Combined together, meat, dairy, and eggs make up nearly 18% of the average person’s diet.

But, as Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao details below, in order for these meat and animal products to reach consumers, a vast global livestock industry – one supporting the livelihoods of 1.3 billion people globally – operates in fields and farms largely unseen from major cities.

So where are the various types of livestock concentrated in the world? And how do national consumption habits influence animal husbandry?

These maps from Adam Symington help to answer these questions, using the Gridded Livestock of the World database from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which models livestock densities from 2010 around the world.

Chicken, Beef, and Pork Livestock Density

As a starting point, it’s worth noting that the above map of all livestock might seem reminiscent to a human population density map.

Though there is definite correlation, especially when it comes to natural obstacles for both humans and livestock like deserts, forests, and mountain ranges, the concentration of livestock spreads far further than the densest human cities.

We dive into each category of livestock below.

Chicken Livestock Density

The UN FAO estimates that the world produced more than 121 million tonnes of chicken meat in 2021, making it the world’s most harvested meat. Chicken eggs are also estimated to account for 93% of the world’s 86 million tonnes of poultry eggs.

These numbers and the map below help illustrate the sheer number of chickens needed to support the world’s appetite for chicken goods.

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Just by glancing at the heatmap map of chicken distribution, two things stand out clearly. First is how ubiquitous chickens are, with a high density of chicken livestock in almost all of the world’s populated regions.

But the map also gives us insight into where most farms are located. In the U.S. for example, Southern states including Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas are major chicken producers. Likewise in countries like Brazil and China, the chicken industry can be seen continuing inland far beyond the more populated coastal regions.

Pig Livestock Density

Shifting attention to pig livestock, we see densities begin to concentrate in a few specific regions.

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China stands out on the map with large concentrations of pig livestock, which comes as no surprise given the country is far and away the world’s top producer of pork.

Also clear is the regionality of pork consumption. The U.S. has a strong concentration of pig livestock in the Midwest, while Central Europe has multiple countries with a noted history of pork consumption including Germany and Poland. Finally, partially thanks to its premium production of jamón ibérico, the country of Spain also stands out.

On the flip side, there is a clear absence of pig-rearing in countries of Islamic faith, across North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, reflecting their religious prohibition.

Cattle Livestock Density

In contrast, the map of cattle distribution more closely mirrors chicken distribution, though its footprint is considerably wider.

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Major cow byproducts like milk and leather, as well as the sheer strength of cattle, make them vital livestock even for countries that don’t consume a lot of beef. The FAO estimates that the world produced 746 million tonnes of raw cattle milk in 2021 alone.

On the map, the largest producers of cattle stand out. India for example is the top producer of milk and the fourth-largest producer of cattle meat, and has a high density of cattle throughout populated and agricultural regions. Brazil, also a top four producer of cattle meat and milk, has pockets of high density cattle regions inland, notably encroaching into the Amazon rainforest.

Meanwhile, the U.S. is the world’s largest producer of beef and second largest of milk, but it does this with a more distributed cattle population throughout the country’s landmass, and fewer high-density hot spots.

Chicken, Pork, and Beef Production by Country

Here’s a breakdown of chicken, pork, and beef production by country in 2021:

