Poultry Meat Consumption by Country

In 2023, China held 26,618 thousand tonnes of listed poultry meat food supply, nearly a fifth of a 135,809-thousand-tonne total spread across 176 reporters. Yet the per-capita crown sits far away in Tonga at 87.93 kilograms per person per year from 9 thousand tonnes. The United States followed China by total at 18,734 thousand tonnes. The series spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values for individual years.

China's 26,618 thousand tonnes lead the United States' 18,734 by a ratio of 1.42 to one. Per capita, the ranking is led by Tonga at 87.93 kilograms, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at 86.21 and Guyana at 76.85, none of them above 100 thousand tonnes in total.

Poultry Meat Food Supply at a Glance

• China had the largest listed poultry meat food supply in 2023 at 26,618 thousand tonnes.
• The United States ranked second at 18,734 thousand tonnes, followed by Brazil at 10,039 thousand tonnes.
• Tonga had the highest per-capita food supply at 87.93 kilograms per person per year.
• The 2023 listed total was 135,809 thousand tonnes across 176 reporters with reported values.
• Among 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed poultry meat food supply increased by 11,511 thousand tonnes, or 9.3 percent.
• The FAO Food element measures food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

The two rankings produce very different leaders. China, the United States and Brazil lead by total at 26,618, 18,734 and 10,039 thousand tonnes, while Tonga, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Guyana lead per capita at 87.93, 86.21 and 76.85 kilograms. The United States still records a relatively high per-capita figure of 54.54 kilograms, followed by Brazil at 47.55.

