Mexico vs South America: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered

Mexico
2.14 million 1000 An
in 2024
South America
10.37 million 1000 An
in 2024
Mexico rank
8th
South America rank
6th

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

  • Mexico
  • South America
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M196119922024

How they compare

South America currently reports 10.37 million 1000 An against 2.14 million 1000 An in Mexico, a difference of 8.23 million 1000 An.

That makes South America's figure about 4.9 times Mexico's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.

Mexico ranks 8th and South America ranks 6th of 191 countries.

South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico South America Difference Ahead
1960s 124,656 1000 An 427,827 1000 An 303,171 1000 An South America
1970s 217,361 1000 An 1.05 million 1000 An 827,743 1000 An South America
1980s 367,802 1000 An 2.23 million 1000 An 1.86 million 1000 An South America
1990s 739,608 1000 An 4.16 million 1000 An 3.42 million 1000 An South America
2000s 1.34 million 1000 An 7.02 million 1000 An 5.68 million 1000 An South America
2010s 1.68 million 1000 An 9.00 million 1000 An 7.32 million 1000 An South America
2020s 2.06 million 1000 An 9.98 million 1000 An 7.92 million 1000 An South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, Mexico or South America?
South America, at 10.37 million 1000 An against 2.14 million 1000 An in Mexico as of 2024.
What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between Mexico and South America?
8.23 million 1000 An, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South America?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mexico and South America rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
Mexico ranks 8th and South America ranks 6th 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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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.