India’s Meat Production Reaches 10.50 Million Tonnes in 2024-25
India produced about 10.50 million tonnes of meat in 2024-25, with poultry accounting for the largest share. West Bengal led state production, while the five biggest producing states supplied 57.55% of the national total.
National output reaches 10.50 million tonnes
India produced approximately 10.50 million tonnes of meat in 2024-25, according to ABP News, citing government data. Chicken and other poultry meat represented the largest component, while buffalo, goat, sheep and pig meat also contributed to the national total. The figures underline the scale of India’s domestic animal-protein industry and the prominent position poultry has established within it.
Meat production has continued to increase alongside demand and the expansion of poultry farming and other livestock businesses, ABP News reported. The available data do not provide individual production volumes for each species, so poultry’s precise share cannot be calculated from the published figures. Nevertheless, its position as the largest category makes poultry farms, feed suppliers, slaughterhouses and processing companies central to further growth in national output.
West Bengal leads state production
West Bengal was India’s biggest meat-producing state in 2024-25, accounting for approximately 12.46% of total output. Uttar Pradesh followed with 12.20%, ahead of Maharashtra at 11.57%, Andhra Pradesh at 10.84% and Telangana at 10.49%, according to the Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2025 issued by the central Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying.
Together, these five states generated 57.55% of India’s meat production. This concentration gives them an outsized role in the country’s livestock supply chains, including animal procurement, feed demand, veterinary services, primary processing and refrigerated distribution. At the same time, no single state held more than 12.46% of production, leaving the national industry distributed among several large regional markets rather than dominated by one location.
Availability is not the same as consumption
Annual per-capita meat availability stood at 7.51 kilograms in 2024-25. Spread across 365 days, that corresponds to about 20.6 grams per person per day. The statistic is an average measure of availability, however, and should not be interpreted as evidence that every resident consumes 20.6 grams of meat daily. Individual consumption varies, and some people eat no meat at all.
Production data also cannot identify the state with the highest consumption. Meat produced in one state can be shipped to other parts of India, separating the location of slaughter or processing from the location of final demand. ABP News noted that meat and fish have longstanding roles in the food cultures of states including Nagaland, Meghalaya, Kerala, Assam, Goa, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, but the figures supplied do not measure their actual per-capita meat intake.
Implications for the protein supply chain
The 10.50-million-tonne market creates a broad operating base for poultry and livestock producers as well as processors, equipment suppliers and cold-chain companies. Poultry’s leading role points to the importance of scalable processing and distribution systems, while the contribution from buffalo, goat, sheep and pig meat keeps the species mix diverse. For market participants, the clearest geographic signal is the combined 57.55% contribution of the five leading states. Investment and procurement decisions must still account for demand beyond those production centres because state output shares do not show where the meat is ultimately consumed.