Between 2022 and 2023, listed supply across the 176 reporters with data in both years rose by 3,924 thousand tonnes, or 3.0 percent. China, the United States, Indonesia and the United Kingdom recorded the largest increases, while Saudi Arabia recorded the steepest fall. Since 2019, the common-reporter total has grown 9.3 percent, with China contributing 47.9 percent of the net increase. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of poultry meat actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	26.62K	18.71
2	United States US	18.73K	54.54
3	Brazil BR	10.04K	47.55
4	India IN	5.06K	3.52
5	Russia RU	5.04K	34.68
6	Mexico MX	5.01K	38.58
7	Indonesia ID	4.49K	15.95
8	United Kingdom GB	2.62K	38.18
9	Egypt EG	2.17K	18.95
10	Pakistan PK	2.16K	8.72
11	South Africa ZA	2.15K	33.95
12	Argentina AR	2.13K	46.73
13	Iran IR	2.13K	23.47
14	Vietnam VN	1.97K	19.65
15	Türkiye TR	1.89K	21.64
16	Colombia CO	1.87K	35.69
17	Malaysia MY	1.82K	51.9
18	Philippines PH	1.81K	15.75
19	France FR	1.64K	24.74
20	Canada CA	1.63K	41.56
21	Spain ES	1.58K	32.96
22	Peru PE	1.48K	43.69
23	Saudi Arabia SA	1.43K	42.94
24	Germany DE	1.42K	16.77
25	Australia AU	1.41K	53.13
26	South Korea KR	1.27K	24.58
27	Italy IT	1.22K	20.47
28	Poland PL	1.2K	30.95
29	Taiwan TW	987	42.32
30	Ukraine UA	950	25.17
31	Chile CL	744	37.86
32	Thailand TH	733	10.23
33	Morocco MA	708	18.78
34	Iraq IQ	695	17.97
35	Israel IL	674	72.82
36	Myanmar MM	655	12.09
37	Ecuador EC	567	31.51
38	Bolivia BO	553	45.17
39	Guatemala GT	542	29.89
40	Venezuela VE	539	19.04
41	United Arab Emirates AE	494	46.44
42	Romania RO	485	25.38
43	Kazakhstan KZ	476	23.39
44	Algeria DZ	456	9.88
45	Dominican Republic DO	438	38.63
46	Belarus BY	419	46
47	Portugal PT	364	34.94
48	Nigeria NG	325	1.43
49	Yemen YE	321	8.15
50	Greece GR	310	30.27
51	Hong Kong HK	308	41.44
52	Ghana GH	306	9.07
53	Bangladesh BD	291	1.7
54	Uzbekistan UZ	273	7.65
55	Angola AO	272	7.41
56	Netherlands NL	267	14.76
57	Jordan JO	265	23.14
58	Czech Republic CZ	264	24.45
59	Honduras HN	257	24.16
60	Tunisia TN	246	20.19
61	Sri Lanka LK	235	10.21
62	Hungary HU	233	24.08
63	Libya LY	229	31.28
64	Congo CG	226	36.57
65	Panama PA	223	50.01
66	Mozambique MZ	205	6.09
67	Nepal NP	202	6.8
68	El Salvador SV	189	29.9
69	Ireland IE	188	36.2
70	Costa Rica CR	179	35.01
71	Kuwait KW	178	36.81
72	Nicaragua NI	178	26.14
73	Sweden SE	178	16.88
74	Bulgaria BG	176	25.91
75	Azerbaijan AZ	162	15.68
76	Jamaica JM	161	56.79
77	Austria AT	160	17.54
78	Belgium BE	155	13.25
79	Switzerland CH	155	17.52
80	Burkina Faso BF	153	6.65
81	Senegal SN	150	8.29
82	Qatar QA	144	48.28
83	New Zealand NZ	134	25.96
84	Finland FI	131	23.32
85	Lebanon LB	130	22.47
86	Syria SY	126	5.34
87	Denmark DK	121	20.32
88	Cameroon CM	120	4.23
89	Serbia RS	120	17.69
90	Ivory Coast CI	119	3.83
91	Haiti HT	118	10.1
92	Norway NO	118	21.33
93	Slovakia SK	109	19.73
94	Tanzania TZ	108	1.62
95	Zimbabwe ZW	106	6.46
96	Malawi MW	98	4.66
97	Kenya KE	95	1.71
98	Madagascar MG	91	2.91
99	Uganda UG	91	1.88
100	Gabon GA	87	35.17
101	Guinea GN	85	5.9
102	DR Congo CD	81	0.76
103	Lithuania LT	79	27.51
104	Uruguay UY	79	23.34
105	Croatia HR	78	20.1
106	Georgia GE	77	20.29
107	Oman OM	76	15.06
108	Trinidad and Tobago TT	74	49.48
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	72	22.57
110	Albania AL	70	24.78
111	Zambia ZM	70	3.38
112	Moldova MD	69	27.06
113	Cambodia KH	68	3.91
114	Paraguay PY	66	9.68
115	Ethiopia ET	65	0.5
116	Guyana GY	64	76.85
117	Mauritius MU	63	49.13
118	Slovenia SI	63	29.83
119	Bahrain BH	62	39.2
120	Kyrgyzstan KG	62	8.73
121	Latvia LV	61	32.47
122	Turkmenistan TM	60	8.16
123	Laos LA	57	7.41
124	Mauritania MR	57	11.31
125	Armenia AM	53	18.04
126	Sierra Leone SL	53	6.31
127	Tajikistan TJ	47	4.56
128	Cyprus CY	43	31.8
129	Fiji FJ	43	46.8
130	Gambia GM	42	15.53
131	North Macedonia MK	41	22.63
132	Papua New Guinea PG	41	3.97
133	Afghanistan AF	34	0.81
134	Macau MO	30	42.64
135	Estonia EE	28	20.81
136	Bahamas BS	26	66.29
137	Mongolia MN	26	7.65
138	Niger NE	25	0.97
139	Namibia NA	23	7.77
140	Suriname SR	23	36.64
141	Belize BZ	19	47.3
142	Comoros KM	19	21.93
143	Liberia LR	19	3.53
144	Lesotho LS	17	7.5
145	Samoa WS	16	71.99
146	French Polynesia PF	15	51.71
147	Malta MT	15	27.24
148	Barbados BB	14	48.97
149	Montenegro ME	14	21.9
150	Cape Verde CV	13	24.8
151	Luxembourg LU	13	19.91
152	Rwanda RW	13	0.9
153	Iceland IS	12	31.54
154	Saint Lucia LC	12	64.39
155	New Caledonia NC	11	38.11
156	Maldives MV	9	17.5
157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	9	86.21
158	Tonga TO	9	87.93
159	Guinea-Bissau GW	8	3.89
160	Botswana BW	7	2.75
161	Solomon Islands SB	7	9.3
162	Timor-Leste TL	7	5.13
163	Antigua and Barbuda AG	6	67.8
164	Eswatini SZ	6	4.55
165	Vanuatu VU	6	19.93
166	Grenada GD	5	45.7
167	Seychelles SC	5	40.36
168	Bhutan BT	4	5.34
169	Djibouti DJ	4	3.18
170	Micronesia FM	4	37.62
171	Sao Tome and Principe ST	4	17.68
172	Kiribati KI	3	25.66
173	Marshall Islands MH	3	74.21
174	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	3	62.97
175	Nauru NR	1	53.35
176	Tuvalu TV	1	54.2

