Australia and New Zealand vs Japan: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Australia and New Zealand
878,946 1000 An
in 2024
Japan
846,707 1000 An
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand rank
18th
Japan rank
20th

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Japan
0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k196119922024

How they compare

Australia and New Zealand currently reports 878,946 1000 An against 846,707 1000 An in Japan, a difference of 32,239 1000 An.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 18th and Japan ranks 20th of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia and New Zealand averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 63,814 1000 An 175,795 1000 An 111,981 1000 An Japan
1970s 166,812 1000 An 518,877 1000 An 352,064 1000 An Japan
1980s 289,049 1000 An 742,194 1000 An 453,145 1000 An Japan
1990s 389,213 1000 An 654,648 1000 An 265,434 1000 An Japan
2000s 524,621 1000 An 668,147 1000 An 143,526 1000 An Japan
2010s 710,606 1000 An 758,223 1000 An 47,617 1000 An Japan
2020s 835,692 1000 An 824,763 1000 An 10,929 1000 An Australia and New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, Australia and New Zealand or Japan?
Australia and New Zealand, at 878,946 1000 An against 846,707 1000 An in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between Australia and New Zealand and Japan?
32,239 1000 An, with Australia and New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Japan?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Japan rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 18th and Japan ranks 20th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Unit
1000 An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,971 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.