Japan vs Western Africa: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Japan
846,707 1000 An
in 2024
Western Africa
1.06 million 1000 An
in 2024
Japan rank
20th
Western Africa rank
23rd

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Japan
  • Western Africa
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How they compare

Western Africa currently reports 1.06 million 1000 An against 846,707 1000 An in Japan, a difference of 214,953 1000 An.

That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 20th and Western Africa ranks 23rd of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Western Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 175,795 1000 An 106,304 1000 An 69,491 1000 An Japan
1970s 518,877 1000 An 168,847 1000 An 350,030 1000 An Japan
1980s 742,194 1000 An 278,028 1000 An 464,166 1000 An Japan
1990s 654,648 1000 An 393,102 1000 An 261,545 1000 An Japan
2000s 668,147 1000 An 546,491 1000 An 121,656 1000 An Japan
2010s 758,223 1000 An 741,788 1000 An 16,435 1000 An Japan
2020s 824,763 1000 An 982,523 1000 An 157,760 1000 An Western Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, Japan or Western Africa?
Western Africa, at 1.06 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 Western Africa?
214,953 1000 An, with Western Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Western Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Japan and Western Africa rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
Japan ranks 20th and Western Africa ranks 23rd 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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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.