Chicken meat production over time (1961–2024)

Follow chicken meat production for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1961 to 2024.

Japan and the leading countries

Chicken meat production: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1961 to 2024. Last values: United States 20.2M t, China 15.4M t, Brazil 13.7M t, Russia 5.46M t, India 5.02M t, Japan 2.47M t.010M20M30M1961197019801990200020102024United StatesUnited StatesChinaChinaBrazilBrazilRussiaRussiaIndiaIndiaJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
United States2.61M t3.84M t5.38M t8.67M t14.1M t17M t18.8M t20.2M t
China445K t575K t940K t2.2M t8.36M t11.6M t14.6M t15.4M t
Brazil123K t366K t1.37M t2.36M t5.98M t10.7M t13.8M t13.7M t
Russia––––755K t2.56M t4.58M t5.46M t
India69K t81K t113K t362K t864K t2.19M t4.47M t5.02M t
Japan132K t490K t1.13M t1.39M t1.19M t1.42M t2.33M t2.47M t
Countries with data155155155155181183182181

Biggest changes, 1961–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1961 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).

Biggest increases
Country19612024ChangeRank
United States2.61M t20.2M tup 17.6M t#1 → #1
China445K t15.4M tup 14.9M t#2 → #2
Brazil123K t13.7M tup 13.6M t#9 → #3
India69K t5.02M tup 4.95M t#16 → #5
Indonesia52K t4.18M tup 4.13M t#20 → #6
Biggest decreases
Country19612024ChangeRank
Cuba20K t3.9K tdown 16.1K t#36 → #151