Poultry Meat Consumption by Country in 2023

The 2023 table is led by China, whose listed food supply of poultry meat reached 26,618 thousand tonnes. The United States followed with 18,734 thousand tonnes and Brazil with 10,039 thousand tonnes. India and Russia completed the top five at 5,059 and 5,044 thousand tonnes, respectively.

China holds 19.6 percent of the 135,809-thousand-tonne listed total. The top three reporters accounted for 40.8 percent of the listed total, while the top five represented 48.2 percent and the top ten 60.3 percent. India and Russia differ by just 15 thousand tonnes in fourth and fifth.

China Adds 1,764 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 3.0 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 176 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply increased from 131,885 thousand tonnes to 135,809 thousand tonnes, a gain of 3,924 thousand tonnes (3.0 percent). The 2022 and 2023 listed totals come from the same 176 reporters, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. China added 1,764 thousand tonnes (up 7.1 percent), the United States added 378 thousand tonnes (up 2.1 percent), Indonesia added 337 thousand tonnes (up 8.1 percent), the United Kingdom added 193 thousand tonnes (up 7.9 percent), Pakistan added 178 thousand tonnes (up 9.0 percent), Vietnam added 167 thousand tonnes (up 9.3 percent) and Egypt added 155 thousand tonnes (up 7.7 percent), while Saudi Arabia fell 214 thousand tonnes (down 13.0 percent).

China Adds 5,509 Thousand Tonnes as Supply Grows 9.3 Percent Since 2019

For the 176 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply rose from 124,298 thousand tonnes to 135,809 thousand tonnes, a gain of 11,511 thousand tonnes (9.3 percent). The 2019 total includes 177 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 176; Cuba, with 326 thousand tonnes in 2019, had no reported 2023 value. China added 5,509 thousand tonnes (up 26.1 percent), India added 677 thousand tonnes (up 15.4 percent), Pakistan added 640 thousand tonnes (up 42.1 percent), Vietnam added 640 thousand tonnes (up 48.0 percent), Indonesia added 520 thousand tonnes (up 13.1 percent) and Egypt added 507 thousand tonnes (up 30.5 percent), while Myanmar fell 925 thousand tonnes (down 58.5 percent) and the United States fell 478 thousand tonnes (down 2.5 percent).

China contributes 47.9 percent of the five-year net increase, with Myanmar's 925-thousand-tonne fall the largest offset. Pakistan and Vietnam added an identical 640 thousand tonnes each. Per capita, Tonga's 87.93 kilograms from 9 thousand tonnes lead Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at 86.21 kilograms, while China, first by total, records 18.71 kilograms.

What Does the Poultry Meat Food Supply Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the figure used here is the FAO item Poultry Meat recorded under the Food element as available for human consumption. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year rather than a direct estimate of the amount of poultry meat people actually ate. Chicken, duck, goose and turkey cuts recorded under separate detailed items sit outside this aggregate figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

