Chicken meat production, per capita in Uganda
Uganda: Chicken meat production, per capita was 0.0027 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chicken meat production, per capita in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chicken meat production, per capita in Uganda is 0.0027 tonnes per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.0% on the previous year and up 60.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicken meat production, per capita in Uganda peaked at 0.0029 tonnes per person in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0013 tonnes per person, in 2006.
That places Uganda 134th 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0013 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | +19.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -11.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -13.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | +14.9% |
| 2001 | 0.002 tonnes per person | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0021 tonnes per person | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0022 tonnes per person | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | -14.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0013 tonnes per person | -31.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +14.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0022 tonnes per person | +35.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0022 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0022 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0022 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -16.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0029 tonnes per person | +56.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0028 tonnes per person | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0028 tonnes per person | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.0027 tonnes per person | -4.0% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 0.0027 tonnes per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0014 tonnes per person, 1.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 0.0027 tonnes per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0017 tonnes per person, 1.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chicken meat production, per capita in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +56.4% | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 0.0029 tonnes per person |
| 2015 | +35.0% | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 0.0022 tonnes per person |
| 2006 | -31.7% | 0.0019 tonnes per person | 0.0013 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 0.0013 tonnes per person | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 0.0013 tonnes per person | 0.0022 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.002 tonnes per person | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 0.0022 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0026 tonnes per person | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 0.0029 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1771 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.2805 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chicken meat production, per capita in Uganda?
- Chicken meat production, per capita in Uganda was 0.0027 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest chicken meat production, per capita recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0029 tonnes per person in 2021.
- What is the lowest chicken meat production, per capita recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0013 tonnes per person in 2006.
- How does Uganda rank for chicken meat production, per capita?
- Uganda ranks 134th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chicken meat production, per capita rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.