Canada vs Japan: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Canada
831,328 1000 An
in 2024
Japan
846,707 1000 An
in 2024
Canada rank
22nd
Japan rank
21st

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Canada
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 846,707 1000 An against 831,328 1000 An in Canada, a difference of 15,379 1000 An.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 22nd and Japan ranks 21st of 207 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 183,154 1000 An 175,795 1000 An 7,359 1000 An Canada
1970s 270,623 1000 An 518,877 1000 An 248,254 1000 An Japan
1980s 362,585 1000 An 742,194 1000 An 379,608 1000 An Japan
1990s 499,490 1000 An 654,648 1000 An 155,158 1000 An Japan
2000s 648,730 1000 An 668,147 1000 An 19,417 1000 An Japan
2010s 714,738 1000 An 758,223 1000 An 43,485 1000 An Japan
2020s 809,044 1000 An 824,763 1000 An 15,719 1000 An Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, Canada or Japan?
Japan, at 846,707 1000 An against 831,328 1000 An in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between Canada and Japan?
15,379 1000 An, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Japan?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Canada and Japan rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
Canada ranks 22nd and Japan ranks 21st of 207 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.