Poultry Meat Consumption by Country

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	China	21.11K	14.83	24.2K	16.97	24.31K	17.04	24.85K	17.44	26.62K	18.71
2	United States	19.21K	56.88	19.45K	57.29	17.8K	52.31	18.36K	53.75	18.73K	54.54
3	Brazil	9.95K	47.97	10.31K	49.42	10.13K	48.32	10.14K	48.2	10.04K	47.55
4	India	4.38K	3.15	4.52K	3.22	4.68K	3.31	5.04K	3.53	5.06K	3.52
5	Russia	4.57K	31.2	4.49K	30.68	4.56K	31.24	4.95K	34.02	5.04K	34.68
6	Mexico	4.65K	36.99	4.61K	36.36	4.88K	38.23	4.95K	38.49	5.01K	38.58
7	Indonesia	3.97K	14.55	3.68K	13.4	3.5K	12.63	4.15K	14.88	4.49K	15.95
8	United Kingdom	2.29K	34.05	2.27K	33.69	2.29K	33.78	2.43K	35.62	2.62K	38.18
9	Egypt	1.66K	15.46	2.13K	19.48	2.52K	22.7	2.02K	17.9	2.17K	18.95
10	Pakistan	1.52K	6.58	1.66K	7.04	1.81K	7.55	1.98K	8.13	2.16K	8.72
11	South Africa	2.25K	37.72	2.26K	37.32	2.24K	36.41	2.21K	35.47	2.15K	33.95
12	Argentina	2.02K	44.93	2.09K	46.21	2.19K	48.32	2.19K	48.3	2.13K	46.73
13	Iran	2.15K	24.66	2.44K	27.81	2.23K	25.23	2.19K	24.47	2.13K	23.47
14	Vietnam	1.33K	13.7	1.59K	16.17	1.65K	16.69	1.81K	18.11	1.97K	19.65
15	Türkiye	1.72K	20.19	1.69K	19.59	1.7K	19.61	1.81K	20.74	1.89K	21.64
16	Colombia	1.81K	36.22	1.72K	33.94	1.8K	35.07	1.9K	36.74	1.87K	35.69
17	Malaysia	1.68K	50.33	1.73K	51.09	1.7K	49.44	1.73K	49.98	1.82K	51.9
18	Philippines	1.85K	16.68	1.82K	16.25	1.74K	15.41	1.82K	15.96	1.81K	15.75
19	France	1.68K	25.5	1.7K	25.72	1.66K	25.05	1.61K	24.26	1.64K	24.74
20	Canada	1.53K	40.49	1.54K	40.3	1.52K	39.58	1.58K	40.78	1.63K	41.56
21	Spain	1.56K	32.97	1.55K	32.5	1.44K	30.21	1.53K	31.91	1.58K	32.96
22	Peru	1.44K	44.31	1.41K	42.86	1.46K	43.88	1.48K	44.18	1.48K	43.69
23	Saudi Arabia	1.41K	46.37	1.5K	48.28	1.51K	48.22	1.64K	51.03	1.43K	42.94
24	Germany	1.45K	17.3	1.51K	18.05	1.43K	17.09	1.4K	16.63	1.42K	16.77
25	Australia	1.24K	48.67	1.24K	48.26	1.25K	48.24	1.3K	49.51	1.41K	53.13
26	South Korea	1.09K	20.96	1.17K	22.55	1.15K	22.14	1.15K	22.2	1.27K	24.58
27	Italy	1.17K	19.5	1.24K	20.74	1.25K	20.92	1.21K	20.25	1.22K	20.47
28	Poland	1.15K	30.18	1.24K	32.51	1.16K	30.48	1.28K	33.3	1.2K	30.95
29	Taiwan	923	38.98	991	41.9	941	39.94	980	41.86	987	42.32
30	Ukraine	1.17K	26.11	1.08K	24.11	1.04K	23.38	908	22.12	950	25.17
31	Chile	734	38.22	698	36.06	742	38.15	755	38.61	744	37.86
32	Thailand	877	12.27	827	11.54	837	11.68	769	10.72	733	10.23
33	Morocco	848	23.41	639	17.46	649	17.55	669	17.93	708	18.78
34	Iraq	615	17.41	601	16.65	490	13.27	632	16.73	695	17.97
35	Israel	605	69.9	659	74.83	627	70.08	640	70.33	674	72.82
36	Myanmar	1.58K	30.01	658	12.4	655	12.26	655	12.19	655	12.09
37	Ecuador	322	18.59	454	25.88	493	27.89	519	29.1	567	31.51
38	Bolivia	490	41.96	476	40.27	512	42.89	540	44.74	553	45.17
39	Guatemala	439	25.64	512	29.48	449	25.49	516	28.9	542	29.89
40	Venezuela	485	16.77	458	16.1	537	19.03	526	18.64	539	19.04
41	United Arab Emirates	324	34.59	463	49.05	523	53.44	487	47.53	494	46.44
42	Romania	458	23.49	486	25.05	430	22.33	449	23.45	485	25.38
43	Kazakhstan	384	20	412	21.16	431	21.81	445	22.23	476	23.39
