Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa
Western Africa: Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 326,676 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa stood at 326,676 An.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and up 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa peaked at 336,256 An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 56,000 An, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 60,400 An | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 61,600 An | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 71,300 An | +15.7% |
| 1965 | 82,700 An | +16.0% |
| 1966 | 91,900 An | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 100,300 An | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 108,300 An | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 103,600 An | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 104,400 An | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 121,000 An | +15.9% |
| 1972 | 114,300 An | -5.5% |
| 1973 | 100,700 An | -11.9% |
| 1974 | 104,600 An | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 108,700 An | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 114,500 An | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 121,100 An | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 124,600 An | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 125,200 An | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 127,800 An | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 132,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 142,300 An | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 137,600 An | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 120,400 An | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 109,400 An | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 122,000 An | +11.5% |
| 1987 | 123,800 An | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 144,800 An | +17.0% |
| 1989 | 150,200 An | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 138,565 An | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 144,756 An | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 149,754 An | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 154,318 An | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 155,736 An | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 156,444 An | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 125,580 An | -19.7% |
| 1997 | 135,763 An | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 145,538 An | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 155,967 An | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 145,991 An | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 156,708 An | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 160,645 An | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 208,430 An | +29.7% |
| 2004 | 228,064 An | +9.4% |
| 2005 | 243,756 An | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 256,100 An | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 262,250 An | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 272,860 An | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 284,500 An | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 291,200 An | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 283,700 An | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 275,785 An | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 273,920 An | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 259,614 An | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 259,987 An | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 266,021 An | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 279,386 An | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 285,083 An | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 288,930 An | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 306,830 An | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 315,947 An | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 326,031 An | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 336,256 An | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 326,676 An | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,789 An | 56,000 An | 108,300 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 113,910 An | 100,700 An | 125,200 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 131,030 An | 109,400 An | 150,200 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 146,242 An | 125,580 An | 156,444 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 221,930 An | 145,991 An | 284,500 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 276,363 An | 259,614 An | 291,200 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 322,348 An | 306,830 An | 336,256 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa?
- Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa was 326,676 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 336,256 An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,000 An in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Western Africa ranks 6th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of asses, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.