Chicken meat production, per capita in Tanzania
Tanzania: Chicken meat production, per capita was 0.0022 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chicken meat production, per capita in Tanzania, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Tanzania recorded 0.0022 tonnes per person for chicken meat production, per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicken meat production, per capita in Tanzania peaked at 0.0022 tonnes per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0005 tonnes per person, in 1961.
That places Tanzania 141st out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chicken meat production, per capita in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0005 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0005 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0005 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0005 tonnes per person | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0005 tonnes per person | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 0.0006 tonnes per person | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0006 tonnes per person | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0006 tonnes per person | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0007 tonnes per person | +15.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0007 tonnes per person | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0008 tonnes per person | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0008 tonnes per person | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0008 tonnes per person | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0008 tonnes per person | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0009 tonnes per person | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0009 tonnes per person | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0009 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0009 tonnes per person | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0009 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0008 tonnes per person | -13.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0009 tonnes per person | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0009 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0008 tonnes per person | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0008 tonnes per person | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0008 tonnes per person | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0008 tonnes per person | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0008 tonnes per person | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0008 tonnes per person | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0009 tonnes per person | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0009 tonnes per person | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.001 tonnes per person | +13.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0011 tonnes per person | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0012 tonnes per person | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 0.001 tonnes per person | -15.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0011 tonnes per person | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 0.001 tonnes per person | -9.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0011 tonnes per person | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0012 tonnes per person | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0012 tonnes per person | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0012 tonnes per person | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.002 tonnes per person | +12.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -12.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0011 tonnes per person | -41.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | +19.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0007 tonnes per person | -49.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | +104.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.002 tonnes per person | +32.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0022 tonnes per person | +8.2% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 0.0022 tonnes per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0031 tonnes per person, 70% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 0.0022 tonnes per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0017 tonnes per person, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chicken meat production, per capita in Tanzania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +104.1% | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 0.0014 tonnes per person |
| 2019 | -49.1% | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 0.0007 tonnes per person |
| 2017 | -41.0% | 0.0019 tonnes per person | 0.0011 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 0.0009 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 0.0009 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0011 tonnes per person | 0.0009 tonnes per person | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 0.0019 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 0.002 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 0.0022 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
- 138 French Polynesia 0.0023 tonnes per person compare
- 139 Eswatini 0.0023 tonnes per person compare
- 140 Ghana 0.0022 tonnes per person compare
- 142 Mali 0.0021 tonnes per person compare
- 143 Sierra Leone 0.0021 tonnes per person compare
- 144 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0021 tonnes per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tanzania
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.6695 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.2257 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.266 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0004 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.5659 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2291 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 292.74 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chicken meat production, per capita in Tanzania?
- Chicken meat production, per capita in Tanzania was 0.0022 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chicken meat production, per capita recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0022 tonnes per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest chicken meat production, per capita recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0005 tonnes per person in 1961.
- How does Tanzania rank for chicken meat production, per capita?
- Tanzania ranks 141st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chicken meat production, per capita rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Chicken meat production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Chicken meat production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Chicken meat production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Chicken meat production Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Chicken meat production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.