Agriculture and food · livestock production
China meat production
One archived FAOSTAT QCL release tracks China’s total meat production, major production components, world share and country ranking from 1961 to 2024. This is production—not food supply, household consumption or actual dietary intake.
China and the world · same-source formal data
Total meat production and world share
China and World both use Item=Meat, Total, Element=Production and Unit=t from one archived QCL file. China’s 2024 total carries flag E (Estimated value), so it is not labelled as an official reported figure.
Source: FAOSTAT ↗ · FAOSTAT QCL; China and World use the same source, year and unitchinainfigures.com
China’s total meat production was 99.581 million tonnes in 2024, up 0.2% from 2023. China carries flag E; the World total carries flag A.
Production structure · 1961–2024
China’s meat production structure
Pig, poultry, beef and buffalo, and sheep and goat use non-overlapping FAOSTAT aggregates. Other meat is the residual after subtracting those four components from Meat, Total.
2024
Source: FAOSTAT ↗ · Production quantities, million tonnes; Other meat is a transparent residual, not a consumption structurechinainfigures.com
| Component | Production (million tonnes) | Share of total | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pig meat | 57.948 | 58.2% | A |
| Poultry meat | 27.409 | 27.5% | E |
| Beef and buffalo meat | 7.806 | 7.8% | E |
| Sheep and goat meat | 5.179 | 5.2% | E |
| Other meat | 1.240 | 1.2% | Derived |
Country ranking · 1961–2024
Annual total meat production by country
10 selected countries · million tonnes
2024
Countries shown
Defaults to the 2024 top ten. Keep at least two countries; missing observations are never interpolated or filled with zero.
Source: FAOSTAT ↗ · FAO area codes ↗ · Defaults to 2024; Play at the latest year restarts from 1961; A/E/I/X flags remain in tooltips and tableschinainfigures.com
Scope and common misreadings
Production
The formal measure on this page: FAOSTAT Meat, Total and its production components, stored in tonnes and displayed in million tonnes.
Food supply available for consumption
A separate FAOSTAT Food Balances concept after trade, stocks, feed, processing and losses. It is not included here.
Actual consumption or intake
Requires household or dietary surveys and cannot be inferred directly from production. It is not included here.
FAOSTAT flags: A=Official figure, E=Estimated value, I=Imputed value and X=Figure from an external organization. China’s 2024 Meat, Total is E; pig meat is A, while poultry, beef and buffalo, and sheep and goat are E.
Accessible country ranking for the current year
| Rank | Country | Production (million tonnes) | Source flag |
|---|
2024 top ten and source flags
| Rank | Country | Million tonnes | Flag | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 99.581 | E | Estimated value |
| 2 | United States of America | 47.794 | A | Official figure |
| 3 | Brazil | 29.643 | A | Official figure |
| 4 | India | 13.209 | E | Estimated value |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 12.865 | E | Estimated value |
| 6 | Mexico | 8.354 | A | Official figure |
| 7 | Spain | 7.565 | A | Official figure |
| 8 | Germany | 6.876 | A | Official figure |
| 9 | Argentina | 6.428 | A | Official figure |
| 10 | Pakistan | 5.851 | A | Official figure |
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Meat production indicator added
Added 1961–2024 FAOSTAT total meat production, China's same-source world share, a five-part production structure and a ten-country animated ranking. China's 2024 total retains FAOSTAT flag E and is not labelled as an official reported value.
Related sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ↗ · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ↗
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