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Data for Chart 4.2: Meat production tonnes global, 1961-2023

Updated 9 April 2025
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Year Item Value Unit
1961 Beef and Veal 27682041.72 t
1962 Beef and Veal 29200914.87 t
1963 Beef and Veal 30853283.96 t
1964 Beef and Veal 31274110.58 t
1965 Beef and Veal 31856042.37 t
1966 Beef and Veal 33551922.81 t
1967 Beef and Veal 35266567.61 t
1968 Beef and Veal 36962249.33 t
1969 Beef and Veal 37925464.01 t
1970 Beef and Veal 38345878.94 t
1971 Beef and Veal 38069294.91 t
1972 Beef and Veal 38535652.48 t
1973 Beef and Veal 38836443.16 t
1974 Beef and Veal 41847562.36 t
1975 Beef and Veal 43731958.58 t
1976 Beef and Veal 46111983.42 t
1977 Beef and Veal 46507484.39 t
1978 Beef and Veal 47011135.45 t
1979 Beef and Veal 45809947.59 t
1980 Beef and Veal 45594809.6 t
1981 Beef and Veal 45980931.12 t
1982 Beef and Veal 45944674.11 t
1983 Beef and Veal 47195685.61 t
1984 Beef and Veal 48529060.94 t
1985 Beef and Veal 49355031.57 t
1986 Beef and Veal 51006132.74 t
1987 Beef and Veal 50967712.88 t
1988 Beef and Veal 51366545.3 t
1989 Beef and Veal 51588569.89 t
1990 Beef and Veal 53084317.03 t
1991 Beef and Veal 52712523.59 t
1992 Beef and Veal 51942984.51 t
1993 Beef and Veal 51195666.86 t
1994 Beef and Veal 51076781.93 t
1995 Beef and Veal 51817565.47 t
1996 Beef and Veal 52961726.99 t
1997 Beef and Veal 53990408.26 t
1998 Beef and Veal 53545507.31 t
1999 Beef and Veal 54779703.32 t
2000 Beef and Veal 55113325.29 t
2001 Beef and Veal 54833715.87 t
2002 Beef and Veal 55844450.97 t
2003 Beef and Veal 56644358.32 t
2004 Beef and Veal 58158404.95 t
2005 Beef and Veal 58489789.58 t
2006 Beef and Veal 59695424.21 t
2007 Beef and Veal 61437662.04 t
2008 Beef and Veal 61574898.19 t
2009 Beef and Veal 61983381.61 t
2010 Beef and Veal 61864901.81 t
2011 Beef and Veal 61671909.38 t
2012 Beef and Veal 62051220.55 t
2013 Beef and Veal 63021529.21 t
2014 Beef and Veal 63342075.28 t
2015 Beef and Veal 62946141.49 t
2016 Beef and Veal 63207851.84 t
2017 Beef and Veal 64338182.87 t
2018 Beef and Veal 66150560.65 t
2019 Beef and Veal 67234988.99 t
2020 Beef and Veal 66760530.6 t
2021 Beef and Veal 67309547.65 t
2022 Beef and Veal 68423343.94 t
2023 Beef and Veal 69462202.78 t
1961 Pigmeat 24747016.69 t
1962 Pigmeat 26054375.62 t
1963 Pigmeat 28015305.58 t
1964 Pigmeat 28676662.45 t
1965 Pigmeat 31283298.76 t
1966 Pigmeat 32410825.47 t
1967 Pigmeat 33863195.61 t
1968 Pigmeat 34400948.38 t
1969 Pigmeat 34120350.16 t
1970 Pigmeat 35794927.51 t
1971 Pigmeat 39416570.76 t
1972 Pigmeat 40622648.6 t
1973 Pigmeat 40469758.21 t
1974 Pigmeat 42429757.04 t
1975 Pigmeat 41669776.95 t
1976 Pigmeat 40750393.37 t
1977 Pigmeat 42947657.59 t
1978 Pigmeat 45641358.47 t
1979 Pigmeat 50083729.44 t
1980 Pigmeat 52674093.95 t
1981 Pigmeat 52989798.19 t
1982 Pigmeat 53195697.94 t
1983 Pigmeat 55476857.03 t
1984 Pigmeat 57486350.03 t
1985 Pigmeat 59965279.87 t
1986 Pigmeat 60720575.36 t
1987 Pigmeat 63422290.14 t
1988 Pigmeat 66895052.14 t
1989 Pigmeat 67973938.21 t
1990 Pigmeat 69701123.21 t
1991 Pigmeat 70723991.46 t
1992 Pigmeat 72853529.52 t
1993 Pigmeat 75258534.8 t
1994 Pigmeat 78747229.29 t
1995 Pigmeat 83390117.71 t
1996 Pigmeat 78737175.58 t
1997 Pigmeat 82642853.52 t
1998 Pigmeat 88226678.82 t
1999 Pigmeat 90190492.02 t
2000 Pigmeat 89231084.24 t
2001 Pigmeat 90093791.86 t
2002 Pigmeat 92371354.81 t
2003 Pigmeat 94825177.87 t
2004 Pigmeat 95773908.31 t
2005 Pigmeat 98087448.85 t
2006 Pigmeat 99928604.75 t
2007 Pigmeat 98574686.43 t
2008 Pigmeat 102668540.12 t
2009 Pigmeat 105211498.4 t
2010 Pigmeat 108113035.77 t
2011 Pigmeat 108730425.59 t
2012 Pigmeat 112205235.96 t
2013 Pigmeat 114124164.51 t
