Based on a comparison of 166 countries in 2022, USA ranked the highest in chicken meat production with 19,599 kt followed by Brazil and China. On the other end of the scale was Equatorial Guinea with 0.262 kt, Mongolia with 0.367 kt and Comoros with 0.587 kt.
Total chicken meat production reached 123,631 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.6 % more than in the previous year and 23.7 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total chicken meat production reached an all time high of 123,631 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 7,555 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 4.69 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 15.9 % of chicken meat production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 39.2 % share while the ten largest countries some 59.7 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Chicken Meat Production indicator page.
Chicken Meat Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Argentina | kt | 2,055 | 2,116 | 2,068 | 2,203 | 2,219 | ||||||||||||||||
Brazil | kt | 13,235 | 13,607 | 13,512 | 13,517 | 13,787 | ||||||||||||||||
China | kt | 13,216 | 13,279 | 13,958 | 13,800 | 14,600 | ||||||||||||||||
Egypt | kt | 1,007 | 1,303 | 1,324 | 1,542 | 2,034 | ||||||||||||||||
India | kt | 3,445 | 3,767 | 4,062 | 4,344 | 4,473 | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesia | kt | 2,301 | 3,176 | 3,838 | 3,929 | 3,642 | ||||||||||||||||
Iran | kt | 2,070 | 2,237 | 2,355 | 2,384 | 2,430 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | kt | 2,172 | 2,215 | 2,250 | 2,298 | 2,332 | ||||||||||||||||
Mexico | kt | 3,078 | 3,212 | 3,338 | 3,477 | 3,579 | ||||||||||||||||
Pakistan | kt | 1,170 | 1,276 | 1,391 | 1,518 | 1,657 | ||||||||||||||||
Poland | kt | 1,484 | 1,473 | 2,080 | 2,111 | 2,200 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | kt | 4,232 | 4,542 | 4,543 | 4,606 | 4,577 | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | kt | 1,678 | 1,658 | 1,743 | 1,814 | 1,887 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | kt | 1,879 | 2,137 | 2,157 | 2,138 | 2,138 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | kt | 18,708 | 19,141 | 19,568 | 20,197 | 18,814 |