | 29.47 | 4.52 | 0.32 | 25.9 | 0 | 2.94 | 63.15 |
Uganda | 4.17 | 1.52 | 2.93 | 1.07 | 0 | 11.27 | 20.96 |
Ukraine | 6.91 | 22.62 | 16.59 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 11.67 | 58.59 |
United Arab Emirates | 7.35 | 43.47 | -- | 8.44 | 2.76 | 24.71 | 86.73 |
United Kingdom | 17.8 | 31.94 | 24.71 | 4.26 | 1.19 | 19.73 | 99.63 |
United States | 37.08 | 55.68 | 30.02 | 0.51 | 0.81 | 22.36 | 146.46 |
Uruguay | 31.65 | 9.12 | 14.23 | 1.78 | 0.91 | 9.23 | 66.92 |
Uzbekistan | 27.08 | 1.96 | 0.95 | 4.3 | 0.12 | 2.25 | 36.66 |
Vanuatu | 9.68 | 11.66 | 14.26 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 28.4 | 64.42 |
Venezuela | 14.66 | 20.28 | 5.74 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 10.1 | 51.04 |
Vietnam | 12.89 | 12.33 | 37.74 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 37.66 | 100.99 |
Yemen | 4.26 | 8.53 | 0 | 3.97 | 0.1 | 3.17 | 20.03 |
Zambia | 4.89 | 3.42 | 1.81 | 0.62 | 2.37 | 12.05 | 25.16 |
Zimbabwe | 6.9 | 4.68 | 1.78 | 1.72 | 2.58 | 3.73 | 21.39 |
Country | Cattle | Chicken | Goat | Pig | Sheep | Turkey | Totals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 720,462 | 36,063 | 3,665,997 | -- | 7,064,779 | -- | 11,487,301 |
Albania | 257,785 | 14,093 | 657,146 | 231,680 | 1,130,828 | 202 | 2,291,734 |
Algeria | 688,754 | 278,279 | 1,861,182 | 2,792 | 17,558,938 | 5,176 | 20,395,121 |
American Samoa | 25 | 31 | -- | 6,300 | -- | -- | 6,356 |
Angola | 649,691 | 30,231 | 1,373,533 | 1,479,676 | 291,094 | -- | 3,824,225 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 500 | 80 | 540 | 1,293 | 740 | -- | 3,153 |
Argentina | 13,452,831 | 711,460 | 1,247,970 | 6,778,976 | 3,048,218 | 6,996 | 25,246,451 |
Armenia | 494,056 | 9,402 | 3,101 | 238,197 | 564,239 | -- | 1,308,995 |
Australia | 7,913,300 | 635,865 | 1,912,977 | 5,378,100 | 31,828,400 | 6,215 | 47,674,857 |
Australia & New Zealand | 12,286,374 | 756,865 | 2,063,580 | 6,058,269 | 55,790,356 | 6,467 | 76,961,911 |
Austria | 694,232 | 94,040 | 52,938 | 5,151,074 | 294,894 | 1,750 | 6,288,928 |
Azerbaijan | 1,211,980 | 92,400 | -- | 9,220 | 5,533,890 | -- | 6,847,490 |
Bahamas | 103 | 5,887 | 6,203 | 6,657 | 2,071 | -- | 20,921 |
Bahrain | 8,216 | 4,232 | 12,008 | -- | 898,818 | -- | 923,274 |
Bangladesh | 2,789,918 | 284,809 | 31,855,678 | -- | 708,281 | -- | 35,638,686 |
Barbados | 848 | 10,141 | 2,206 | 35,041 | 3,043 | 39 | 51,318 |
Belarus | 1,789,280 | 347,992 | -- | 4,711,909 | 80,700 | -- | 6,929,881 |
Belgium | 888,099 | 304,955 | 18,115 | 11,230,544 | 129,276 | 766 | 12,571,755 |
