China vs Latvia: Land animals slaughtered if all countries produced meat like..

China

100.74 billion animals

in 2024

Latvia

98.05 billion animals

in 2024

China rank

66th

Latvia rank

68th

Land animals slaughtered if all countries produced meat like.. over time

China currently reports 100.74 billion animals against 98.05 billion animals in Latvia, a difference of 2.68 billion animals.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Latvia ahead.

China ranks 66th and Latvia ranks 68th of 198 countries.

Indicator: Land animals slaughtered if all countries produced meat like..
Unit: animals
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,563 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.