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

Open the table (countries with data)
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
United States2.61M t3.84M t5.38M t8.67M t14.1M t17M t18.8M t20.2M t
China445K t575K t940K t2.2M t8.36M t11.6M t14.6M t15.4M t
Brazil123K t366K t1.37M t2.36M t5.98M t10.7M t13.8M t13.7M t
Russia––––755K t2.56M t4.58M t5.46M t
India69K t81K t113K t362K t864K t2.19M t4.47M t5.02M t
Indonesia52K t56.3K t168K t498K t804K t1.54M t3.64M t4.18M t
Mexico115K t192K t399K t750K t1.83M t2.68M t3.58M t4.01M t
Egypt46K t53K t84.8K t195K t513K t744K t2.03M t2.6M t
Türkiye60K t97.3K t240K t402K t643K t1.44M t2.14M t2.51M t
Japan132K t490K t1.13M t1.39M t1.19M t1.42M t2.33M t2.47M t
Poland48.3K t95.9K t379K t284K t560K t1.12M t2.2M t2.43M t
Pakistan9.5K t13.6K t45K t157K t327K t707K t1.66M t2.36M t
Argentina36.2K t177K t281K t322K t958K t1.6M t2.22M t2.3M t
Iran38.5K t86.8K t211K t380K t803K t1.67M t2.43M t2.27M t
Thailand82K t196K t287K t575K t1.05M t1.22M t1.68M t1.92M t
South Africa32.2K t104K t232K t534K t817K t1.47M t1.89M t1.92M t
Peru21.5K t57.7K t144K t246K t510K t1.02M t1.72M t1.86M t
United Kingdom294K t495K t615K t790K t1.21M t1.38M t1.79M t1.85M t
Colombia30.1K t46K t109K t298K t504K t1.07M t1.62M t1.82M t
Malaysia22K t60K t115K t349K t650K t1.11M t1.63M t1.6M t
Philippines60K t93.2K t220K t229K t533K t869K t1.39M t1.6M t
Spain79.1K t496K t748K t807K t965K t1.12M t1.4M t1.52M t
Australia46.9K t116K t298K t385K t610K t934K t1.27M t1.48M t
Canada189K t340K t421K t598K t904K t1.05M t1.31M t1.42M t
Vietnam38K t47K t72K t130K t296K t457K t1.15M t1.26M t
France439K t523K t852K t1.05M t1.14M t1.06M t1.13M t1.25M t
Italy247K t561K t788K t824K t762K t865K t1.07M t1.13M t
Ukraine––––193K t953K t1.34M t1.12M t
Germany150K t299K t472K t416K t462K t837K t1.07M t1.11M t
South Korea16K t45.2K t90.5K t258K t374K t588K t962K t935K t
Netherlands83.3K t292K t313K t494K t697K t781K t996K t841K t
Saudi Arabia3K t6.5K t40.8K t265K t483K t575K t900K t757K t
Myanmar13.1K t38.4K t54.8K t67.6K t213K t1M t623K t708K t
Chile19.8K t55.7K t110K t124K t378K t504K t696K t696K t
Israel38K t64K t108K t121K t270K t450K t578K t600K t
Morocco25.7K t31.2K t54K t147K t200K t440K t535K t583K t
Bolivia6.6K t15K t29.4K t42.3K t134K t383K t487K t580K t
Ecuador4.5K t9.1K t20K t69.9K t194K t383K t452K t554K t
Belarus––––76.1K t259K t536K t549K t
Venezuela41.2K t93.4K t251K t260K t693K t1.08M t455K t542K t
Romania66K t120K t357K t386K t259K t349K t–533K t
Belgium––––400K t396K t441K t532K t
Algeria14.1K t27.1K t60K t194K t240K t252K t490K t449K t
Dominican Republic19K t28K t66.1K t110K t211K t278K t292K t422K t
Hungary95.2K t145K t281K t317K t281K t221K t354K t402K t
Guatemala4.97K t8.13K t36.7K t66.9K t140K t184K t428K t392K t
Kazakhstan––––33.3K t103K t229K t353K t
Nigeria30K t56.7K t118K t174K t160K t245K t318K t343K t
Portugal14.7K t52.7K t132K t99.4K t230K t272K t297K t341K t
Jordan1K t7.5K t26K t50K t119K t187K t218K t302K t
Greece8.99K t65.4K t137K t156K t110K t126K t237K t276K t
Sri Lanka6.3K t14.4K t18.8K t23K t63.2K t102K t216K t259K t
Bangladesh11.6K t48.2K t37.9K t66.4K t94K t162K t210K t233K t
New Zealand5.26K t13.8K t30.1K t56.3K t104K t143K t217K t230K t
Honduras2.5K t4.9K t8.66K t28.1K t75.6K t134K t187K t229K t
Yemen1.31K t1.36K t6.06K t39K t66.7K t144K t193K t204K t
Panama4.2K t6.84K t19K t25.3K t81.3K t126K t183K t198K t
Iraq3.9K t18K t57.8K t192K t74K t52.8K t157K t190K t
Nepal3.5K t4.2K t5.15K t8.86K t12.7K t16.5K t255K t180K t
Uzbekistan––––16K t27K t101K t174K t
Sweden19K t24.5K t42.1K t49K t89.9K t112K t167K t174K t
Burkina Faso6.73K t7.28K t8.96K t19.2K t104K t189K t147K t169K t
Syria2.3K t6.4K t40.5K t59.8K t107K t190K t125K t168K t
El Salvador2.82K t4.43K t13.2K t32.5K t76.1K t105K t132K t167K t