44	Algeria	280	6.47	258	5.85	272	6.09	442	9.71	456	9.88
45	Dominican Republic	381	34.97	349	31.75	399	35.85	414	36.9	438	38.63
46	Belarus	262	27.78	320	34.23	312	33.7	335	36.51	419	46
47	Portugal	322	31.13	314	30.31	319	30.71	341	32.75	364	34.94
48	Nigeria	252	1.2	242	1.13	343	1.57	356	1.6	325	1.43
49	Yemen	330	9.4	348	9.63	347	9.34	306	8.01	321	8.15
50	Greece	271	25.31	242	22.6	273	25.76	281	27	310	30.27
51	Hong Kong	424	56.57	404	53.94	370	49.45	299	40	308	41.44
52	Ghana	221	7.08	361	11.31	440	13.54	314	9.48	306	9.07
53	Bangladesh	260	1.58	270	1.62	276	1.65	284	1.67	291	1.7
54	Uzbekistan	90	2.74	146	4.34	222	6.49	221	6.32	273	7.65
55	Angola	314	9.7	278	8.31	301	8.72	373	10.46	272	7.41
56	Netherlands	91	5.2	143	8.13	207	11.7	242	13.52	267	14.76
57	Jordan	235	22.02	266	24.52	315	28.49	300	26.61	265	23.14
58	Czech Republic	245	23.23	252	23.87	244	23.17	261	24.41	264	24.45
59	Honduras	226	22.76	205	20.23	259	25.19	251	23.95	257	24.16
60	Tunisia	203	17.07	211	17.58	236	19.56	244	20.12	246	20.19
61	Sri Lanka	223	9.95	215	9.51	236	10.4	228	9.98	235	10.21
62	Hungary	267	27.33	268	27.48	246	25.34	234	24.21	233	24.08
63	Libya	204	29.39	223	31.6	262	36.75	233	32.29	229	31.28
64	Congo	112	19.94	130	22.53	151	25.7	165	27.31	226	36.57
65	Panama	239	56.43	226	52.54	214	49.3	209	47.56	223	50.01
66	Mozambique	135	4.52	151	4.9	181	5.71	194	5.95	205	6.09
67	Nepal	72	2.53	255	8.81	227	7.72	205	6.92	202	6.8
68	El Salvador	159	25.57	152	24.37	175	28.03	178	28.31	189	29.9
69	Ireland	138	27.89	143	28.67	153	30.5	153	29.99	188	36.2
70	Costa Rica	194	38.83	165	32.76	159	31.5	168	33.14	179	35.01
71	Kuwait	203	45.74	199	45.28	197	45.19	186	40.53	178	36.81
72	Nicaragua	134	20.73	150	22.84	156	23.48	165	24.47	178	26.14
73	Sweden	164	15.93	157	15.18	162	15.52	174	16.59	178	16.88
74	Bulgaria	161	23.07	149	21.47	149	21.69	159	23.28	176	25.91
75	Azerbaijan	146	14.44	146	14.37	157	15.31	159	15.48	162	15.68
76	Jamaica	163	57.65	157	55.44	147	51.79	157	55.43	161	56.79
77	Austria	139	15.7	142	15.95	147	16.42	164	18.08	160	17.54
78	Belgium	147	12.77	179	15.51	163	14.06	190	16.3	155	13.25
79	Switzerland	144	16.81	147	17.01	153	17.59	157	17.9	155	17.52
80	Burkina Faso	204	9.74	198	9.23	149	6.79	151	6.71	153	6.65
81	Senegal	117	7.15	122	7.27	134	7.78	144	8.14	150	8.29
82	Qatar	153	54.52	157	55.94	153	54.27	159	55.13	144	48.28
83	New Zealand	136	27.2	125	24.73	134	26.2	134	26.18	134	25.96
84	Finland	114	20.58	116	21.06	126	22.79	131	23.47	131	23.32
85	Lebanon	126	21.82	118	20.61	134	23.46	122	21.22	130	22.47
86	Syria	145	7.14	144	6.84	138	6.38	115	5.14	126	5.34
87	Denmark	145	25.01	143	24.49	112	19.11	105	17.76	121	20.32
88	Cameroon	87	3.4	18	0.69	105	3.9	128	4.64	120	4.23
89	Serbia	123	17.61	126	18.25	78	11.34	83	12.18	120	17.69
90	Ivory Coast	75	2.66	72	2.5	65	2.19	107	3.51	119	3.83
91	Haiti	110	9.86	124	11	140	12.27	115	9.99	118	10.1
92	Norway	108	20.22	108	20.08	117	21.72	117	21.36	118	21.33
93	Slovakia	101	18.57	87	16.02	71	13.03	76	13.82	109	19.73
