China vs Eastern Asia: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

China
16.56 million 1000 An
in 2024
Eastern Asia
18.55 million 1000 An
in 2024
China rank
1st
Eastern Asia rank
2nd

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • China
  • Eastern Asia
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196119922024

How they compare

Eastern Asia currently reports 18.55 million 1000 An against 16.56 million 1000 An in China, a difference of 1.98 million 1000 An.

That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 1.1 times China's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 189 countries.

Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China Eastern Asia Difference Ahead
1960s 699,554 1000 An 914,553 1000 An 214,999 1000 An Eastern Asia
1970s 1.05 million 1000 An 1.66 million 1000 An 605,369 1000 An Eastern Asia
1980s 1.79 million 1000 An 2.71 million 1000 An 924,676 1000 An Eastern Asia
1990s 5.28 million 1000 An 6.30 million 1000 An 1.02 million 1000 An Eastern Asia
2000s 9.34 million 1000 An 10.61 million 1000 An 1.27 million 1000 An Eastern Asia
2010s 12.68 million 1000 An 14.39 million 1000 An 1.71 million 1000 An Eastern Asia
2020s 15.89 million 1000 An 17.83 million 1000 An 1.94 million 1000 An Eastern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, China or Eastern Asia?
Eastern Asia, at 18.55 million 1000 An against 16.56 million 1000 An in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between China and Eastern Asia?
1.98 million 1000 An, with Eastern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Asia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and Eastern Asia rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
China ranks 1st and Eastern Asia ranks 2nd of 189 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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About this data

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.