Côte d’Ivoire4.19K t5.86K t19.5K t24.2K t22.1K t34.9K t75.4K t164K t
Tunisia7.92K t13.2K t39.6K t46.5K t87K t113K t144K t163K t
Denmark76.5K t70.1K t87.9K t124K t187K t186K t165K t163K t
Ireland10K t23.6K t39.6K t62.7K t86K t85K t152K t162K t
Czechia––––199K t185K t161K t160K t
Senegal1.36K t4.75K t9.07K t12.7K t23.2K t45.5K t122K t160K t
Tanzania4.93K t9.44K t15.5K t24K t41.8K t80.9K t86.2K t147K t
Costa Rica1.57K t2.74K t10K t43K t73.2K t116K t138K t144K t
Jamaica3.24K t14.5K t31.2K t51.9K t77.2K t101K t124K t142K t
Azerbaijan––––17.2K t64.5K t115K t142K t
Finland6.5K t8.6K t15.2K t32.7K t64.4K t87.7K t137K t140K t
Serbia–––––83.8K t114K t140K t
Lebanon6.26K t18.9K t47.4K t56K t105K t80K t131K t138K t
Mozambique3.69K t14.2K t19.1K t26.5K t31.1K t39.7K t120K t135K t
Uganda10.6K t14.4K t20.3K t29.6K t44.1K t62.3K t81.9K t133K t
Libya381 t1.88K t26.9K t65K t98.5K t119K t130K t131K t
Switzerland5.25K t16.2K t23K t31.3K t45.9K t67.3K t103K t114K t
Cameroon2.8K t8.01K t7.68K t17K t21.2K t68K t44K t113K t
Malawi2.27K t5.95K t8.96K t11.4K t15.3K t23.8K t121K t111K t
Norway2.48K t6.19K t12.2K t19.8K t38.1K t75.9K t98.2K t111K t
Zimbabwe3.45K t4.6K t7.59K t16.9K t25.3K t63.5K t112K t109K t
Kenya7.25K t15.3K t32.3K t17.9K t16.8K t27.1K t69.2K t103K t
Bulgaria38.1K t92.7K t145K t182K t105K t86K t86.9K t96K t
Lithuania––––25.1K t72.9K t97.1K t83.2K t
Guyana1.82K t6.05K t10.3K t2.1K t11.8K t24.9K t42.7K t81.7K t
Paraguay5.3K t6.5K t14K t23.8K t33K t37K t74.4K t78.4K t
Bosnia & Herzegovina––––6.5K t37.6K t65.9K t76.5K t
Sudan––––––80.4K t76K t
Ghana4.92K t8.72K t10.4K t9K t19.5K t37.2K t65.4K t74.5K t
Uruguay7.3K t12.3K t17.7K t27.1K t52K t69.2K t70.3K t74.3K t
Slovenia––––42.8K t53.9K t67K t72.8K t
Croatia––––24.7K t47.6K t56.7K t67.1K t
Kuwait2K t4.16K t10.5K t28.7K t33K t37.8K t62.6K t62K t
Ethiopia––––37.6K t59.2K t67.5K t61.3K t
United Arab Emirates75.6 t174 t5.04K t15.9K t27.3K t40.8K t54.1K t59.1K t
Angola3.06K t5.77K t6.71K t7.11K t7.74K t19.1K t29.9K t57.6K t
Madagascar12.8K t16.3K t16K t19.7K t32K t37.8K t51.3K t55.5K t
Mali8.04K t11.5K t11K t23.7K t29.2K t41.6K t43.1K t52K t
South Sudan––––––34.9K t52K t
Zambia3.8K t9.9K t24K t18.9K t35K t42.5K t49K t51.2K t
Mauritius394 t725 t5.7K t12.5K t21K t46.6K t47.5K t51.2K t
Moldova––––15.9K t41K t40.6K t50.4K t
Tajikistan––––100 t1.05K t21.4K t47.4K t
Trinidad & Tobago6.5K t15.5K t18.8K t24.4K t38.8K t65.3K t47.1K t46.9K t
Fiji150 t429 t2.93K t5.49K t8.1K t14.4K t25.4K t45.6K t
Singapore20K t43K t85.2K t90K t85.5K t89.3K t73.4K t45K t
Laos4.24K t8.81K t3.69K t6.3K t9.7K t19.6K t36.7K t43.5K t
Latvia––––7.23K t23.5K t35.1K t38.5K t
Togo960 t1.82K t1.96K t7.4K t12K t13.9K t22.8K t32.6K t
Brunei243 t1.08K t3.33K t3.07K t11.3K t20.6K t26.4K t29K t
Afghanistan5.6K t9.6K t12K t12.4K t13.2K t28K t27.3K t28.7K t
Cyprus2.34K t9.35K t10K t20.8K t30.9K t27.6K t26.5K t28.1K t
Georgia––––13.7K t11.6K t23.7K t26.2K t
Qatar44 t120 t700 t2.92K t4.21K t8.43K t34.8K t25K t
Turkmenistan––––6K t19.5K t23.1K t24.9K t
Belize240 t900 t2.1K t6.12K t8.62K t13.7K t18.3K t23.7K t
North Korea16.5K t20K t32.5K t47.3K t26.8K t31.9K t32.1K t22.5K t
Estonia––––7.31K t16K t22.3K t22.2K t
Niger3.76K t6.21K t7.91K t9.17K t11K t16.4K t20.1K t20.5K t
Kyrgyzstan––––4.64K t4.06K t9.5K t19.6K t
Sierra Leone1.71K t2.63K t5.4K t8.55K t5.4K t13.1K t18.1K t18.3K t
Cambodia3.3K t5.85K t3.7K t12.3K t19.5K t19.5K t17.7K t17.6K t
Rwanda333 t468 t1.05K t1.38K t1.41K t13.7K t16.5K t15K t
Benin4K t5.36K t12.5K t10.8K t13.9K t10.3K t9.79K t14.5K t
Liberia1.03K t1.46K t2.53K t4.56K t6.4K t10.9K t13.4K t14.2K t
Guinea900 t1.08K t1.76K t2.25K t4.18K t7.77K t12.8K t14.1K t
Armenia––––3.2K t5.4K t12.6K t14.1K t
Barbados230 t567 t5.25K t10.2K t10.4K t14.1K t12K t12.9K t