Country	Chicken (Tons)	Pig (Tons)	Cattle (Tons)
🇦🇫 Afghanistan	28,029	N/A	115,282
🇦🇱 Albania	13,250	9,370	31,712
🇩🇿 Algeria	257,645	104	146,270
🇦🇴 Angola	39,951	136,388	108,790
🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda	34	50	57
🇦🇷 Argentina	2,294,101	695,939	2,981,690
🇦🇲 Armenia	8,268	18,883	57,448
🇦🇺 Australia	1,292,240	432,246	1,932,598
🇦🇹 Austria	129,390	502,120	213,740
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	124,388	497	145,040
🇧🇸 Bahamas	6,204	376	19
🇧🇭 Bahrain	8,262	N/A	816
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	216,198	N/A	198,544
🇧🇧 Barbados	13,183	2,634	161
🇧🇾 Belarus	503,200	395,800	348,500
🇧🇪 Belgium	447,710	1,140,090	247,120
🇧🇿 Belize	19,187	1,899	1,536
🇧🇯 Benin	16,005	8,850	34,158
🇧🇹 Bhutan	1,866	700	1,016
🇧🇴 Bolivia	506,148	115,095	284,195
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	63,703	8,364	12,355
🇧🇼 Botswana	4,019	225	34,000
🇧🇷 Brazil	14,636,478	4,365,000	9,750,000
🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam	31,353	31	3,465
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	90,680	80,650	18,180
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	204,218	337,410	110,204
🇧🇮 Burundi	8,267	10,678	14,192
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	706	2,413	686
🇰🇭 Cambodia	17,400	107,364	52,168
🇨🇲 Cameroon	85,261	29,349	84,880
🇨🇦 Canada	1,332,968	2,404,595	1,385,544
🇨🇫 Central African Republic	6,599	19,079	102,626
🇹🇩 Chad	6,596	2,558	491,711
🇨🇱 Chile	680,290	589,585	209,972
🇨🇳 China	14,700,000	52,959,300	6,975,100
🇨🇴 Colombia	1,694,335	460,707	758,737
🇰🇲 Comoros	570	N/A	1,227
🇨🇬 Congo	6,812	1,557	5,669
🇨🇰 Cook Islands	15	409	3
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	147,816	66,065	92,794
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire	70,084	11,589	37,587
🇭🇷 Croatia	58,610	122,500	43,180
🇨🇺 Cuba	24,000	124,252	62,032
🇨🇾 Cyprus	26,640	43,710	5,910
🇨🇿 Czechia	167,980	225,880	74,520
🇩🇰 Denmark	163,100	1,723,730	123,430
🇩🇯 Djibouti	N/A	N/A	6,154
🇩🇲 Dominica	368	425	564
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	346,883	76,228	62,317
🇨🇩 DRC	10,532	30,073	21,116
🇪🇨 Ecuador	437,094	224,040	229,014
🇪🇬 Egypt	2,232,206	752	352,383
🇸🇻 El Salvador	133,628	6,255	16,713
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	261	178	48
🇪🇷 Eritrea	1,083	N/A	24,333
🇪🇪 Estonia	23,300	44,150	9,950
🇸🇿 Eswatini	5,783	1,420	16,815
🇪🇹 Ethiopia	70,081	2,268	440,736
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	N/A	N/A	93
🇫🇯 Fiji	25,715	4,094	3,989
🇫🇮 Finland	138,600	176,080	86,250
🇫🇷 France	1,143,000	2,203,830	1,424,320
🇵🇫 French Polynesia	595	848	205
🇬🇦 Gabon	4,119	3,580	1,105
🇬🇲 Gambia	1,630	505	4,321
🇬🇪 Georgia	25,000	21,800	20,500
🇩🇪 Germany	1,080,000	4,971,150	1,080,420
🇬🇭 Ghana	74,124	29,448	26,344
🇬🇷 Greece	235,500	74,820	33,050
🇬🇩 Grenada	539	237	137
🇬🇹 Guatemala	361,187	38,185	215,337
🇬🇳 Guinea	13,572	7,606	103,056
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	3,059	14,106	7,474
🇬🇾 Guyana	48,945	839	2,071
🇭🇹 Haiti	8,750	32,388	49,028
🇭🇳 Honduras	228,241	9,731	66,000
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	32,967	117,808	6,659
🇭🇺 Hungary	367,610	473,800	30,080
🇮🇸 Iceland	8,997	6,580	4,965
🇮🇳 India	3,670,156	320,228	4,195,000
🇮🇩 Indonesia	3,844,346	323,670	437,783
🇮🇷 Iran	1,983,328	N/A	336,332
🇮🇶 Iraq	122,411	N/A	34,783
🇮🇪 Ireland	147,770	335,130	594,510
🇮🇱 Israel	541,292	13,400	139,716
🇮🇹 Italy	1,068,500	1,351,980	747,890
🇯🇲 Jamaica	125,192	7,199	6,545
🇯🇵 Japan	2,435,965	1,318,125	477,979
🇯🇴 Jordan	205,000	N/A	48,581
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	263,561	83,745	540,216
🇰🇪 Kenya	89,450	23,107	250,607
🇰🇮 Kiribati	983	1,046	N/A
🇰🇼 Kuwait	64,604	N/A	2,265
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	11,057	10,679	111,226
🇱🇦 Laos	38,318	101,560	39,463
🇱🇻 Latvia	35,080	37,850	17,040
🇱🇧 Lebanon	113,997	695	45,513
🇱🇸 Lesotho	932	526	1,402
