Table 1.
Global production of terrestrial meat animals, meat portion, crude protein concentration in meat, and yield of crude protein
| Crude protein | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Carcass weight1 (Kt) |
Meat portion2 (%) |
In meat portion3 (%) |
Yield (Kt) |
| Chicken | 118,017 | 70.0 | 18.6 | 15,366 |
| Pig | 110,110 | 65.0 | 13.9 | 9,948 |
| Cattle | 68,314 | 57.5 | 17.3 | 6,796 |
| Sheep | 9,922 | 72.5 | 20.0 | 1,439 |
| Goats | 6,253 | 63.8 | 20.5 | 818 |
| Turkey | 5,992 | 72.6 | 19.0 | 826 |
| Ducks | 4,858 | 67.4 | 19.0 | 622 |
| Buffalo | 4,290 | 69.5 | 20.3 | 605 |
| Geese and guinea | 2,761 | 67.7 | 19.0 | 355 |
| Game | 2,049 | 61.5 | 22.9 | 289 |
| Horse, mule, and ass | 933 | 74.5 | 21.2 | 147 |
| Rabbit | 884 | 55.9 | 20.3 | 100 |
| Camel and camelids | 686 | 56.0 | 19.6 | 75 |
| Bird | 19 | 57.8 | 23.7 | 3 |
| Rodents | 19 | 53.8 | 23.8 | 2 |
| Total crude protein | 37,391 | |||
1FAO (2020b)
2Chicken—Hayse and Marion (1973); pig, cattle, sheep—Raines (2017); goats—Webb (2014), Schoenian (2020); turkey—Miller (1965); ducks—Kokosyński et al. (2020); buffalo—Peixoto et al. (2012); geese and guinea—Gumulka and Poltowicz (2020); game—Kay et al. (1981); horse, mule, ass—de Paulo et al. (2014); rabbit—Ghosh and Mandal (2008); camel and camelids—Yousif and Babiker (1989); bird—Kokoszyński et al. (2020); rodents—de Figueiredo et al. (2020)
3Chicken, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, turkey, ducks, geese, guinea—USDA (2021a); buffalo—Navenna and Kiran (2014); game—Kay et al. (1981); horse, mule, ass—de Palo et al. (2014); rabbit—Ghosh and Mandal (2008); camel and camelids—Kadim et al. (2014); bird—Kokosyński et al. (2020); rodents—de Figueiredo et al. (2020)