Russia has met domestic demand for meat through its own production for a fourth straight year. The self-sufficiency rate stood at 102.2% in 2025, according to Rosstat data reviewed by RIA Novosti.
The figure first moved above 100% in recent history in 2020, reaching 100.1%. It fell to 99.7% in 2021, then rose above the threshold again, to 101.8% in 2022, 101.7% in 2023 and 101.9% in 2024.
Last year, 27 Russian regions had meat self-sufficiency rates above 100%. Belgorod Region recorded the highest level, at 1,027.7%. Ten other regions, including Mordovia and the Bryansk, Lipetsk and Kursk regions, exceeded twice the 100% threshold.
RIA Novosti reported that Belgorod’s rate was above 1,000% for the first time in at least five years. The figures exclude the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics and the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. The national rate stayed above 100% in each of the four years from 2022 through 2025, although it was lower in 2023 than in 2022.