Summary
The FAO provides data on crop and livestock production for over 245 member countries. Official data from FAO member countries is collected from three primary sources: surveys, national publications, and official country websites. Unofficial sources are used when official data is unavailable (e.g., USDA). The FAO enters imputed values for fields with missing data.
Using this FAO data, Our World in Data compiled information on meat produced from pigs (expressed in tons) as reported by various countries between 1961 and 2022. According to OWD, pork production has grown during this period in global terms, with China being the main producer. China produced practically half of the global pigmeat in 2014, growing rapidly every year. The next largest producers are the USA, Germany, Spain, and Brazil. The subset of data used for this analysis is available by clicking on the Download tab on this chart.
Our World in Citation: Hannah Ritchie, Pablo Rosado and Max Roser (2017) – “Meat and Dairy Production”. Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: https://ourworldindata.org/meat-production [Online Resource]
*Note: according to the FAO, geographical comparisons are limited due to different methods in each area. Additionally, the FAO states there is fairly good comparability for shorter periods, but that full comparability cannot be expected for very long periods (i.e., from 1961) due to changes in product definition and classification.