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

Latest (2024)
326,676 An
Change on year
down 2.8%
Rank
6th
of 15 groups
All-time high
336,256 An
in 2023
All-time low
56,000 An
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa, 1961–2024

100.0k200.0k300.0k196119922024

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

Annual values for Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa, 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Western Africa

  1. 3 Niger 150,207 An compare
  2. 4 Mali 65,597 An compare
  3. 5 Senegal 54,453 An compare
  4. 6 Burkina Faso 30,583 An compare
  5. 7 Mauritania 25,836 An compare
  6. 8 Spain 3,000 An compare
  7. 9 Lesotho 662 An compare

See the full ranking of 30 places →

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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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Indicator
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
30 places, 1,452 data points, 1961–2024
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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.