2014 Pigmeat 116143487.45 t
2015 Pigmeat 118751830.06 t
2016 Pigmeat 118375987.06 t
2017 Pigmeat 119336532.91 t
2018 Pigmeat 119621820.36 t
2019 Pigmeat 108703743.59 t
2020 Pigmeat 108681385.99 t
2021 Pigmeat 121129671.15 t
2022 Pigmeat 122988975.57 t
2023 Pigmeat 124667863.09 t
1961 Sheepmeat 4929186.2 t
1962 Sheepmeat 5038528.56 t
1963 Sheepmeat 5036953.53 t
1964 Sheepmeat 5015266.67 t
1965 Sheepmeat 5038354.98 t
1966 Sheepmeat 5109101.07 t
1967 Sheepmeat 5269981.5 t
1968 Sheepmeat 5427148.29 t
1969 Sheepmeat 5373920.83 t
1970 Sheepmeat 5535285.38 t
1971 Sheepmeat 5633022.18 t
1972 Sheepmeat 5659330.08 t
1973 Sheepmeat 5400268.77 t
1974 Sheepmeat 5142384.56 t
1975 Sheepmeat 5306094.09 t
1976 Sheepmeat 5312879.19 t
1977 Sheepmeat 5334501.39 t
1978 Sheepmeat 5413454.66 t
1979 Sheepmeat 5383151.85 t
1980 Sheepmeat 5644365.62 t
1981 Sheepmeat 5864335.18 t
1982 Sheepmeat 5885940.11 t
1983 Sheepmeat 6082022.79 t
1984 Sheepmeat 6106248.99 t
1985 Sheepmeat 6224354.98 t
1986 Sheepmeat 6227011.05 t
1987 Sheepmeat 6356766.13 t
1988 Sheepmeat 6657763.85 t
1989 Sheepmeat 6843928.88 t
1990 Sheepmeat 7043065.36 t
1991 Sheepmeat 6938935.2 t
1992 Sheepmeat 6933590.6 t
1993 Sheepmeat 6936992.41 t
1994 Sheepmeat 7036973.91 t
1995 Sheepmeat 6992404.95 t
1996 Sheepmeat 6839123.66 t
1997 Sheepmeat 7007141.01 t
1998 Sheepmeat 7251383.35 t
1999 Sheepmeat 7308875.74 t
2000 Sheepmeat 7476929.05 t
2001 Sheepmeat 7671656.06 t
2002 Sheepmeat 7554641.58 t
2003 Sheepmeat 7694673.14 t
2004 Sheepmeat 7833150.67 t
2005 Sheepmeat 8066801.87 t
2006 Sheepmeat 8268523.16 t
2007 Sheepmeat 8587263.76 t
2008 Sheepmeat 8544948.68 t
2009 Sheepmeat 8556605.86 t
2010 Sheepmeat 8623634.71 t
2011 Sheepmeat 8730600.22 t
2012 Sheepmeat 8765119.97 t
2013 Sheepmeat 9079086.16 t
2014 Sheepmeat 9363633.25 t
2015 Sheepmeat 9657305.97 t
2016 Sheepmeat 9860410.07 t
2017 Sheepmeat 9886815.69 t
2018 Sheepmeat 9996622.49 t
2019 Sheepmeat 10219410.61 t
2020 Sheepmeat 10544991.59 t
2021 Sheepmeat 10780809.13 t
2022 Sheepmeat 11162040.32 t
2023 Sheepmeat 11532800.89 t
1961 Poultry 8948942.78 t
1962 Poultry 9205056.23 t
1963 Poultry 9748722.99 t
1964 Poultry 10140743.44 t
1965 Poultry 10961260.39 t
1966 Poultry 11681973.41 t
1967 Poultry 12383400.7 t
1968 Poultry 12782245.69 t
1969 Poultry 13731770.53 t
1970 Poultry 15095037.71 t
1971 Poultry 15731209.33 t
1972 Poultry 16832119.13 t
1973 Poultry 17621041.85 t
1974 Poultry 18296532 t
1975 Poultry 18673615.37 t
1976 Poultry 20025205.65 t
1977 Poultry 21229542.33 t
1978 Poultry 22703595.05 t
1979 Poultry 24556619.6 t
1980 Poultry 25946011.48 t
1981 Poultry 27508944.6 t
1982 Poultry 28461608.02 t
1983 Poultry 29199210.1 t
1984 Poultry 29773776.3 t
1985 Poultry 31180211.65 t
1986 Poultry 33320155.75 t
1987 Poultry 35963500.25 t
1988 Poultry 37727346.55 t
1989 Poultry 38665038.25 t
1990 Poultry 40979728.59 t
1991 Poultry 43783243.75 t
1992 Poultry 45993058.65 t
1993 Poultry 48936797.93 t
1994 Poultry 51732020.88 t
1995 Poultry 55316360.87 t
1996 Poultry 57207195.39 t
1997 Poultry 60816736.89 t
1998 Poultry 63360850.42 t
1999 Poultry 66091047.9 t
2000 Poultry 68666193.84 t
2001 Poultry 71300502.03 t
2002 Poultry 74565857.59 t
2003 Poultry 76099735.43 t
2004 Poultry 78626202.18 t
2005 Poultry 81419382.15 t
2006 Poultry 83488125.05 t
2007 Poultry 88518115.17 t
2008 Poultry 92725594.62 t
2009 Poultry 94809954.93 t
2010 Poultry 99185408.25 t
2011 Poultry 103185308.11 t
2012 Poultry 107189585.86 t
2013 Poultry 110158533.56 t
2014 Poultry 113311332.83 t
2015 Poultry 117555839.58 t
2016 Poultry 120744994.24 t
2017 Poultry 124800225.91 t
2018 Poultry 128057100.7 t
2019 Poultry 133571688.55 t
2020 Poultry 135184978.45 t
2021 Poultry 137021473.67 t
2022 Poultry 140546626.56 t
2023 Poultry 144021790.28 t