🇱🇷 Liberia	14,725	11,307	1,236
🇱🇾 Libya	127,566	N/A	5,857
🇱🇹 Lithuania	85,030	79,210	45,540
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	N/A	12,550	10,590
🇲🇴 Macao	3,278	5,000	755
🇲🇬 Madagascar	52,861	19,226	34,386
🇲🇼 Malawi	107,501	279,891	60,894
🇲🇾 Malaysia	1,558,809	219,179	34,810
🇲🇱 Mali	60,450	683	55,738
🇲🇹 Malta	4,070	4,720	1,050
🇲🇷 Mauritania	4,309	N/A	31,255
🇲🇺 Mauritius	49,100	640	1,711
🇲🇽 Mexico	3,668,552	1,693,007	2,130,592
🇫🇲 Micronesia	161	1,085	261
🇲🇩 Moldova	50,106	51,836	7,711
🇲🇳 Mongolia	246	253	114,485
🇲🇪 Montenegro	3,601	4,204	3,718
🇲🇦 Morocco	525,000	629	282,000
🇲🇿 Mozambique	135,708	127,089	17,781
🇲🇲 Myanmar	620,000	285,000	110,000
🇳🇦 Namibia	10,466	7,089	32,936
🇳🇷 Nauru	4	76	N/A
🇳🇵 Nepal	226,959	31,450	N/A
🇳🇱 Netherlands	869,380	1,719,420	429,640
🇳🇨 New Caledonia	1,018	2,892	3,076
🇳🇿 New Zealand	226,259	44,917	750,549
🇳🇮 Nicaragua	143,284	14,366	167,369
🇳🇪 Niger	20,268	1,540	69,645
🇳🇬 Nigeria	241,188	309,582	334,333
🇳🇺 Niue	25	67	2
🇰🇵 North Korea	32,834	107,647	20,906
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	1,695	15,578	4,214
🇳🇴 Norway	106,043	134,172	87,736
🇴🇲 Oman	6,764	N/A	15,640
🇵🇰 Pakistan	1,809,000	N/A	1,223,000
🇵🇸 Palestine	37,291	N/A	18,279
🇵🇦 Panama	229,833	46,620	76,422
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	6,725	82,783	3,153
🇵🇾 Paraguay	75,054	69,442	522,776
🇵🇪 Peru	1,751,608	176,150	189,923
🇵🇭 Philippines	1,343,496	1,187,305	118,053
🇵🇱 Poland	2,096,770	1,985,810	555,220
🇵🇹 Portugal	300,040	380,290	103,000
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	30,146	6,558	5,396
🇶🇦 Qatar	35,344	N/A	1,854
🇷🇴 Romania	451,850	391,390	82,720
🇷🇺 Russia	4,617,338	4,304,053	1,673,546
🇷🇼 Rwanda	19,867	12,379	36,488
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts & Nevis	28	50	52
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	1,320	846	415
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	451	388	177
🇼🇸 Samoa	402	1,909	981
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	745	492	198
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	910,000	N/A	40,000
🇸🇳 Senegal	133,325	18,732	88,902
🇷🇸 Serbia	110,528	312,167	69,785
🇸🇨 Seychelles	430	397	11
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	20,581	1,316	11,278
🇸🇬 Singapore	80,840	31,251	34
🇸🇰 Slovakia	N/A	69,910	11,930
🇸🇮 Slovenia	66,600	30,030	37,540
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	283	2,607	769
🇸🇴 Somalia	3,909	96	43,661
🇿🇦 South Africa	1,915,000	320,450	1,050,540
🇰🇷 South Korea	935,000	1,407,000	310,000
🇸🇸 South Sudan	20,374	N/A	131,417
🇪🇸 Spain	1,331,410	5,180,060	717,880
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	230,616	2,371	19,500
🇸🇩 Sudan	79,791	N/A	388,701
🇸🇷 Suriname	12,332	2,125	1,821
🇸🇪 Sweden	179,690	253,810	137,370
🇨🇭 Switzerland	107,196	229,721	144,056
🇸🇾 Syria	112,425	N/A	63,044
🇹🇼 Taiwan	684,423	824,963	7,430
🇹🇯 Tajikistan	30,900	4	214,273
🇹🇿 Tanzania	86,206	41,468	508,355
🇹🇭 Thailand	1,784,304	927,717	139,095
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	530	6,839	1,217
🇹🇬 Togo	24,666	13,680	5,551
🇹🇰 Tokelau	5	59	N/A
🇹🇴 Tonga	280	1,802	353
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	47,494	1,972	1,200
🇹🇳 Tunisia	150,300	126	53,500
🇹🇷 Türkiye	2,245,770	N/A	1,460,719
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	17,794	130	183,318
🇹🇻 Tuvalu	64	127	N/A
🇺🇸 U.S.	20,652,971	12,559,966	12,733,643
🇦🇪 UAE	56,000	N/A	19,208
🇺🇬 Uganda	68,385	127,602	193,661
🇬🇧 UK	1,843,000	1,022,000	888,000
🇺🇦 Ukraine	1,313,700	724,000	310,500
🇺🇾 Uruguay	77,177	13,488	572,522
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	123,600	3,025	1,003,247
🇻🇺 Vanuatu	676	3,390	2,133
🇻🇪 Venezuela	439,847	110,253	371,426
🇻🇳 Viet Nam	1,520,263	2,590,000	256,300
🇾🇪 Yemen	205,941	N/A	96,354
🇿🇲 Zambia	51,700	35,724	200,214
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	113,000	10,778	806,294
🇺🇳 World	121,504,932	120,372,127	72,330,797

