Game Meat; Fresh; Chilled or Frozen Production by Country

Papua New Guinea remained the largest game meat producer, adding 5,446 tonnes in 2024, while New Zealand declined in both comparison periods. The figures below reproduce FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Game meat; fresh; chilled or frozen, 2020-2024, reporting production quantity in tonnes. The table lists 47 countries, all of which reported a 2024 quantity, and the 2024 annual listed total is 2,052,976 tonnes. The 2024 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

In 2024, Papua New Guinea was the largest listed producer of game meat at 443,985 tonnes, followed by the United States at 271,430 tonnes and Nigeria at 178,446 tonnes. The 47 reporting countries recorded 2,052,976 tonnes in total, with the top three accounting for 43.5 percent of the listed production.

Papua New Guinea produced 1.64 times as much as the United States: 443,985 tonnes against 271,430, while Nigeria ranks third with 178,446 tonnes, 92,984 tonnes behind the United States. The top two hold 34.9 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 178,446 and 161,065 tonnes respectively.

Game Meat; Fresh; Chilled or Frozen Production by Country

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#	Country	2024
1	Papua New Guinea PG	443,985
2	United States US	271,430
3	Nigeria NG	178,446
4	Ivory Coast CI	161,065
5	Ethiopia ET	97,350
6	DR Congo CD	90,695
7	Cameroon CM	81,813
8	Ghana GH	76,249
9	Morocco MA	56,655
10	South Africa ZA	53,993
11	Argentina AR	51,419
12	Congo CG	47,121
13	Zambia ZM	42,535
14	Zimbabwe ZW	35,715
15	Kenya KE	33,246
16	Niger NE	32,965
17	Gabon GA	29,823
18	Botswana BW	27,967
19	Mali ML	26,917
20	Central African Republic CF	24,232
21	Tanzania TZ	24,000
22	New Zealand NZ	17,105
23	Rwanda RW	17,036
24	South Sudan SS	10,071
25	Angola AO	9,636
26	Benin BJ	9,077
27	Peru PE	8,715
28	Hong Kong HK	8,157
29	Liberia LR	8,063
30	Afghanistan AF	8,012
31	Madagascar MG	7,698
32	Burkina Faso BF	7,479
33	Namibia NA	7,110
34	Togo TG	6,673
35	Guinea GN	6,537
36	Norway NO	6,529
37	Lesotho LS	5,733
38	Chad TD	5,705
39	United Kingdom GB	4,684
40	Sierra Leone SL	3,422
41	Iran IR	2,811
42	Switzerland CH	1845
43	Gambia GM	1581
44	Mauritius MU	640.86
45	Tunisia TN	533.87
46	Uruguay UY	441.79
47	Senegal SN	59.15

Game Meat; Fresh; Chilled or Frozen Production by Country in 2024

Papua New Guinea was the largest game meat producer in the 2024 listed data with 443,985 tonnes, followed by the United States with 271,430 tonnes and Nigeria with 178,446 tonnes. Ivory Coast ranked fourth with 161,065 tonnes.

Papua New Guinea holds 21.6 percent of the listed 2024 total. The top three together hold 43.5 percent of the 2,052,976-tonne listed total.

Papua New Guinea Adds 5,446 Tonnes as Game Meat; Fresh; Chilled or Frozen Production Grows 0.9 Percent

From 2023 to 2024 the common reporter universe (47 countries with data in both years) moved from 2,034,252 tonnes to 2,052,976 tonnes, a change of 18,724 tonnes (0.9 percent). The totals listed for each year were 2,034,252 tonnes (47 reporters) and 2,052,976 tonnes (47 reporters); no country exited and no new reporter joined. Papua New Guinea added 5,446 tonnes (up 1.2 percent) and Ivory Coast 2,007 tonnes (up 1.3 percent), while Nigeria added 1,844 tonnes (up 1.0 percent).

