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Production of some products is highly concentrated in a few countries, China, the leading producer of wheat and ramie in 2013, produces 95% of the world's ramie fiber but only 17% of the world's wheat. Products with more evenly distributed production see more frequent changes in the ranking of the top producers.
For example, the FAO (2002) figure for Denmark, which has one of the highest meat export rates compared to its population, was 145.9 kg (322 lb) (highest in the world). More recent FAO figures (2009) have taken the earlier discrepancy into account, resulting in a significantly lower 95.2 kg (210 lb) for Denmark (13th in the world).
Global meat production by region Meat supply per person. The following article lists the world's largest producers of meat.Global meat production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years.
The following list, derived from the statistics of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), lists the most valuable agricultural products produced by the countries of the world. [1] The data in this article, unless otherwise noted, was reported for 2016.
The following is a list of countries by live animal exports. Data is for 2019, in millions of United States dollars, as reported by International Trade Centre. [1] Currently the top twenty countries are listed. #
Cattle headcounts by country, as of 2021 Historically, the cattle population of Britain rose from 9.8 million in 1878 to 11.7 million in 1908, but beef consumption rose much faster. Britain became the "stud farm of the world" exporting livestock to countries where there were no indigenous cattle.
The following article lists the world's largest producers of milk. Global milk production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data, global milk production has nearly tripled since 1961, reaching around 930 million tonnes in 2022.
At the same time, livestock produces the majority of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and demands around 30% of agricultural fresh water needs, while only supplying 18% of the global calorie intake. Animal-derived food plays a larger role in meeting human protein needs, yet is still a minority of supply at 39%, with crops providing the ...