Japan vs Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Japan
846,707 1000 An
in 2024
Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
2.77 million 1000 An
in 2024
Japan rank
20th
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank
12th

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Japan
  • Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922024

How they compare

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) currently reports 2.77 million 1000 An against 846,707 1000 An in Japan, a difference of 1.93 million 1000 An.

That makes Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s figure about 3.3 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ahead.

Japan ranks 20th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 12th of 189 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 175,795 1000 An 310,574 1000 An 134,780 1000 An Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
1970s 518,877 1000 An 460,867 1000 An 58,010 1000 An Japan
1980s 742,194 1000 An 661,072 1000 An 81,121 1000 An Japan
1990s 654,648 1000 An 879,800 1000 An 225,152 1000 An Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
2000s 668,147 1000 An 1.58 million 1000 An 907,096 1000 An Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
2010s 758,223 1000 An 2.60 million 1000 An 1.84 million 1000 An Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
2020s 824,763 1000 An 2.69 million 1000 An 1.86 million 1000 An Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, Japan or Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
Least Developed Countries (LDCs), at 2.77 million 1000 An against 846,707 1000 An in Japan as of 2024.
What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between Japan and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
1.93 million 1000 An, with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Japan and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
Japan ranks 20th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 12th 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.