Number of slaughtered pigs for meat

(thousand head)

China is the top country by number of slaughtered pigs for meat in the world. As of 2020, number of slaughtered pigs for meat in China was 460,000 thousand head that accounts for 59.62% of the world's number of slaughtered pigs for meat. The top 5 countries (others are the United States of America, Russian Federation, Brazil, and Canada) account for 91.27% of it. The world's total number of slaughtered pigs for meat was estimated at 771,604 thousand head in 2020.

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What is number of slaughtered pigs for meat?

Meat, with the bone in, of domestic or wild pigs (e.g. wild boars),whether fresh, chilled or frozen.