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

South America
10.37 million 1000 An
in 2024
USSR
2.38 million 1000 An
in 1991
South America rank
6th
USSR rank
7th

Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered over time

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

How they compare

South America currently reports 10.37 million 1000 An against 2.38 million 1000 An in USSR, a difference of 7.99 million 1000 An.

That makes South America's figure about 4.4 times USSR's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was USSR ahead.

South America ranks 6th and USSR ranks 7th of 29 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, South America averaged higher in 2 and USSR in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade South America USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 427,827 1000 An 592,391 1000 An 164,565 1000 An USSR
1970s 1.05 million 1000 An 1.14 million 1000 An 91,205 1000 An USSR
1980s 2.23 million 1000 An 2.12 million 1000 An 106,060 1000 An South America
1990s 2.95 million 1000 An 2.45 million 1000 An 494,230 1000 An South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, South America or USSR?
South America, at 10.37 million 1000 An against 2.38 million 1000 An in USSR as of 2024.
What is the difference in meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered between South America and USSR?
7.99 million 1000 An, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South America and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do South America and USSR rank globally for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
South America ranks 6th and USSR ranks 7th 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

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.