Japan vs Western Europe: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time
- Japan
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 2.54 million 1000 An against 846,707 1000 An in Japan, a difference of 1.70 million 1000 An.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 3.0 times Japan's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 20th and Western Europe ranks 17th of 191 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 175,795 1000 An | 813,567 1000 An | 637,772 1000 An | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 518,877 1000 An | 1.31 million 1000 An | 787,367 1000 An | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 742,194 1000 An | 1.80 million 1000 An | 1.06 million 1000 An | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 654,648 1000 An | 2.21 million 1000 An | 1.55 million 1000 An | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 668,147 1000 An | 2.42 million 1000 An | 1.75 million 1000 An | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 758,223 1000 An | 2.70 million 1000 An | 1.94 million 1000 An | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 824,763 1000 An | 2.53 million 1000 An | 1.71 million 1000 An | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, Japan or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 2.54 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 Europe?
- 1.70 million 1000 An, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Western Europe rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Japan ranks 20th and Western Europe ranks 17th 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
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.