Chicken meat yield per animal in Spain
Spain: Chicken meat yield per animal was 1.97 kilograms per animal in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chicken meat yield per animal in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms per animal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chicken meat yield per animal in Spain is 1.97 kilograms per animal, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicken meat yield per animal in Spain peaked at 2.01 kilograms per animal in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.956 kilograms per animal, in 1962.
That places Spain 25th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 1.12 kilograms per animal | 0.956 kilograms per animal | 1.24 kilograms per animal | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.4 kilograms per animal | 1.35 kilograms per animal | 1.5 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.52 kilograms per animal | 1.5 kilograms per animal | 1.53 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.52 kilograms per animal | 1.46 kilograms per animal | 1.57 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.79 kilograms per animal | 1.46 kilograms per animal | 1.98 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.82 kilograms per animal | 1.63 kilograms per animal | 1.97 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.97 kilograms per animal | 1.94 kilograms per animal | 2.01 kilograms per animal | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 51.14 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.7% (2025)
- Rural population 9.62 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 19.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 5.51 million hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chicken meat yield per animal in Spain?
- Chicken meat yield per animal in Spain was 1.97 kilograms per animal in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest chicken meat yield per animal recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 2.01 kilograms per animal in 2020.
- What is the lowest chicken meat yield per animal recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.956 kilograms per animal in 1962.
- How does Spain rank for chicken meat yield per animal?
- Spain ranks 25th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chicken meat yield per animal rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Chicken meat yield per animal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average meat yield per carcass, measured in kilograms per chicken.