ℹ️ Data note: This data comes from FAOStat. For countries with no data in a production category, N/A has been assigned. However the database also assigns some countries “0” for certain meat productions. This has been left as is, for transparency.

Mapping Duck, Sheep, and Goat Livestock

Although chicken, beef, and pork are the most common types of livestock globally, there are other kinds of animals that have much more regional distributions.

In the following maps, you’ll see livestock concentrated in just a few places, usually following unique cultural connections to these animals.

Duck Livestock Density

Compared to chicken above, ducks are much less widespread in farming and usage.

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China is the runaway king when it comes to both duck livestock and meat production. The country accounted for 78% of global duck meat production in 2021—but distant runners up Vietnam and France also show strong concentrations of duck.

Perhaps surprising to some is the strong foothold duck has in Bangladesh. Farmers in the country have embraced duck over the past decades as both a more profitable bird, and more recently, as an adaptation to climate change.

Sheep Livestock Density

Moving to sheep, which provide meat, milk, and wool, we once again have a widespread global population. However, the regions with the highest densities have wildly changed.

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Sheep can be seen in higher numbers throughout North and Central Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Australia, New Zealand, and the UK also stand out in their regions for higher concentrations of sheep.

Goat Livestock Density

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Goats have their highest concentrations in North India, North China, Mongolia, and many countries across Africa. Nigeria in particular has a strong goat farming industry.

Here’s a breakdown of duck, sheep, and goat meat production by country in 2021.

