Chicken meat yields per animal in United States
United States: Chicken meat yields per animal was 2.11 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
2.11
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
16th
of 197 countries
All-time high
2.16
in 2019
All-time low
1.14
in 1967
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Chicken meat yields per animal in United States, 1961–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
United States recorded 2.11 for chicken meat yields per animal in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chicken meat yields per animal in United States peaked at 2.16 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.14, in 1967.
United States ranks 16th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.17 | 1.14 | 1.33 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.24 | 1.19 | 1.29 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.38 | 1.3 | 1.46 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.54 | 1.44 | 1.66 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.78 | 1.67 | 1.89 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.05 | 1.93 | 2.16 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.07 | 2.01 | 2.11 | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United States
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.96 % change on previous year (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0094 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 673.66 current US$ per person (2021)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.1831 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1981 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.943 (2021)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.943 (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chicken meat yields per animal in United States?
- Chicken meat yields per animal in United States was 2.11 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest chicken meat yields per animal recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 2.16 in 2019.
- What is the lowest chicken meat yields per animal recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.14 in 1967.
- How does United States rank for chicken meat yields per animal?
- United States ranks 16th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chicken meat yields per animal rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States 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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