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

Australia
754,500 1000 An
in 2024
Western Africa
1.06 million 1000 An
in 2024
Australia rank
24th
Western Africa rank
23rd

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Australia
  • Western Africa
0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M196119922024

How they compare

Western Africa currently reports 1.06 million 1000 An against 754,500 1000 An in Australia, a difference of 307,160 1000 An.

That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.4 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Africa ahead.

Australia ranks 24th and Western Africa ranks 23rd of 191 countries.

Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Western Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 56,722 1000 An 106,304 1000 An 49,582 1000 An Western Africa
1970s 146,291 1000 An 168,847 1000 An 22,556 1000 An Western Africa
1980s 253,390 1000 An 278,028 1000 An 24,638 1000 An Western Africa
1990s 333,927 1000 An 393,102 1000 An 59,175 1000 An Western Africa
2000s 444,784 1000 An 546,491 1000 An 101,707 1000 An Western Africa
2010s 606,229 1000 An 741,788 1000 An 135,559 1000 An Western Africa
2020s 714,082 1000 An 982,523 1000 An 268,441 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 or Western Africa?
Western Africa, at 1.06 million 1000 An against 754,500 1000 An in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between Australia and Western Africa?
307,160 1000 An, with Western Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Western Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and Western Africa rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
Australia ranks 24th 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.