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

Australia and New Zealand
878,946 1000 An
in 2024
Western Africa
1.06 million 1000 An
in 2024
Australia and New Zealand rank
18th
Western Africa rank
23rd

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Western Africa
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How they compare

Western Africa currently reports 1.06 million 1000 An against 878,946 1000 An in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 182,714 1000 An.

That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.2 times Australia and New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Africa ahead.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 18th and Western Africa ranks 23rd of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Western Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 63,814 1000 An 106,304 1000 An 42,490 1000 An Western Africa
1970s 166,812 1000 An 168,847 1000 An 2,035 1000 An Western Africa
1980s 289,049 1000 An 278,028 1000 An 11,021 1000 An Australia and New Zealand
1990s 389,213 1000 An 393,102 1000 An 3,889 1000 An Western Africa
2000s 524,621 1000 An 546,491 1000 An 21,870 1000 An Western Africa
2010s 710,606 1000 An 741,788 1000 An 31,181 1000 An Western Africa
2020s 835,692 1000 An 982,523 1000 An 146,831 1000 An Western Africa

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 Western Africa?
Western Africa, at 1.06 million 1000 An against 878,946 1000 An in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between Australia and New Zealand and Western Africa?
182,714 1000 An, with Western Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Western Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Western Africa rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 18th and Western Africa ranks 23rd 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.