China (People’s Republic of) vs China, mainland: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

China (People’s Republic of)
16.56 million 1000 An
in 2024
China, mainland
16.12 million 1000 An
in 2024
China (People’s Republic of) rank
1st
China, mainland rank
2nd

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • China, mainland
05.0M10.0M15.0M196119922024

How they compare

China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 16.56 million 1000 An against 16.12 million 1000 An in China, mainland, a difference of 446,900 1000 An.

Across all 64 years both countries report, China (People’s Republic of) has been ahead every year.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 191 countries.

China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) China, mainland Difference Ahead
1960s 699,554 1000 An 640,333 1000 An 59,221 1000 An China (People’s Republic of)
1970s 1.05 million 1000 An 934,400 1000 An 115,715 1000 An China (People’s Republic of)
1980s 1.79 million 1000 An 1.54 million 1000 An 251,186 1000 An China (People’s Republic of)
1990s 5.28 million 1000 An 4.86 million 1000 An 416,279 1000 An China (People’s Republic of)
2000s 9.34 million 1000 An 8.91 million 1000 An 431,004 1000 An China (People’s Republic of)
2010s 12.68 million 1000 An 12.29 million 1000 An 395,710 1000 An China (People’s Republic of)
2020s 15.89 million 1000 An 15.45 million 1000 An 445,460 1000 An China (People’s Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, China (People’s Republic of) or China, mainland?
China (People’s Republic of), at 16.56 million 1000 An against 16.12 million 1000 An in China, mainland as of 2024.
What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between China (People’s Republic of) and China, mainland?
446,900 1000 An, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and China, mainland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and China, mainland rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and China, mainland ranks 2nd 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.