Papua New Guinea Adds 11,521 Tonnes as Game Meat; Fresh; Chilled or Frozen Production Grows 2.0 Percent Since 2020

Between 2020 and 2024, the common reporter universe (47 countries with data in both years) rose from 2,011,834 tonnes to 2,052,976 tonnes, a change of 41,142 tonnes (2.0 percent). The totals listed for each year were 2,011,834 tonnes (47 reporters) and 2,052,976 tonnes (47 reporters); no reporter present in 2020 is absent in 2024, while no new reporters joined. Papua New Guinea added 11,521 tonnes (up 2.7 percent) and the United States 6,195 tonnes (up 2.3 percent), while Ivory Coast added 4,564 tonnes (up 2.9 percent).

Game Meat; Fresh; Chilled or Frozen Production by Country

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#	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	Papua New Guinea	432,464	439,976	433,023	438,539	443,985
2	United States	265,235	268,041	268,657	270,043	271,430
3	Nigeria	174,336	178,251	178,441	176,602	178,446
4	Ivory Coast	156,501	159,542	157,091	159,058	161,065
5	Ethiopia	95,962	95,846	97,128	96,351	97,350
6	DR Congo	90,912	90,418	90,476	90,586	90,695
7	Cameroon	78,889	77,767	79,100	80,447	81,813
8	Ghana	75,355	75,804	75,705	75,977	76,249
9	Morocco	54,914	55,790	54,916	55,785	56,655
10	South Africa	51,408	51,071	52,015	52,829	53,993
11	Argentina	50,830	51,185	51,130	51,274	51,419
12	Congo	45,400	45,277	45,893	46,435	47,121
13	Zambia	41,193	41,668	41,876	42,206	42,535
14	Zimbabwe	35,894	35,680	35,645	35,680	35,715
15	Kenya	31,411	31,168	31,820	32,526	33,246
16	Niger	31,668	31,367	31,854	32,287	32,965
17	Gabon	28,839	29,503	28,970	29,391	29,823
18	Botswana	27,096	26,578	27,056	27,533	27,967
19	Mali	26,351	25,854	26,235	26,593	26,917
20	Central African Republic	23,632	23,285	23,617	23,939	24,232
21	Tanzania	24,525	24,634	24,000	24,000	24,000
22	New Zealand	21,415	21,423	20,188	18,795	17,105
23	Rwanda	16,128	16,037	16,355	16,636	17,036
24	South Sudan	10,002	10,053	10,047	10,059	10,071
25	Angola	9,310	9,474	9,521	9,578	9,636
26	Benin	8,482	8,660	8,817	8,957	9,077
27	Peru	8,532	8,655	8,710	8,625	8,715
28	Hong Kong	8,100	7,963	8,026	8,091	8,157
29	Liberia	7,997	8,054	8,013	8,038	8,063
30	Afghanistan	7,997	8,002	8,006	8,009	8,012
31	Madagascar	7,510	7,637	7,637	7,668	7,698
32	Burkina Faso	7,291	7,169	7,275	7,377	7,479
33	Namibia	6,845	7,012	7,031	7,070	7,110
34	Togo	6,524	6,631	6,514	6,594	6,673
35	Guinea	6,349	6,399	6,441	6,489	6,537
36	Norway	7,412	7,389	7,389	6,459	6,529
37	Lesotho	5,620	5,700	5,598	5,669	5,733
38	Chad	5,413	5,309	5,437	5,573	5,705
39	United Kingdom	4,651	4,684	4,693	4,689	4,684
40	Sierra Leone	3,357	3,417	3,419	3,445	3,422
41	Iran	4,885	4,354	3,792	3,291	2,811
42	Switzerland	2089	2,190	1848	1863	1845
43	Gambia	1455	1474	1507	1539	1581
44	Mauritius	625	625	625	625	640.86
45	Tunisia	522.67	526.98	528.49	531.18	533.87
46	Uruguay	443.39	443.17	441.08	441.44	441.79
47	Senegal	60.5	60.13	59.97	59.56	59.15

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products production quantity (Element 5510) for item Game meat; fresh; chilled or frozen, 2020-2024. For game meat production, quantities below 1,000 tonnes retain two decimals and larger quantities are shown as whole tonnes. The 2024 game meat production ranking and shares use 2024 listed quantities. In the game meat production data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For game meat production changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.