Belize | 8,736 | 11,670 | 80 | 39,003 | 2,631 | 36 | 62,156 |
Benin | 282,762 | 26,474 | 615,460 | 207,606 | 349,678 | -- | 1,481,980 |
Bermuda | 179 | 100 | 166 | 1,025 | -- | -- | 1,470 |
Bhutan | 48,251 | 1,079 | 19,600 | 19,185 | 6,113 | -- | 94,228 |
Bolivia | 1,376,000 | 207,217 | 282,000 | 2,145,000 | 1,130,000 | 299 | 5,140,516 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56,321 | 40,265 | -- | 101,509 | 95,768 | 7 | 293,870 |
Botswana | 161,598 | 4,704 | 388,043 | 13,006 | 99,276 | -- | 666,627 |
Brazil | 39,602,000 | 6,271,687 | 3,174,148 | 42,642,601 | 5,854,506 | 90,841 | 97,635,783 |
British Virgin Islands | 770 | -- | 3000, | 400 | 5,100 | -- | 9,270 |
Brunei | 2,552 | 16,924 | 3,199 | 1,424 | 1,530 | -- | 25,629 |
Bulgaria | 113,669 | 55,572 | 148,779 | 1,215,786 | 917,383 | 70 | 2,451,259 |
Burkina Faso | 1,272,466 | 59,355 | 5,018,690 | 1,488,298 | 2,785,759 | -- | 10,624,568 |
Burundi | 50,986 | 7,756 | 307,570 | 83,664 | 73,963 | -- | 523,939 |
Cambodia | 479,331 | 17,279 | -- | 1,729,610 | -- | -- | 2,226,220 |
Cameroon | 818,001 | 98,509 | 1,738,766 | 1,103,239 | 1,605,190 | -- | 5,363,705 |
Canada | 3,674,800 | 754,953 | -- | 21,561,500 | 704,000 | 20,243 | 26,715,496 |
Cape Verde | 4,434 | 565 | 32,260 | 58,811 | 3,786 | -- | 99,856 |
Caribbean | 1,397,982 | 402,769 | 815,305 | 6,201,105 | 767,207 | 240 | 9,584,608 |
Central African Republic | 638,276 | 7,935 | 1,300,063 | 616,519 | 170,432 | -- | 2,733,225 |
Chad | 3,699,596 | 8,088 | 10,025,357 | 79,898 | 9,114,413 | -- | 22,927,352 |
Chile | 753,747 | 298,500 | 301,999 | 5,011,692 | 626,169 | 9,375 | 7,001,482 |
China | 39,634,556 | 10,510,737 | 153,778,243 | 694,540,656 | 141,575,120 | 178 | 1,040,039,490 |
Colombia | 4,072,898 | 782,609 | 349,235 | 4,001,545 | 205,272 | -- | 9,411,559 |
Comoros | 11,652 | 751 | 38,691 | -- | 6,326 | -- | 57,420 |
Congo | 44,919 | 7,023 | 104,483 | 47,576 | 46,847 | -- | 250,848 |
Cook Islands | 25 | 22 | 135 | 18,327 | -- | -- | 18,509 |
Costa Rica | 353,021 | 78,185 | 1,850 | 862,448 | 992 | -- | 1,296,496 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 303,845 | 47,727 | 461,577 | 233,117 | 561,918 | -- | 1,608,184 |
Croatia | 182,555 | 51,820 | 41,700 | 1,567,200 | 454,300 | 1,043 | 2,298,618 |
Cuba | 485,800 | 18,652 | 256,458 | 4,068,300 | 595,542 | -- | 5,424,752 |
Cyprus | 16,854 | 12,705 | 109,723 | 560,255 | 163,991 | 25 | 863,553 |
Czechia | 241,185 | 117,685 | 30,719 | 2,413,685 | 164,154 | 174 | 2,967,602 |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 88,880 | 17,245 | 1,585,631 | 541,811 | 278,720 | -- | 2,512,287 |
