Based on a comparison of 59 countries in 2018, USA ranked the highest in turkey meat production with 2,666,260 tonnes followed by Brazil and Germany. On the other end of the scale was Mauritius with 3.00 tonnes, Myanmar with 10.0 tonnes and Japan with 11.0 tonnes.
Total turkey meat production reached 5,901,071 tonnes in 2018 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.422 % more than in the previous year and 3.27 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total turkey meat production reached an all time high of 5,994,533 tonnes in 2016 and an all time low of 808,341 tonnes in 1962. The average annual growth amounted to 3.36 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 45.2 % of turkey meat production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 62.9 % share while the ten largest countries some 88.1 % in 2018.
Data for more countries are available at Turkey Meat Production indicator page.
Turkey Meat Production | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Brazil | tonnes | 510,000 | 520,000 | 470,000 | 480,000 | 535,604 | ||||||||||||||||
Canada | tonnes | 160,701 | 168,249 | 167,852 | 171,604 | 183,358 | ||||||||||||||||
Chile | tonnes | 103,087 | 98,094 | 96,802 | 103,581 | 110,747 | ||||||||||||||||
France | tonnes | 387,075 | 340,434 | 377,877 | 352,577 | 393,992 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | tonnes | 464,155 | 458,075 | 469,100 | 464,800 | 483,263 | ||||||||||||||||
Hungary | tonnes | 84,359 | 70,061 | 70,999 | 76,829 | 81,506 | ||||||||||||||||
Israel | tonnes | 81,345 | 73,575 | 76,682 | 99,014 | 99,149 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | tonnes | 321,598 | 310,551 | 309,889 | 313,038 | 331,859 | ||||||||||||||||
Morocco | tonnes | 55,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 | 54,954 | 54,985 | ||||||||||||||||
Poland | tonnes | 128,980 | 128,500 | 145,039 | 162,400 | 179,084 | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | tonnes | 173,666 | 156,884 | 158,549 | 170,660 | 191,721 | ||||||||||||||||
Tunisia | tonnes | 60,600 | 63,800 | 70,900 | 69,600 | 73,500 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | tonnes | 41,931 | 39,627 | 48,662 | 52,722 | 46,501 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | tonnes | 2,706,704 | 2,633,348 | 2,610,710 | 2,552,231 | 2,713,010 | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | tonnes | 196,000 | 187,000 | 172,000 | 181,000 | 166,000 |