Territory	Sheep (Tons)	Goat (Tons)	Duck (Tons)
🇦🇫 Afghanistan	109,931	47,212	N/A
🇦🇱 Albania	15,725	7,208	N/A
🇩🇿 Algeria	342,295	18,929	N/A
🇦🇴 Angola	4,747	20,443	N/A
🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda	4	3	N/A
🇦🇷 Argentina	51,806	7,185	9,867
🇦🇲 Armenia	10,872	29	N/A
🇦🇺 Australia	656,750	16,380	15,167
🇦🇹 Austria	6,750	670	N/A
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	87,647	N/A	N/A
🇧🇸 Bahamas	30	74	N/A
🇧🇭 Bahrain	25,028	243	N/A
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	5,114	229,580	60,461
🇧🇧 Barbados	65	30	N/A
🇧🇾 Belarus	1,200	N/A	3,500
🇧🇪 Belgium	2,740	390	100
🇧🇿 Belize	38	1	15
🇧🇯 Benin	8,375	8,404	N/A
🇧🇹 Bhutan	161	364	N/A
🇧🇴 Bolivia	30,374	7,374	1,977
🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina	1,332	N/A	0
🇧🇼 Botswana	1,059	4,164	N/A
🇧🇷 Brazil	102,555	38,666	6,914
🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam	30	41	240
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	8,690	1,890	19,860
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	23,830	51,046	N/A
🇧🇮 Burundi	804	8,570	N/A
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	77	1,209	N/A
🇰🇭 Cambodia	N/A	N/A	10,355
🇨🇲 Cameroon	15,532	19,052	0
🇨🇦 Canada	17,765	N/A	9,326
🇨🇫 Central African Republic	2,513	23,874	N/A
🇹🇩 Chad	206,070	139,815	N/A
🇨🇱 Chile	8,210	4,885	N/A
🇨🇳 China	2,621,800	2,519,000	4,823,000
🇨🇴 Colombia	572	434	N/A
🇰🇲 Comoros	96	377	N/A
🇨🇩 Congo	451	1,068	N/A
🇨🇰 Cook Islands	N/A	1	N/A
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	15	254	N/A
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire	8,987	8,933	N/A
🇭🇷 Croatia	5,610	500	N/A
🇨🇺 Cuba	16,300	8,200	N/A
🇨🇾 Cyprus	2,620	2,530	0
🇨🇿 Czechia	3,170	260	N/A
🇩🇰 Denmark	1,300	N/A	0
🇩🇯 Djibouti	2,242	2,296	N/A
🇩🇲 Dominica	26	41	N/A
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	915	855	N/A
🇨🇩 DRC	2,839	18,664	N/A
🇪🇨 Ecuador	6,495	669	560
🇪🇬 Egypt	55,783	13,941	41,817
🇸🇻 El Salvador	37	78	N/A
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	107	50	N/A
🇪🇷 Eritrea	6,721	6,311	N/A
🇪🇪 Estonia	340	10	0
🇸🇿 Eswatini	704	1,620	N/A
🇪🇹 Ethiopia	141,177	154,233	N/A
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	590	N/A	N/A
🇫🇯 Fiji	146	186	406
🇫🇮 Finland	1,320	N/A	0
🇫🇷 France	81,790	6,210	177,000
🇵🇫 French Polynesia	3	71	32
🇬🇦 Gabon	862	352	N/A
🇬🇲 Gambia	311	892	N/A
🇬🇪 Georgia	4,400	N/A	100
🇩🇪 Germany	33,360	450	21,871
🇬🇭 Ghana	25,232	31,212	N/A
🇬🇷 Greece	63,780	22,090	30
🇬🇩 Grenada	114	27	N/A
🇬🇹 Guatemala	2,096	217	N/A
🇬🇳 Guinea	10,822	17,091	N/A
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	1,264	980	N/A
🇬🇾 Guyana	562	273	N/A
🇭🇹 Haiti	1,618	5,318	217
🇭🇳 Honduras	102	155	N/A
🇭🇰 Hong Kong	0	93	508
🇭🇺 Hungary	1,270	100	89,640
🇮🇸 Iceland	9,388	N/A	N/A
🇮🇳 India	276,379	547,915	44,000
🇮🇩 Indonesia	55,863	61,725	44,198
🇮🇷 Iran	238,135	38,424	2,843
🇮🇶 Iraq	46,893	11,605	N/A
🇮🇪 Ireland	63,430	0	N/A
🇮🇱 Israel	39,374	3,383	2,352
🇮🇹 Italy	29,420	2,250	2,850
🇯🇲 Jamaica	5	481	N/A
🇯🇵 Japan	215	36	N/A
🇯🇴 Jordan	27,297	6,500	118
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	155,403	20,107	335
🇰🇪 Kenya	50,842	73,063	N/A
🇰🇮 Kiribati	N/A	N/A	N/A
🇰🇼 Kuwait	52,034	1,063	N/A
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	70,955	8,881	N/A
🇱🇦 Laos	N/A	2,826	4,592
🇱🇻 Latvia	800	50	N/A
🇱🇧 Lebanon	4,534	3,053	N/A
🇱🇸 Lesotho	471	239	N/A
🇱🇷 Liberia	929	1,113	360
🇱🇾 Libya	29,565	11,901	N/A
🇱🇹 Lithuania	1,080	50	N/A
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	50	0	N/A
🇲🇴 Macao	N/A	26	18
🇲🇬 Madagascar	1,298	3,287	13,067
🇲🇼 Malawi	1,675	63,881	N/A
🇲🇾 Malaysia	1,937	1,682	66,644
🇲🇱 Mali	7,182	11,935	N/A
🇲🇹 Malta	150	20	N/A
🇲🇷 Mauritania	38,874	19,821	N/A
🇲🇺 Mauritius	22	16	45
🇲🇽 Mexico	65,846	40,480	N/A