Denmark | 494,564 | 103,690 | -- | 18,085,605 | 76,091 | 3 | 18,759,953 |
Djibouti | 5,580 | -- | 192,214 | -- | 212,526 | -- | 460,549 |
Dominica | 3,187 | 357 | 3,501 | 7,088 | 1,755 | -- | 15,888 |
Dominican Republic | 483,696 | 210,262 | 77,945 | 1,206,593 | 73,529 | -- | 2,052,025 |
Ecuador | 1,006,764 | 163,611 | 12,752 | 2,302,472 | 340,000 | 909 | 3,826,508 |
Egypt | 1,377,474 | 775,405 | 2,180,366 | 15,811 | 2,219,097 | 2,700 | 6,570,853 |
El Salvador | 104,295 | 109,742 | 5,673 | 147,279 | 2,388 | -- | 369,377 |
Equatorial Guinea | 459 | 321 | 4,400 | 3,731 | 9,316 | -- | 18,227 |
Eritrea | 245,550 | 1,829 | 724,626 | -- | 688,627 | -- | 1,660,632 |
Estonia | 39,944 | 11,427 | 840 | 537,888 | 20,606 | -- | 610,705 |
Eswatini | 74,343 | 6,048 | 90,753 | 26,686 | 32,088 | -- | 229,918 |
Ethiopia | 3,750,444 | 92,414 | 10,000,488 | 41,147 | 10,478,629 | -- | 24,363,122 |
European Union | 26,850,232 | 7,285,469 | 6,546,737 | 261,647,761 | 53,450,692 | 219,696 | 356,000,587 |
Faeroe Islands | 777 | -- | -- | -- | 49,401 | -- | 50,178 |
Falkland Islands | 542 | 7 | -- | -- | 44,260 | -- | 44,809 |
Fiji | 16,981 | 11,833 | 16,910 | 94,548 | 6,113 | 73 | 146,458 |
Finland | 277,860 | 76,427 | -- | 1,827,840 | 73,850 | 859 | 2,256,836 |
France | 4,606,676 | 836,315 | 1,119,180 | 23,574,409 | 5,446,338 | 47,271 | 35,630,189 |
French Guiana | 2,569 | 301 | 327 | 6,163 | 608 | -- | 9,968 |
French Polynesia | 910 | 771 | 5,085 | 27,110 | 201 | -- | 34,077 |
Gabon | 8,819 | 4,889 | 33,051 | 119,368 | 67,020 | -- | 233,147 |
Gambia | 36,053 | 1,632 | 91,127 | 12,503 | 26,715 | -- | 168,030 |
Georgia | 290,792 | 12,302 | 1,183 | 464,538 | 222,516 | -- | 991,331 |
Germany | 3,482,219 | 656,775 | 24,103 | 56,895,229 | 1,183,857 | 35,265 | 62,277,448 |
Ghana | 168,328 | 95,950 | 1,987,633 | 648,215 | 1,439,224 | -- | 4,339,350 |
Greece | 176,814 | 147,224 | 2,271,836 | 1,333,675 | 5,196,320 | 420 | 9,126,289 |
Greenland | -- | -- | -- | -- | 16,906 | -- | 16,906 |
Grenada | 918 | 557 | 2,357 | 3,416 | 4,570 | -- | 11,818 |
Guadeloupe | 14,643 | 1,045 | 9,379 | 23,860 | 3,459 | 27 | 52,413 |
Guam | 52 | 220 | 337 | 2,893 | -- | -- | 3,502 |
Guatemala | 1,038,880 | 141,823 | 16,279 | 1,320,445 | 136,957 | -- | 2,654,384 |
Guinea | 796,929 | 7,043 | 1,048,676 | 83,375 | 692,988 | -- | 2,629,011 |
Guinea-Bissau | 67,670 | 3,285 | 149,822 | 383,809 | 131,681 | -- | 736,267 |
Guyana | 10,305 | 30,422 | 27,855 | 5,709 | 55,814 | -- | 130,105 |
Haiti | 310,161 | 9,287 | 383,304 | 572,692 | 46,959 | 175 | 1,322,578 |
