China vs USSR: Poultry production

China
26.60 million tonnes
in 2024
USSR
3.09 million tonnes
in 1991
China rank
1st
USSR rank
1st

Poultry production over time

  • China
  • USSR
010.0M20.0M30.0M196119922024

How they compare

China currently reports 26.60 million tonnes against 3.09 million tonnes in USSR, a difference of 23.51 million tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 8.6 times USSR's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was USSR ahead.

China ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st of 198 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Poultry production
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 11,571 data points, 1961–2024
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Expressed in tonnes.