Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Northern America
Northern America: Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production was 271,430 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Northern America stood at 271,430 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Northern America peaked at 271,430 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 195,894 t, in 1990.
Northern America ranks 9th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 217,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 202,000 t | -6.9% |
| 1963 | 205,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 215,000 t | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 217,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 220,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 222,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 224,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 226,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 229,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 231,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 230,000 t | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 236,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 238,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 235,000 t | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 230,000 t | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 230,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 230,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 230,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 220,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 220,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 215,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 215,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 200,000 t | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 200,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 200,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 200,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 200,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 200,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 195,894 t | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 199,930 t | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 206,952 t | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 205,850 t | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 215,568 t | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 220,595 t | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 218,617 t | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 218,978 t | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 228,697 t | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 233,748 t | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 233,833 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 231,307 t | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 238,910 t | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 235,904 t | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 228,544 t | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 230,074 t | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 239,357 t | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 245,104 t | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 250,741 t | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 249,561 t | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 248,400 t | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 248,400 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 252,625 t | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 254,584 t | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 256,062 t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 257,345 t | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 258,751 t | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 260,000 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 261,630 t | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 263,520 t | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 265,235 t | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 268,041 t | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 268,657 t | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 270,043 t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 271,430 t | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 216,444 t | 202,000 t | 226,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 231,900 t | 229,000 t | 238,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 207,000 t | 200,000 t | 220,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 214,483 t | 195,894 t | 233,748 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 238,334 t | 228,544 t | 250,741 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 256,132 t | 248,400 t | 263,520 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 268,681 t | 265,235 t | 271,430 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 6 Germany 58,400 t compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 24,000 t compare
- 7 Morocco 56,655 t compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,811 t compare
- 8 South Africa 53,993 t compare
- 9 Argentina 51,419 t compare
- 10 Congo 47,121 t compare
- 11 Zambia 42,535 t compare
- 12 Côte d'Ivoire 161,065 t compare
- 12 Zimbabwe 35,715 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Northern America?
- Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Northern America was 271,430 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 271,430 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 195,894 t in 1990.
- How does Northern America rank for game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production?
- Northern America ranks 9th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.