Honduras | 353,509 | 110,520 | 10,782 | 184,007 | 6,664 | -- | 665,482 |
Hong Kong | 22,105 | 16,250 | 10,154 | 1,431,784 | 12 | -- | 1,480,305 |
Hungary | 117,417 | 173,636 | 19,360 | 4,972,737 | 89,799 | 6,868 | 5,379,817 |
Iceland | 22,807 | 5,677 | -- | 81,442 | 600,145 | -- | 710,071 |
India | 9,202,631 | 2,553,270 | 50,407,070 | 8,461,298 | 19,154,944 | -- | 89,779,213 |
Indonesia | 1,146,560 | 2,970,910 | 7,188,807 | 16,476,007 | 5,681,724 | -- | 33,464,008 |
Iran | 1,056,851 | 1,884,842 | 12,189,313 | -- | 8,900,863 | 2,041 | 24,033,910 |
Iraq | 174,739 | 78,955 | 520,189 | -- | 1,782,085 | -- | 2,555,968 |
Ireland | 1,896,000 | 86,995 | -- | 3,446,700 | 3,224,300 | 4,238 | 8,658,233 |
Israel | 431,861 | 461,716 | 297,560 | 170,809 | 397,550 | 13,312 | 1,772,808 |
Italy | 2,658,875 | 534,307 | 127,605 | 11,251,367 | 2,754,982 | 27,767 | 17,354,903 |
Jamaica | 25,397 | 79,424 | 48,619 | 124,176 | 648 | -- | 278,264 |
Japan | 1,069,648 | 797,993 | 2,752 | 16,430,235 | 6,703 | 4 | 18,307,335 |
Jordan | 116,054 | 209,485 | 390,059 | -- | 1,808,369 | 10 | 2,523,977 |
Kazakhstan | 2,720,114 | 107,237 | 1,102,501 | 1,154,733 | 7,647,543 | -- | 12,732,128 |
Kenya | 2,781,700 | 25,576 | 4,822,492 | 388,200 | 2,866,579 | -- | 10,884,547 |
Kiribati | -- | 1,028 | -- | 24,566 | -- | -- | 25,594 |
Kuwait | 6,714 | 45,486 | 48,980 | -- | 2,457,031 | -- | 2,558,211 |
Kyrgyzstan | 659,446 | 5,955 | 396,103 | 229,748 | 2,520,359 | -- | 3,811,611 |
Laos | 266,993 | 32,582 | 140,187 | 2,538,393 | -- | -- | 2,978,155 |
Latvia | 89,710 | 20,050 | 3,701 | 486,130 | 55,273 | -- | 654,864 |
Lebanon | 209,023 | 66,914 | 171,896 | 10,855 | 253,367 | -- | 712,055 |
Lesotho | 72,887 | 2,300 | 292,725 | 71,429 | 537,499 | -- | 976,840 |
Liberia | 10,158 | 17,865 | 141,482 | 264,926 | 97,174 | -- | 531,605 |
Libya | 48,682 | 111,864 | 886,422 | -- | 2,249,596 | -- | 3,296,564 |
Lithuania | 168,463 | 69,997 | 6,796 | 892,692 | 80,319 | 715 | 1,218,982 |
Luxembourg | 27,169 | 210 | 304 | 159,924 | 2,180 | -- | 189,787 |
Macao | 1,971 | 4,263 | 3,368 | 74,942 | -- | -- | 84,544 |
Madagascar | 1,380,094 | 60,872 | 682,705 | 932,251 | 272,031 | 3,277 | 3,331,230 |
Malawi | 451,998 | 95,642 | 6,534,336 | 9,395,370 | 137,330 | -- | 16,614,676 |
Malaysia | 139,943 | 875,790 | 47,251 | 1,465,311 | 9,749 | -- | 2,538,044 |
Mali | 1,458,320 | 63,811 | 7,468,435 | 59,605 | 5,002,384 | -- | 14,052,555 |
Malta | 3,860 | 2,297 | 3,954 | 52,921 | 7,265 | 30 | 70,327 |
Martinique | 4,867 | 1,109 | 1,408 | 15,549 | 3,406 | -- | 26,339 |
Mauritania | 239,774 | 5,902 | 1,266,827 | 0 | 2,376,996 | -- | 3,889,499 |
