Which Country Produces the Most Poultry Meat?

Based on a comparison of 162 countries in 2022, China ranked the highest in poultry meat production with 23,400 kt followed by USA and Brazil. 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 poultry meat production reached 139,219 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.01 % more than in the previous year and 23.0 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total poultry meat production reached an all time high of 139,219 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 8,949 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 4.60 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 16.8 % of poultry meat production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 43.2 % share while the ten largest countries some 61.9 % in 2022.

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