China is the world's top country by gross value of meat production. As of 2018, China's meat production in 2017 was 235,816,270 million US dollars, or 1.107 billion, and in 2018 it was 883,658,208 million US dollars, or 883.6 million. In 2018, the growth rate was 20.21 percent.This share accounts for 24.89% of the world's gross value of meat production and ranks first in the list of meat production values at the current price. USA ranked second in terms of meat production gross value.It was 422,399,369 million US dollars, or 422.4 million US dollars, in 2017, and 418,541,343 million in 2018, with a 0.91 percent growth rate.This share accounts for 11.79% of the world's gross value of meat production. The world's total gross value of meat production was estimated at 3,550,231,736 million US dollars in 2018 and ranks 2nd in the list of meat production values at the current price. The USA is the 3rd country in the world with the highest value of meat production. At the current world price, its meat production was valued at 341,538,431 million US dollars in 2018. This ranks 3rd in the list of meat production values in the world.

The Maldives is the world's last-ranked country by gross value of meat production. Maldives' meat production in 2017 was 4,369 thousand US dollars, and it was 4,288 thousand US dollars in 2018. The Cook Islands was the 2nd last ranked country in gross value of meat production. The Cook Islands' meat production in 2017 was 11,330 thousand US dollars, and in 2018 it was 10,541 thousand US dollars.