Mauritius | 7,443 | 48,804 | 3,935 | 8,424 | 725 | 1 | 69,332 |
Melanesia | 74,621 | 21,171 | 23,233 | 2,275,789 | 8,704 | 89 | 2,403,607 |
Mexico | 8,139,331 | 1,812,559 | 2,179,110 | 18,526,707 | 3,082,460 | 2,880 | 33,743,047 |
Micronesia (country) | 2,146 | 199 | 1,441 | 34,026 | -- | -- | 37,812 |
Moldova | 62,308 | 35,480 | -- | 740,465 | 125,541 | 89 | 963,883 |
Mongolia | 774,854 | 194 | 6,042,382 | 13,771 | 7,657,259 | -- | 14,488,460 |
Montenegro | 21,691 | 3,094 | 7,990 | 34,101 | 32,468 | -- | 99,344 |
Montserrat | 4,112 | 70 | 2,176 | 1,338 | 1,714 | -- | 9,410 |
Morocco | 1,293,042 | 568,675 | 2,242,368 | 12,868 | 10,886,807 | 10,995 | 15,014,755 |
Mozambique | 85,780 | 51,532 | 1,991,706 | 2,279,523 | 76,928 | -- | 4,485,469 |
Myanmar | 1,872,260 | 1,342,678 | 5,854,824 | 12,506,464 | 853,917 | 3 | 22,430,146 |
Namibia | 119,143 | 12,785 | 329,034 | 101,197 | 640,748 | -- | 1,202,907 |
Nauru | -- | 5 | -- | 2,507 | -- | -- | 2,512 |
Nepal | 619,237 | 77,142 | 5,987,110 | 731,435 | 301,474 | -- | 7,716,398 |
Netherlands | 1,897,989 | 600,951 | 145,024 | 15,246,163 | 556,425 | 7,300 | 18,453,852 |
Netherlands Antilles | 127 | 394 | 4,405 | 3,969 | 4,228 | -- | 13,123 |
New Caledonia | 14,797 | 483 | 200 | 32,514 | 418 | -- | 48,412 |
New Zealand | 4,373,074 | 121,000 | 150,603 | 680,169 | 23,961,956 | 252 | 29,287,054 |
Nicaragua | 784,300 | 68,002 | 2,534 | 235,600 | 2,162 | -- | 1,092,598 |
Niger | 210,732 | 23,887 | 1,287,987 | 33,480 | 647,414 | -- | 2,203,500 |
Nigeria | 3,381,933 | 192,689 | 26,310,016 | 6,306,518 | 17,250,190 | -- | 53,441,346 |
Niue | 14 | 25 | -- | 989 | -- | -- | 1,028 |
North Korea | 144,814 | 28,963 | 988,187 | 2,396,543 | 63,978 | -- | 3,622,485 |
North Macedonia | 21,000 | 2,122 | -- | 145,000 | 230,912 | -- | 399,034 |
Norway | 320,081 | 63,243 | 29,165 | 1,703,823 | 1,351,716 | 825 | 3,468,853 |
Oceania | 12,378,959 | 781,438 | 2,096,550 | 8,578,516 | 55,799,261 | 6,556 | 79,641,280 |
Oman | 113,368 | 8,202 | 685,010 | -- | 1,028,954 | -- | 1,835,534 |
Pakistan | 5,032,531 | 1,167,000 | 20,028,279 | -- | 11,532,000 | -- | 37,759,810 |
Palestine | 31,895 | 37,094 | 179,445 | -- | 401,279 | -- | 649,713 |
Panama | 323,289 | 121,446 | -- | 594,917 | -- | -- | 1,039,652 |
Papua New Guinea | 21,689 | 7,324 | 778 | 2,014,729 | 2,173 | 17 | 2,046,710 |
Paraguay | 1,896,750 | 45,391 | 103,898 | 2,315,343 | 196,322 | 194 | 4,557,898 |
Peru | 1,348,165 | 755,841 | 410,567 | 3,090,907 | 2,687,624 | -- | 8,293,104 |
Philippines | 884,918 | 1,136,155 | 3,273,666 | 27,712,985 | 9,000 | 408 | 33,017,132 |
