Which Country Produces the Most Poultry Meat?

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.