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Table 3.

Global production of meat (000 tonnes) from different species by world region in 2010

	Cattle	Sheep	Buffalo	Goat	Chicken	Pig	Total ruminant meat	Total meat	Ruminant meat as a % of total meat
Africa	6595	1561	328	1202	4369	1232	9686	15 287	63·4
Northern America	13 319	92	0	0	18 020	12 112	13 412	43 543	30·8
Latin America	15 228	314	0	129	20 205	6514	15 672	42 390	37·0
Asia	13 363	4367	3077	3659	28 658	61 958	24 467	115 082	21·3
Europe	11 034	1167	7	129	13 764	26 968	12 337	53 069	23·2
Oceania	2764	1027	0	27	1048	474	3817	5339	71·5
World	62 304	8529	3412	5145	86 064	109 258	79 390	274 712	28·9