Poland | 1,945,286 | 787,868 | 1,606 | 22,779,899 | 61,093 | 38,849 | 25,614,601 |
Polynesia | 15,766 | 1,948 | 7,959 | 180,466 | 201 | -- | 206,340 |
Portugal | 384,701 | 202,001 | 101,961 | 5,550,127 | 759,210 | 3,394 | 7,001,394 |
Puerto Rico | 49,622 | 31,584 | 1,060 | 62,137 | 1,841 | -- | 146,244 |
Qatar | 4,845 | 7,722 | 184,969 | -- | 597,796 | -- | 795,332 |
Reunion | 6,912 | 18,203 | 8,851 | 168,464 | 575 | 496 | 203,501 |
Romania | 591,000 | 281,120 | 893,997 | 5,579,000 | 6,747,003 | -- | 14,092,120 |
Russia | 7,942,509 | 2,577,122 | 1,058,400 | 41,746,342 | 11,584,129 | -- | 64,908,502 |
Rwanda | 386,502 | 5,242 | 532,523 | 234,179 | 115,371 | -- | 1,273,817 |
Saint Helena | 381 | -- | 30 | 1,343 | 144 | -- | 1,898 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 182 | 162 | 471 | 1,080 | 657 | -- | 2,552 |
Saint Lucia | 2,467 | 1,340 | 4,644 | 43,250 | 4,532 | -- | 56,233 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 962 | 452 | 2,976 | 6,119 | 4,432 | -- | 14,941 |
Samoa | 12,756 | 585 | -- | 81,754 | -- | -- | 95,095 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 900 | 1,067 | 1,000 | 8,416 | 500 | 3 | 11,886 |
Saudi Arabia | 210,022 | 553,725 | 2,214,000 | -- | 4,310,197 | -- | 7,287,944 |
Senegal | 438,636 | 44,813 | 1,871,900 | 274,082 | 1,932,978 | -- | 4,562,409 |
Serbia | 325,495 | 54,822 | 243,090 | 5,744,543 | 1,541.208 | 28 | 7,909,186 |
Seychelles | 54 | 360 | 2,026 | 5,229 | -- | -- | 7,669 |
Sierra Leone | 130,180 | 16,914 | 223,825 | 34,131 | 181,728 | -- | 586,778 |
Singapore | 113 | 51,400 | 1,070 | 289,820 | 849 | -- | 343,252 |
Slovakia | 40,144 | 48,208 | 27,806 | 638,317 | 87,180 | 97 | 841,752 |
Slovenia | 115,760 | 37,656 | 25,664 | 325,354 | 100,705 | 460 | 605,599 |
Solomon Islands | 4,261 | 369 | -- | 60,011 | -- | -- | 64,641 |
Somalia | 533,541 | 4,801 | 3,045,511 | 2,036 | 3,019,043 | -- | 6,604,932 |
South Africa | 3,420,027 | 999,793 | 691,024 | 2,802,484 | 5,923,163 | 687 | 13,837,178 |
South Korea | 866,000 | 1,004,824 | 107,401 | 17,369,000 | 779 | -- | 19,348,004 |
South Sudan | 1,464,998 | 20,000 | 7,163,559 | -- | 11,929,306 | -- | 20,577,863 |
Spain | 2,462,557 | 732,246 | 1,371,026 | 52,289,200 | 10,105,707 | 27,021 | 66,987,757 |
Sri Lanka | 158,361 | 150,850 | 43,830 | 19,077 | 6,402 | -- | 378,520 |
Sudan | 3,553,000 | 33,027 | 13,343,000 | -- | 15,400,000 | -- | 32,329,027 |
Suriname | 8,619 | 6,423 | 517 | 30,209 | 1,033 | -- | 46,801 |
Sweden | 425,630 | 102,290 | -- | 2,646,040 | 280,190 | 509 | 3,454,659 |
Switzerland | 628644 | 69863 | 39431 | 2568789 | 242943 | 368 | 3,550,038 |
