Japan vs Nicaragua: Chicken meat yield per animal
Japan
2.91 kilograms per animal
in 2024
Nicaragua
2.32 kilograms per animal
in 2023
Japan rank
6th
Nicaragua rank
9th
Chicken meat yield per animal over time
- Japan
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Japan currently reports 2.91 kilograms per animal against 2.32 kilograms per animal in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.59 kilograms per animal.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.3 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 6th and Nicaragua ranks 9th of 199 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.32 kilograms per animal | 1 kilograms per animal | 0.3216 kilograms per animal | Japan |
| 1970s | 1.46 kilograms per animal | 1.03 kilograms per animal | 0.4298 kilograms per animal | Japan |
| 1980s | 1.75 kilograms per animal | 1.11 kilograms per animal | 0.6402 kilograms per animal | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.96 kilograms per animal | 1.54 kilograms per animal | 0.424 kilograms per animal | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.94 kilograms per animal | 1.81 kilograms per animal | 0.1227 kilograms per animal | Japan |
| 2010s | 2.57 kilograms per animal | 1.98 kilograms per animal | 0.5891 kilograms per animal | Japan |
| 2020s | 2.88 kilograms per animal | 2.28 kilograms per animal | 0.6037 kilograms per animal | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher chicken meat yield per animal, Japan or Nicaragua?
- Japan, at 2.91 kilograms per animal against 2.32 kilograms per animal in Nicaragua as of 2024.
- What is the difference in chicken meat yield per animal between Japan and Nicaragua?
- 0.59 kilograms per animal, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Nicaragua rank globally for chicken meat yield per animal?
- Japan ranks 6th and Nicaragua ranks 9th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Chicken meat yield per animal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average meat yield per carcass, measured in kilograms per chicken.