🇫🇲 Micronesia	N/A	14	N/A
🇲🇩 Moldova	1,348	N/A	N/A
🇲🇳 Mongolia	149,160	96,535	N/A
🇲🇪 Montenegro	1,039	93	N/A
🇲🇦 Morocco	179,000	31,000	N/A
🇲🇿 Mozambique	341	2,276	3,545
🇲🇲 Myanmar	2,000	10,000	55,000
🇳🇦 Namibia	6,594	3,594	N/A
🇳🇷 Nauru	N/A	N/A	N/A
🇳🇵 Nepal	2,964	70,755	442
🇳🇱 Netherlands	15,620	2,840	N/A
🇳🇨 New Caledonia	9	1	N/A
🇳🇿 New Zealand	454,198	1,997	659
🇳🇮 Nicaragua	24	37	N/A
🇳🇪 Niger	19,313	30,799	N/A
🇳🇬 Nigeria	151,291	257,519	N/A
🇳🇺 Niue	N/A	N/A	N/A
🇰🇵 North Korea	1,025	13,848	13,027
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	3,097	N/A	N/A
🇳🇴 Norway	24,369	349	586
🇴🇲 Oman	32,152	18,176	N/A
🇵🇰 Pakistan	247,000	518,000	5,155
🇵🇸 Palestine	11,977	4,540	N/A
🇵🇦 Panama	N/A	N/A	N/A
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	32	10	16
🇵🇾 Paraguay	1,778	786	1,932
🇵🇪 Peru	33,259	4,948	N/A
🇵🇭 Philippines	117	32,136	21,879
🇵🇱 Poland	1,140	40	57,450
🇵🇹 Portugal	15,930	1,250	9,720
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	19	11	N/A
🇶🇦 Qatar	8,159	1,121	29
🇷🇴 Romania	53,560	3,830	0
🇷🇺 Russia	196,826	18,648	N/A
🇷🇼 Rwanda	4,561	10,128	N/A
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts & Nevis	9	7	N/A
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	99	62	N/A
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	43	35	N/A
🇼🇸 Samoa	N/A	N/A	N/A
🇸🇹 Sao Tome & Principe	3	9	38
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	90,578	52,861	N/A
🇸🇳 Senegal	42,082	17,172	N/A
🇷🇸 Serbia	27,604	3,257	110
🇸🇨 Seychelles	N/A	22	6
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	2,047	1,622	2,463
🇸🇬 Singapore	23	10	3,963
🇸🇰 Slovakia	360	300	N/A
🇸🇮 Slovenia	1,410	360	0
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	N/A	N/A	N/A
🇸🇴 Somalia	43,693	39,664	N/A
🇿🇦 South Africa	148,000	11,870	1,208
🇰🇷 South Korea	5	2,434	74,968
🇸🇸 South Sudan	18,810	24,707	49,008
🇪🇸 Spain	120,390	10,130	5,000
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	127	757	27
🇸🇩 Sudan	267,866	119,217	N/A
🇸🇷 Suriname	13	7	800
🇸🇪 Sweden	5,180	10	N/A
🇨🇭 Switzerland	5,096	518	N/A
🇸🇾 Syria	160,446	10,503	25
🇹🇼 Taiwan	N/A	88,949	78,867
🇹🇯 Tajikistan	N/A	79,826	N/A
🇹🇿 Tanzania	30,640	71,500	1,328
🇹🇭 Thailand	155	1,973	59,803
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	67	574	N/A
🇹🇬 Togo	9,242	3,998	N/A
🇹🇰 Tokelau	N/A	N/A	N/A
🇹🇴 Tonga	N/A	28	N/A
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago	64	41	N/A
🇹🇳 Tunisia	56,400	10,800	N/A
🇹🇷 Türkiye	385,933	94,555	639
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	123,611	10,037	N/A
🇹🇻 Tuvalu	N/A	N/A	N/A
🇺🇸 U.S.	64,774	8,824	43,378
🇦🇪 UAE	4,060	63,189	N/A
🇺🇬 Uganda	8,360	31,787	N/A
🇬🇧 UK	267,000	N/A	21,300
🇺🇦 Ukraine	6,800	5,400	22,000
🇺🇾 Uruguay	24,074	N/A	N/A
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	169,134	N/A	N/A
🇻🇺 Vanuatu	N/A	32	N/A
🇻🇪 Venezuela	3,342	6,593	49
🇻🇳 Viet Nam	N/A	21,349	182,651
🇾🇪 Yemen	45,199	84,516	N/A
🇿🇲 Zambia	703	15,195	N/A
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2,582	28,010	48
🇺🇳 World	9,880,040	6,477,574	6,191,507

The Future of the Global Livestock Industry

How is the livestock industry expected to change, going forward?

For starters, the UN estimates that global meat consumption is projected to rise 14% by 2030, driven primarily by population growth. That growth will occur unevenly, from a 30% jump in Africa to a 0.4% in Europe.

At the same time, emissions from the livestock sector have increasingly come under fire in recent years, and the industry is projected to register a 5% increase by 2030.

All these factors, alongside growth in plant-based meat and cultured meat, may change livestock distribution over the coming decade.

This post was originally published at Zero Hedge