Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production by country
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Countries reporting
197
Highest
15.48 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Luxembourg
Median
67,175 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,818
What the numbers show
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 15.48 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 67,175 t, and the mean is 630,974 t.
Over the past decade 155 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 1,264.1%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 15.48 million t | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Brazil | 14.83 million t | 2023 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 3 | China, mainland | 14.80 million t | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 2.33 million t | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 5.34 million t | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 5.02 million t | 2023 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 1.55 million t | 2023 | up 169.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 4.44 million t | 2023 | up 141.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Mexico | 3.89 million t | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 8 | USSR | 3.09 million t | 1991 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Japan | 2.38 million t | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 2.29 million t | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Poland | 2.28 million t | 2023 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Pakistan | 2.16 million t | 2023 | up 138.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Egypt | 2.08 million t | 2023 | up 118.0% | volatile |
| 14 | South Africa | 1.86 million t | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.85 million t | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 16 | Thailand | 1.84 million t | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10,000 t | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 1.82 million t | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Peru | 1.78 million t | 2023 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.66 million t | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Timor-Leste | 694.2 t | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 20 | Malaysia | 1.56 million t | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Philippines | 1.51 million t | 2023 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Australia | 1.43 million t | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Canada | 1.42 million t | 2023 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Spain | 1.39 million t | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 1.27 million t | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 1.15 million t | 2023 | up 102.1% | volatile |
| 27 | France | 1.13 million t | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Germany | 1.09 million t | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Italy | 1.08 million t | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 557.11 t | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Republic of Korea | 923,000 t | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 849,620 t | 2023 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Chile | 691,424 t | 2023 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 33 | China, Taiwan Province of | 650,000 t | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Myanmar | 620,000 t | 2023 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Israel | 581,312 t | 2023 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Morocco | 565,000 t | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Ecuador | 563,300 t | 2023 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Romania | 500,760 t | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 39 | Belarus | 480,000 t | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Guatemala | 468,800 t | 2023 | up 143.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Belgium | 421,480 t | 2023 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 42 | Algeria | 421,271 t | 2023 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 391,322 t | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Hungary | 378,980 t | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 45 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 359,136 t | 1999 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Kazakhstan | 335,758 t | 2023 | up 158.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Nigeria | 324,136 t | 2023 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Portugal | 322,970 t | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Greece | 271,690 t | 2023 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 50 | Jordan | 254,000 t | 2023 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Honduras | 241,391 t | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 236,110 t | 2023 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Panama | 235,707 t | 2023 | up 51.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Iraq | 232,415 t | 2023 | up 211.1% | volatile |
| 55 | New Zealand | 228,151 t | 2023 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 226,909 t | 2023 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Yugoslav SFR | 211,251 t | 1991 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 58 | Yemen | 203,797 t | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Nepal | 200,658 t | 2023 | up 368.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Czechoslovakia | 170,301 t | 1992 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 170,184 t | 2023 | up 278.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Sweden | 166,880 t | 2023 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 63 | El Salvador | 165,303 t | 2023 | up 45.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 163,310 t | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Czechia | 159,100 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 66 | Denmark | 159,030 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 67 | Mozambique | 152,784 t | 2023 | up 174.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Burkina Faso | 152,711 t | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Tunisia | 151,408 t | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 148,800 t | 2023 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Ireland | 148,740 t | 2023 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Senegal | 148,472 t | 2023 | up 128.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Jamaica | 137,752 t | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 137,501 t | 2023 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Finland | 134,770 t | 2023 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Libya | 131,077 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Austria | 127,924 t | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 78 | Serbia | 126,506 t | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 79 | Lebanon | 121,707 t | 2023 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Cameroon | 117,852 t | 2023 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Switzerland | 108,317 t | 2023 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Norway | 107,624 t | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Malawi | 102,278 t | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 97,774 t | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Kenya | 93,622 t | 2023 | up 294.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Uganda | 92,231 t | 2023 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Sudan | 90,561 t | 2023 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 90,540 t | 2023 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 89 | Lithuania | 83,040 t | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Ethiopia PDR | 77,200 t | 1992 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 91 | Paraguay | 75,692 t | 2023 | up 89.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Ghana | 74,374 t | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Uruguay | 74,218 t | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70,620 t | 2023 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Slovakia | 70,100 t | 2019 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 96 | Slovenia | 69,660 t | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 97 | Serbia and Montenegro | 67,175 t | 2005 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 64,342 t | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 99 | Guyana | 62,528 t | 2023 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Mali | 61,468 t | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Kuwait | 61,000 t | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Angola | 60,236 t | 2023 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Croatia | 60,220 t | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | 60,000 t | 2023 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritius | 59,200 t | 2023 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Madagascar | 54,966 t | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 107 | South Sudan | 52,506 t | 2023 | up 162.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Zambia | 50,992 t | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 50,141 t | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Singapore | 44,986 t | 2023 | down 52.2% | rising |
