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Which Country Produces the Most Chicken Meat?

Chicken Meat Production (kt), 2022 or latest
Agriculture | December 17, 2023
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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

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