Northern Africa vs South Africa: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time
- Northern Africa
- South Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 3.16 million 1000 An against 1.05 million 1000 An in South Africa, a difference of 2.12 million 1000 An.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 3.0 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Northern Africa ranks 15th and South Africa ranks 17th of 29 groups.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149,882 1000 An | 43,897 1000 An | 105,985 1000 An | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 221,301 1000 An | 120,052 1000 An | 101,249 1000 An | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 531,913 1000 An | 229,645 1000 An | 302,267 1000 An | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 875,156 1000 An | 417,114 1000 An | 458,041 1000 An | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 1.26 million 1000 An | 677,923 1000 An | 583,231 1000 An | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 1.99 million 1000 An | 987,893 1000 An | 1.01 million 1000 An | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 3.05 million 1000 An | 1.04 million 1000 An | 2.01 million 1000 An | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, Northern Africa or South Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 3.16 million 1000 An against 1.05 million 1000 An in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between Northern Africa and South Africa?
- 2.12 million 1000 An, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern Africa and South Africa rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Northern Africa ranks 15th and South Africa ranks 17th 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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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.