| 111 | Fiji | 42,377 t | 2023 | up 148.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Sudan (former) | 40,000 t | 2011 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 113 | Palestine, State of | 37,471 t | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 114 | Latvia | 37,060 t | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 115 | Togo | 33,079 t | 2023 | up 99.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Brunei Darussalam | 29,033 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Qatar | 29,006 t | 2023 | up 257.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 28,796 t | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 119 | Cyprus | 27,680 t | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Georgia | 24,300 t | 2023 | up 140.6% | rising |
| 121 | Cuba | 24,000 t | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 122 | Turkmenistan | 23,720 t | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 123 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 23,642 t | 2023 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 124 | Estonia | 22,900 t | 2023 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 125 | Belize | 22,053 t | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Niger | 20,385 t | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 127 | Sierra Leone | 19,808 t | 2023 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 19,097 t | 2023 | up 1,264.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 18,000 t | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Cambodia | 16,786 t | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 131 | Albania | 16,780 t | 2023 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Barbados | 14,998 t | 2023 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Guinea | 14,807 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Liberia | 14,759 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Réunion | 14,408 t | 2006 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Kyrgyzstan | 13,900 t | 2023 | up 124.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Armenia | 13,800 t | 2023 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 138 | Namibia | 12,101 t | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Rwanda | 11,351 t | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Benin | 9,675 t | 2023 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 141 | Iceland | 9,313 t | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Suriname | 9,241 t | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 143 | Burundi | 9,229 t | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 144 | Haiti | 8,904 t | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 145 | Bahrain | 8,789 t | 2023 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Congo | 7,027 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 147 | Oman | 6,856 t | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 6,820 t | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 149 | Chad | 6,538 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 150 | Central African Republic | 6,440 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Bahamas | 6,004 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 152 | Mauritania | 4,911 t | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 153 | Malta | 4,740 t | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 154 | Gabon | 4,193 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Somalia | 4,049 t | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 3,249 t | 2023 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 157 | China, Macao SAR | 3,184 t | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 158 | Eswatini | 2,823 t | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 159 | North Macedonia | 2,074 t | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 160 | Montenegro | 1,853 t | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 161 | Botswana | 1,475 t | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Guadeloupe | 1,350 t | 2006 | up 373.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Saint Lucia | 1,317 t | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Bhutan | 1,165 t | 2023 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Eritrea | 1,140 t | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 166 | Seychelles | 1,102 t | 2023 | up 401.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Gambia | 1,059 t | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Kiribati | 1,040 t | 2023 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 969.32 t | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Martinique | 949 t | 2006 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 171 | Grenada | 723.9 t | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 172 | Comoros | 576.7 t | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 173 | French Polynesia | 551.14 t | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 541.06 t | 2023 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 514.29 t | 2023 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Lesotho | 494.88 t | 2023 | up 26.8% | flat |
| 177 | Dominica | 373.29 t | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 178 | Samoa | 364.5 t | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 179 | French Guiana | 357 t | 2006 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 285.03 t | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 181 | Tonga | 268.4 t | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 182 | Equatorial Guinea | 262.24 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 198 t | 2023 | down 56.3% | rising |
| 184 | Mongolia | 160 t | 2023 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 63.41 t | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 49.05 t | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 187 | Cook Islands | 44.98 t | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 188 | Niue | 25.51 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17.06 t | 2023 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Tokelau | 4.85 t | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 191 | Naoero | 4.02 t | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 192 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 126.53 million t
- Asia 46.35 million t
- Americas 50.53 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.70 million t
- South America 23.22 million t
- Northern America 21.32 million t
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.07 million t
- Europe 20.46 million t
- United States of America 19.90 million t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 912,017 t
- Eastern Asia 18.80 million t
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 549,800 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 11.73 million t
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 477,627 t
- South-Eastern Asia 11.67 million t
- Middle Africa 213,089 t
- European Union (27) 11.07 million t
- Syrian Arab Republic 105,513 t
- Eastern Europe 10.60 million t
- United Republic of Tanzania 96,916 t
- Southern Asia 9.94 million t
- Melanesia 50,966 t
- Africa 7.47 million t
- Republic of Moldova 46,145 t
- Western Asia 5.38 million t
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 41,202 t
- Central America 5.33 million t
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 12,393 t
- Western Europe 3.72 million t
- Northern Africa 3.44 million t
- Polynesia 1,323 t
- Southern Europe 3.42 million t
- Micronesia 1,205 t
- Northern Europe 2.72 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.48 million t
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 161.24 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.39 million t
- Southern Africa 1.88 million t
- Oceania 1.71 million t
- Western Africa 1.00 million t
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions intensities contains analytical data on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by agricultural commodity. This indicator is defined as greenhouse gas emissions per kg of product. Data are available for a set of agricultural commodities (e.g. rice and other cereals, meat, milk, eggs), by country, with global coverage.