Chicken meat yields per animal in Australia
Australia: Chicken meat yields per animal was 1.99 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.99
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
23rd
of 198 countries
All-time high
1.99
in 2024
All-time low
1.14
in 1966
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Chicken meat yields per animal in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1.99 for chicken meat yields per animal in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicken meat yields per animal in Australia peaked at 1.99 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.14, in 1966.
Australia ranks 23rd of 198 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.25 | 1.14 | 1.29 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.28 | 1.24 | 1.32 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.29 | 1.26 | 1.34 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.46 | 1.35 | 1.61 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.69 | 1.55 | 1.79 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.88 | 1.82 | 1.91 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.96 | 1.93 | 1.99 | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Land under cereal production 19.46 million hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chicken meat yields per animal in Australia?
- Chicken meat yields per animal in Australia was 1.99 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest chicken meat yields per animal recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.99 in 2024.
- What is the lowest chicken meat yields per animal recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.14 in 1966.
- How does Australia rank for chicken meat yields per animal?
- Australia ranks 23rd out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chicken meat yields per animal rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Chicken meat yields per animal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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