94	Tanzania	48	0.81	88	1.44	96	1.53	102	1.58	108	1.62
95	Zimbabwe	116	7.59	113	7.28	117	7.42	124	7.69	106	6.46
96	Malawi	105	5.54	104	5.32	144	7.17	136	6.6	98	4.66
97	Kenya	89	1.74	69	1.33	90	1.69	95	1.75	95	1.71
98	Madagascar	86	3.03	87	3	88	2.97	90	2.95	91	2.91
99	Uganda	69	1.59	82	1.84	88	1.92	89	1.88	91	1.88
100	Gabon	84	37.22	81	34.92	92	38.66	92	38.01	87	35.17
101	Guinea	35	2.65	68	5.12	79	5.79	87	6.16	85	5.9
102	DR Congo	148	1.6	97	1.01	100	1.01	101	0.99	81	0.76
103	Lithuania	83	29.73	75	27	71	25.48	76	26.85	79	27.51
104	Uruguay	72	21.25	73	21.37	85	24.99	86	25.3	79	23.34
105	Croatia	61	15.24	68	17.18	77	19.54	80	20.58	78	20.1
106	Georgia	73	19.19	73	19.16	69	18.34	72	18.94	77	20.29
107	Oman	117	25.54	90	19.97	102	22.65	93	19.73	76	15.06
108	Trinidad and Tobago	83	55.69	67	45.22	64	43.23	72	48.29	74	49.48
109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	69	20.63	66	19.89	65	19.88	68	21.32	72	22.57
110	Albania	35	12.29	40	14.05	37	12.93	64	22.68	70	24.78
111	Zambia	50	2.7	63	3.31	62	3.16	98	4.87	70	3.38
112	Moldova	66	25.45	69	27.02	63	24.93	69	27.22	69	27.06
113	Cambodia	28	1.73	30	1.79	29	1.73	33	1.93	68	3.91
114	Paraguay	72	11.04	72	10.83	72	10.76	71	10.47	66	9.68
115	Ethiopia	56	0.48	64	0.54	48	0.4	56	0.45	65	0.5
116	Guyana	39	48.84	43	53.69	50	60.89	58	70.86	64	76.85
117	Mauritius	53	41.04	51	39.91	53	41.61	59	46.41	63	49.13
118	Slovenia	61	29.07	56	26.87	59	28.05	59	27.72	63	29.83
119	Bahrain	70	47.25	75	50.78	62	41.05	69	44.91	62	39.2
120	Kyrgyzstan	37	5.75	37	5.59	51	7.51	55	7.94	62	8.73
121	Latvia	46	24.08	48	25.28	46	24.5	54	28.81	61	32.47
122	Turkmenistan	35	5.22	39	5.59	53	7.5	72	9.94	60	8.16
123	Laos	42	5.78	45	6.1	46	6.17	49	6.51	57	7.41
124	Mauritania	27	6.15	27	5.94	34	7.08	53	10.86	57	11.31
125	Armenia	55	19.06	46	15.77	53	18.51	53	18.57	53	18.04
126	Sierra Leone	44	5.67	52	6.62	60	7.43	48	5.76	53	6.31
127	Tajikistan	19	2.03	25	2.57	34	3.42	41	4.05	47	4.56
128	Cyprus	37	28.97	32	24.88	35	26.7	40	29.87	43	31.8
129	Fiji	37	39.96	29	31.81	29	31.15	47	51.37	43	46.8
130	Gambia	26	10.74	26	10.2	29	11.26	39	14.76	42	15.53
131	North Macedonia	42	22.12	42	22.39	39	20.99	38	20.49	41	22.63
132	Papua New Guinea	37	3.83	30	3.11	30	2.96	36	3.5	41	3.97
133	Afghanistan	69	1.81	64	1.64	61	1.52	35	0.87	34	0.81
134	Macau	22	33.29	25	36.81	33	47.49	35	49.02	30	42.64
135	Estonia	29	21.75	28	21.06	29	21.5	29	21.29	28	20.81
136	Bahamas	21	53.24	28	71.19	29	72.99	26	65.45	26	66.29
137	Mongolia	14	4.35	14	4.36	20	6.13	24	7.13	26	7.65
138	Niger	27	1.19	24	1	22	0.91	22	0.89	25	0.97
139	Namibia	22	8.32	25	9.29	25	8.87	44	15.06	23	7.77
140	Suriname	30	48.8	30	48.28	30	47.79	28	44.65	23	36.64
141	Belize	12	31.65	13	32.53	13	33.8	18	44.74	19	47.3
142	Comoros	1	1.33	16	19.57	20	24.84	19	23.11	19	21.93
143	Liberia	53	10.53	56	10.91	64	12.26	23	4.26	19	3.53
144	Lesotho	2	0.9	4	1.7	3	1.27	2	0.87	17	7.5
145	Samoa	17	79.64	16	75.26	17	77.36	15	69.7	16	71.99
146	French Polynesia	14	49.12	14	49.88	14	50.98	14	51.32	15	51.71
