Chicken meat yield per animal by country
Average meat yield per carcass, measured in kilograms per chicken.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
3.58 kilograms per animal
Rwanda
Lowest
0.55 kilograms per animal
Benin
Median
1.33 kilograms per animal
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,556
What the numbers show
Chicken meat yield per animal is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 3.58 kilograms per animal in Rwanda; the lowest is 0.55 kilograms per animal in Benin.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.33 kilograms per animal, and the mean is 1.39 kilograms per animal.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 141.7%), and the largest decrease in Singapore (down 37.0%).
Chicken meat yield per animal: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 3.58 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Fiji | 3.27 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 57.4% | rising |
| 3 | Argentina | 3.12 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 4 | Malawi | 3.06 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Bolivia | 2.92 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 6 | Japan | 2.91 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 7 | Malaysia | 2.43 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 8 | Chile | 2.39 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 9 | Nicaragua | 2.32 kilograms per animal | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 10 | Uruguay | 2.29 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 2.27 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 141.7% | rising |
| 12 | Sudan | 2.26 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 13 | Peru | 2.25 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 14 | Lebanon | 2.13 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 2.11 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 16 | United States | 2.11 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 17 | Ecuador | 2.1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Russia | 2.07 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 19 | Israel | 2.04 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 20 | Georgia | 2.01 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 21 | Hungary | 2.01 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 22 | Cyprus | 2 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 23 | Australia | 1.99 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 1.97 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 25 | Spain | 1.97 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 26 | Italy | 1.92 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 1.89 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 28 | Mexico | 1.88 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 29 | Poland | 1.88 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 30 | New Zealand | 1.86 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 31 | Venezuela | 1.84 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 32 | Ukraine | 1.84 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 33 | Turkey | 1.84 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 34 | Vietnam | 1.83 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 35 | South Africa | 1.83 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 36 | Honduras | 1.83 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 37 | Guyana | 1.81 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 38 | Mozambique | 1.79 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 1.78 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 1.78 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia | 1.77 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 42 | Germany | 1.77 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 42 | Panama | 1.77 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 44 | Taiwan | 1.76 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 1.76 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 46 | Canada | 1.76 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 46 | Finland | 1.76 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 48 | Belize | 1.75 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 49 | Lithuania | 1.75 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 50 | Latvia | 1.75 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 51 | Iceland | 1.72 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 52 | Belgium | 1.72 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 18.6% | flat |
| 53 | Colombia | 1.71 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 54 | Seychelles | 1.71 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 55 | Slovenia | 1.69 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 56 | Estonia | 1.69 kilograms per animal | 2018 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.67 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 57 | Netherlands | 1.67 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.67 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 60 | Greece | 1.67 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 61 | Romania | 1.67 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 62 | Guatemala | 1.65 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 62 | Jamaica | 1.65 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 64 | Malta | 1.64 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 1.63 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 66 | Sweden | 1.62 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 67 | France | 1.6 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 1.6 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 69 | Croatia | 1.59 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 70 | Ireland | 1.58 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 51.3% | flat |
| 71 | United Kingdom | 1.57 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 72 | Guinea | 1.56 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 72 | Syria | 1.56 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 74 | Senegal | 1.55 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 75 | Denmark | 1.55 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Suriname | 1.55 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 78 | Norway | 1.52 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 79 | New Caledonia | 1.52 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 80 | Slovakia | 1.51 kilograms per animal | 2019 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 81 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.5 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 82 | India | 1.5 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 83 | Brunei | 1.48 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 84 | Kenya | 1.48 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 85 | Portugal | 1.47 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 86 | Egypt | 1.47 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 87 | Tanzania | 1.46 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 88 | Palestine | 1.44 kilograms per animal | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 89 | Thailand | 1.43 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 89 | Tunisia | 1.43 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 91 | Barbados | 1.41 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 92 | Mongolia | 1.39 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.38 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 94 | Czechia | 1.37 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 95 | South Sudan | 1.37 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 96 | Luxembourg | 1.36 kilograms per animal | 2017 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 97 | United Arab Emirates | 1.34 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 98 | Myanmar | 1.34 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 99 | Iraq | 1.33 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 100 | Turkmenistan | 1.32 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 101 | Cuba | 1.3 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 102 | China | 1.29 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 103 | Austria | 1.29 kilograms per animal | 2021 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 104 | Uganda | 1.29 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 1.28 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 107 | Switzerland | 1.26 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 108 | Cameroon | 1.25 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 109 | El Salvador | 1.25 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 110 | Singapore | 1.23 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 111 | Kuwait | 1.23 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 111 | Puerto Rico | 1.23 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 113 | Iran | 1.21 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 114 | Jordan | 1.2 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 115 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.2 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Cape Verde | 1.2 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 115 | Saint Lucia | 1.2 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Philippines | 1.19 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 120 | Algeria | 1.19 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 121 | Qatar | 1.18 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 122 | Libya | 1.17 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 123 | Pakistan | 1.17 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 124 | Moldova | 1.17 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 125 | Bahamas | 1.16 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 1.15 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 1.1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 127 | North Korea | 1.1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 129 | Armenia | 1.08 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 130 | Yemen | 1.08 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 131 | Belarus | 1.07 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 132 | Mauritius | 1.03 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 133 | Burundi | 1.02 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 133 | Niue | 1.02 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 135 | Zambia | 1.02 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 136 | French Guiana | 1.02 kilograms per animal | 2006 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Eswatini | 1.01 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 138 | Reunion | 1 kilograms per animal | 2006 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 139 | Congo | 1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Dominica | 1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Cambodia | 1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Nigeria | 1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 139 | Paraguay | 1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 1 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 146 | Albania | 0.994 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 147 | Kiribati | 0.991 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 148 | Angola | 0.948 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 149 | Grenada | 0.945 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 20.1% | flat |
| 149 | Tuvalu | 0.945 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 151 | Bhutan | 0.937 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 0.916 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 153 | Haiti | 0.9 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Morocco | 0.9 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 155 | Namibia | 0.894 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 156 | French Polynesia | 0.885 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 157 | Bahrain | 0.877 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 25.2% | flat |
| 157 | Gambia | 0.877 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 0.865 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 160 | Macao | 0.864 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 161 | South Korea | 0.863 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 162 | Indonesia | 0.854 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 163 | Afghanistan | 0.847 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 164 | Cook Islands | 0.839 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 165 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.837 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 166 | Madagascar | 0.828 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 167 | Liberia | 0.822 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 168 | East Timor | 0.816 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 169 | Gabon | 0.813 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.813 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 171 | Samoa | 0.806 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 172 | Laos | 0.803 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Comoros | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Ethiopia | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Lesotho | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Mauritania | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Niger | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Nauru | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 173 | Somalia | 0.8 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Chad | 0.799 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 182 | Micronesia (country) | 0.798 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Oman | 0.795 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 184 | North Macedonia | 0.792 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | 0.785 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 186 | Ghana | 0.769 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 187 | Nepal | 0.766 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 188 | Tonga | 0.733 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 189 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.703 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 190 | Bangladesh | 0.7 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 191 | Botswana | 0.685 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 192 | Togo | 0.684 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 193 | Eritrea | 0.655 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 194 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.633 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 195 | Montenegro | 0.599 kilograms per animal | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 196 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.589 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 197 | Mali | 0.562 kilograms per animal | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 198 | Benin | 0.55 kilograms per animal | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 1.3 kilograms per animal
About this data
Average meat yield per carcass, measured in kilograms per chicken.