Syria | 478,159 | 93,034 | 439,185 | -- | 4,125,666 | 37 | 5,136,081 |
Taiwan | 33,160 | 353,047 | 62,782 | 8,073,454 | -- | 178 | 8,522,621 |
Tajikistan | 184,268 | 1,885 | -- | 12,000 | 3,599,057 | -- | 3,797,210 |
Tanzania | 3,531,743 | 95,417 | 3,631,687 | 374,524 | 1,718,326 | -- | 9,351,697 |
Thailand | 482,048 | 1,279,674 | 130,452 | 13,362,014 | 13,891 | -- | 15,268,079 |
Timor | 13,051 | 1,171 | 40,143 | 289,726 | 7,156 | -- | 351,247 |
Togo | 85,054 | 44,447 | 728,418 | 325,220 | 341,459 | -- | 1,524,598 |
Tokelau | -- | 6 | -- | 650 | -- | -- | 656 |
Tonga | 2,015 | 382 | 1859 | 35,041 | -- | -- | 39,297 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 7,083 | 31,899 | 2,791 | 16,597 | 8,000 | -- | 66,370 |
Tunisia | 244,145 | 106,140 | 751,733 | 2,463 | 3,501,403 | 10,787 | 4,616,671 |
Turkey | 3,426,180 | 1,228,533 | 4,646,544 | 0 | 22,627,714 | 6,779 | 31,935,750 |
Turkmenistan | 798,281 | 17,313 | 658,021 | 4,625 | 8,659,396 | -- | 10,137,636 |
Tuvalu | -- | 67 | 0 | 3,969 | -- | -- | 4,036 |
Uganda | 1,595,707 | 53,611 | 3,513,680 | 2,153,110 | 722,571 | -- | 8,038,679 |
Ukraine | 2,145,900 | 658,745 | 396,200 | 8,135,100 | 484,200 | 2,609 | 11,822,754 |
United Arab Emirates | 79,668 | 40,167 | 3,419,587 | -- | 546,991 | -- | 4,086,413 |
United Kingdom | 2,811,000 | 1,137,000 | -- | 10,938,000 | 14,418,000 | 14,800 | 29,318,800 |
United States | 33,703,400 | 9,160,910 | 621,700 | 124,512,300 | 2,357,200 | 236,860 | 170,592,370 |
United States Virgin Islands | 2,538 | 67 | 1,863 | 1,549 | 982 | -- | 6,999 |
Uruguay | 2,355,240 | 30,126 | -- | 198,000 | 953,463 | 134 | 3,536,963 |
Uzbekistan | 5,608,000 | 32,069 | -- | 236,828 | 8,949,000 | -- | 14,825,897 |
Vanuatu | 16,892 | 1,162 | 5,345 | 73,988 | -- | -- | 97,387 |
Venezuela | 2,003,152 | 369,838 | 355,043 | 2,382,941 | 203,871 | -- | 5,314,845 |
Vietnam | 1,716,399 | 477,900 | 599,080 | 49,743,746 | -- | -- | 52,537,125 |
Wallis and Futuna | 20 | 60 | 880 | 6,325 | -- | -- | 7,285 |
Yemen | 1,293,043 | 178,625 | 6,208,310 | -- | 5,213,192 | -- | 12,893,170 |
Zambia | 1,161,749 | 49,487 | 863,991 | 741,874 | 69,475 | -- | 2,886,576 |
Zimbabwe | 489,217 | 57,250 | 2,122,608 | 323,713 | 28,458 | 28 | 3,021,274 |
Sources:
Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser, “Meat and Dairy Production,” ourworldindata.org/meat-production, Nov. 2019
Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser, “Seafood Production,” ourworldindata.org/seafood-production, 2019
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