147	Malta	12	22.82	13	25.31	13	24.36	13	25.5	15	27.24
148	Barbados	14	49.94	15	52.09	16	55.08	14	50.95	14	48.97
149	Montenegro	10	16.33	10	15.99	10	16.38	13	21.67	14	21.9
150	Cape Verde	14	27.22	15	29.67	13	25.64	14	26.55	13	24.8
151	Luxembourg	12	19.26	12	18.53	12	18.8	13	19.7	13	19.91
152	Rwanda	19	1.49	20	1.51	13	1.01	11	0.84	13	0.9
153	Iceland	11	31.64	11	29.99	11	29.3	12	31.31	12	31.54
154	Saint Lucia	6	33.07	6	34.85	11	63.61	12	66.56	12	64.39
155	New Caledonia	11	37.5	12	42.99	10	35.99	11	37.11	11	38.11
156	Maldives	8	16.03	8	14.97	9	18.16	11	20.44	9	17.5
157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8	80.93	9	83.93	9	84.34	10	95.47	9	86.21
158	Tonga	12	109.54	9	88.17	13	121.05	10	92.41	9	87.93
159	Guinea-Bissau	6	3.05	6	2.95	6	3.03	6	2.95	8	3.89
160	Botswana	9	3.65	8	3.5	7	3.06	7	2.8	7	2.75
161	Solomon Islands	5	6.31	5	7.29	6	8.46	7	8.72	7	9.3
162	Timor-Leste	12	8.96	12	9.15	6	4.74	7	5.17	7	5.13
163	Antigua and Barbuda	6	65.76	6	66.6	6	67.01	6	69.58	6	67.8
164	Eswatini	8	6.84	8	6.92	8	6.77	5	4.42	6	4.55
165	Vanuatu	5	16.07	5	15.81	6	18.89	5	16.88	6	19.93
166	Grenada	5	46.13	7	57.72	7	58.73	5	45.72	5	45.7
167	Seychelles	4	30.83	4	31.43	5	37.39	5	38.79	5	40.36
168	Bhutan	3	3.33	3	4.2	4	5.37	4	4.82	4	5.34
169	Djibouti	4	3.29	4	3.26	5	4.15	4	3.93	4	3.18
170	Micronesia	4	40.45	5	41.58	5	42.69	4	38.46	4	37.62
171	Sao Tome and Principe	4	18.27	4	17.06	4	16.71	3	14.41	4	17.68
172	Kiribati	3	21.44	1	10.68	2	15.39	3	23.89	3	25.66
173	Marshall Islands	2	48.72	3	63.41	3	70.63	3	71.98	3	74.21
174	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	58.26	4	76.29	4	75.27	3	55.81	3	62.97
175	Nauru	1	52.52	1	51.21	1	47.4	1	49.95	1	53.35
176	Tuvalu	1	57.38	1	61.53	1	50.43	0	47.82	1	54.2
177	Cuba	326	29.13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Poultry Meat Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

In 2023, according to FAO Food Balances, China had the largest listed poultry meat food supply among the 176 reporters with reported values, at 26,618 thousand tonnes. The United States ranked second at 18,734 thousand tonnes, while Brazil ranked third at 10,039 thousand tonnes. Tonga had the highest per-capita poultry meat food supply at 87.93 kilograms per person per year. These FAO Food Balances figures represent food available for human consumption, not a direct measurement of poultry meat actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Poultry Meat from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten, as food can be lost or wasted before it is consumed. No percentage change is shown where the base-year value is zero.

The reporter universe for this item contains 177 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances primarily use official national statistics, with some data also estimated or imputed where applicable. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The 2023 listed total of 135,809 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 176 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.