Eastern Africa vs Saudi Arabia: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Eastern Africa
775,225 1000 An
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
664,600 1000 An
in 2024
Eastern Africa rank
25th
Saudi Arabia rank
29th

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Eastern Africa
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Eastern Africa currently reports 775,225 1000 An against 664,600 1000 An in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 110,625 1000 An.

That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.2 times Saudi Arabia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.

Eastern Africa ranks 25th and Saudi Arabia ranks 29th of 29 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 5 and Saudi Arabia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Africa Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1960s 145,515 1000 An 4,222 1000 An 141,292 1000 An Eastern Africa
1970s 225,080 1000 An 16,019 1000 An 209,061 1000 An Eastern Africa
1980s 280,380 1000 An 162,271 1000 An 118,109 1000 An Eastern Africa
1990s 316,605 1000 An 341,158 1000 An 24,553 1000 An Saudi Arabia
2000s 422,384 1000 An 523,880 1000 An 101,496 1000 An Saudi Arabia
2010s 610,127 1000 An 589,980 1000 An 20,147 1000 An Eastern Africa
2020s 755,815 1000 An 663,442 1000 An 92,373 1000 An Eastern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, Eastern Africa or Saudi Arabia?
Eastern Africa, at 775,225 1000 An against 664,600 1000 An in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia?
110,625 1000 An, with Eastern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
Eastern Africa ranks 25th and Saudi Arabia ranks 29th of 29 groups.
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.