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Which Country Produces the Most Poultry Meat?

Poultry Meat Production (kt), 2021 or latest
Agriculture | January 12, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 168 countries in 2021, China ranked the highest in poultry meat production with 23,800 kt followed by USA and Brazil. On the other end of the scale was Mongolia with 0.246 kt, Equatorial Guinea with 0.261 kt and Luxembourg with 0.294 kt.

Total poultry meat production reached 137,980 kt in 2021 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.689 % more than in the previous year and 25.1 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total poultry meat production reached an all time high of 137,980 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 8,949 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 4.66 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 17.2 % of poultry meat production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 45.1 % share while the ten largest countries some 61.9 % in 2021.

Data for more countries are available at Poultry Meat Production indicator page.

Poultry 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 2,099 2,154 2,110 2,246 2,262
Brazil kt 13,610 14,005 13,699 13,694 13,951
China kt 18,880 18,970 19,940 22,390 23,610
Egypt kt 1,140 1,440 1,463 1,642 2,133
India kt 3,481 3,806 4,103 4,388 4,517
Indonesia kt 2,343 3,218 3,883 3,975 3,683
Iran kt 2,081 2,249 2,367 2,395 2,442
Japan kt 2,172 2,215 2,250 2,298 2,332
Mexico kt 3,095 3,228 3,355 3,493 3,596
Poland kt 1,718 1,695 2,516 2,568 2,694
Russia kt 4,232 4,542 4,543 4,606 4,577
South Africa kt 1,685 1,665 1,750 1,821 1,894
Turkey kt 1,929 2,192 2,230 2,202 2,201
USA kt 21,483 21,914 22,298 22,900 21,471
United Kingdom kt 1,807 1,841 1,940 1,932 1,993