Namibia176 t840 t1.44K t2.04K t8.56K t11.6K t11.7K t11.8K t
Albania1.53K t3.4K t7.8K t6.7K t4K t17K t12.2K t11.4K t
Democratic Republic of the Congo5.2K t11.4K t12.2K t15K t11.6K t10.8K t10.5K t10K t
Burundi1.49K t2.84K t4.19K t5.94K t5.65K t4.67K t14K t9.96K t
Iceland250 t300 t714 t1.52K t3.05K t6.91K t9.07K t9.88K t
Haiti2.12K t3.06K t5.4K t6.3K t7.92K t8.73K t8.72K t8.93K t
Bahrain165 t220 t3.4K t3.41K t5.78K t6.05K t7.3K t8.67K t
Suriname3.5K t4.29K t8.4K t11.6K t4.04K t11.3K t10.9K t8.22K t
Papua New Guinea1.17K t1.37K t2.7K t4.21K t5.4K t5.85K t6.65K t6.91K t
Oman240 t420 t1.28K t2.96K t4.32K t5.94K t6.55K t6.9K t
Republic of the Congo970 t1.08K t3.4K t5.3K t5.8K t6.25K t6.71K t6.84K t
Chad1.4K t1.96K t3.01K t3.78K t5.31K t5.99K t6.31K t6.41K t
Central African Republic500 t749 t1.5K t2.5K t3.2K t5.7K t6.04K t6.06K t
Bahamas790 t3.96K t8.4K t5.8K t6.72K t6.7K t6.48K t6K t
Malta950 t2.38K t4.57K t4.3K t6K t4.4K t4.15K t4.95K t
Mauritania1.44K t2K t2.72K t3.84K t4.08K t4.46K t4.85K t4.93K t
Gabon216 t264 t1.76K t2.56K t3.76K t3.76K t4.07K t4.22K t
Somalia1.12K t1.81K t3.02K t3.22K t3.2K t3.52K t3.96K t4.09K t
Cuba20K t40K t72.7K t91.3K t57.2K t33.6K t24K t3.9K t
Guinea-Bissau144 t204 t320 t686 t1.36K t2.03K t2.98K t3.18K t
Eswatini290 t380 t640 t1.16K t1.58K t2.69K t2.86K t2.86K t
Montenegro–––––1.19K t1.26K t2.67K t
North Macedonia––––4.84K t3.24K t1.49K t2K t
Botswana171 t344 t840 t3.84K t3.73K t7.55K t1.88K t1.58K t
St. Lucia118 t252 t540 t588 t600 t1.56K t1.44K t1.42K t
Gambia200 t294 t415 t835 t960 t1.2K t1.13K t1.36K t
Bhutan51.4 t77.7 t182 t245 t277 t257 t1.82K t1.21K t
Kiribati93.5 t128 t170 t255 t310 t748 t974 t1.16K t
Eritrea––––1.89K t1.69K t1.08K t910 t
Seychelles45 t65 t460 t530 t980 t802 t1.01K t744 t
Comoros148 t172 t232 t416 t512 t568 t583 t592 t
Cape Verde40 t50 t230 t475 t420 t789 t538 t590 t
Lesotho457 t672 t760 t1.28K t1.07K t535 t522 t569 t
Grenada214 t265 t340 t440 t522 t785 t510 t549 t
Vanuatu96 t132 t300 t430 t500 t850 t648 t548 t
Timor-Leste520 t680 t720 t800 t1.04K t696 t875 t492 t
Mongolia200 t200 t300 t250 t49 t182 t539 t487 t
São Tomé & Príncipe25.6 t41.6 t128 t160 t560 t720 t661 t418 t
Samoa340 t390 t370 t312 t416 t433 t337 t382 t
Dominica65 t118 t165 t220 t340 t340 t366 t373 t
Solomon Islands89.5 t111 t140 t144 t248 t288 t285 t286 t
Tonga44.8 t85 t112 t220 t317 t276 t274 t272 t
Equatorial Guinea56 t96 t120 t168 t216 t232 t254 t264 t
St. Vincent & Grenadines60 t130 t240 t380 t158 t200 t170 t211 t
Micronesia––––154 t155 t160 t162 t
Tuvalu12 t12 t13 t30 t44 t53.6 t61 t63.6 t
St. Kitts & Nevis84 t115 t148 t156 t144 t168 t9 t27.5 t
Antigua & Barbuda60 t96 t120 t180 t264 t180 t15.6 t6 t
Nauru1.6 t2.4 t3.2 t4 t4 t4.03 t4.01 t4.02 t
Austria17K t44.4K t67.7K t74.9K t87.1K t107K t125K t–
Luxembourg––––560 t224 t––
Nicaragua2K t4.2K t6.67K t7.1K t47.3K t102K t141K t–
Slovakia––––61.4K t70.2K t––
Countries with data155155155155181183182181

Notes on reading this history

Yearly values come from the same statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT). The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. Countries that produce none (zero) are not ranked. Weather and harvests make the yearly values go up and down. The “latest value” on the ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it does not always match the ranks for a single year.

Regions that later split into several countries, such as the former Soviet Union, have a value for each new country only from the year it split. So older years have fewer countries with data, and values from before a split cannot be compared country by country with today’s countries. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat

FAOSTAT data last updated: 2025-12-31

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