Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China
China: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 0.0087 1000 An per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 An per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China is 0.0087 1000 An per person, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China peaked at 0.0087 1000 An per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0007 1000 An per person, in 1961.
That places China 72nd out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0007 1000 An per person | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0008 1000 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 0.001 1000 An per person | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 0.001 1000 An per person | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0011 1000 An per person | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0011 1000 An per person | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0011 1000 An per person | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0012 1000 An per person | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0012 1000 An per person | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0012 1000 An per person | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0013 1000 An per person | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0014 1000 An per person | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | +7.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | +16.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0019 1000 An per person | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0021 1000 An per person | +12.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0023 1000 An per person | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0029 1000 An per person | +26.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0031 1000 An per person | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0037 1000 An per person | +16.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0037 1000 An per person | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0045 1000 An per person | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0047 1000 An per person | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 0.005 1000 An per person | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0052 1000 An per person | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0051 1000 An per person | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0052 1000 An per person | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0054 1000 An per person | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0053 1000 An per person | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0056 1000 An per person | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0055 1000 An per person | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0058 1000 An per person | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0062 1000 An per person | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0064 1000 An per person | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0066 1000 An per person | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0067 1000 An per person | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0071 1000 An per person | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0069 1000 An per person | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0067 1000 An per person | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0069 1000 An per person | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0071 1000 An per person | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0074 1000 An per person | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0078 1000 An per person | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 0.008 1000 An per person | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0081 1000 An per person | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0083 1000 An per person | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0084 1000 An per person | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0085 1000 An per person | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.0087 1000 An per person | +2.2% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0.0087 1000 An per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0111 1000 An per person, 79% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- China's 0.0087 1000 An per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0068 1000 An per person, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +26.3% | 0.0023 1000 An per person | 0.0029 1000 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0008 1000 An per person | 0.0007 1000 An per person | 0.0008 1000 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0009 1000 An per person | 0.0008 1000 An per person | 0.0011 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0014 1000 An per person | 0.0011 1000 An per person | 0.0018 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0034 1000 An per person | 0.0019 1000 An per person | 0.005 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0056 1000 An per person | 0.0051 1000 An per person | 0.0064 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0071 1000 An per person | 0.0066 1000 An per person | 0.008 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0084 1000 An per person | 0.0081 1000 An per person | 0.0087 1000 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China was 0.0087 1000 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0087 1000 An per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0007 1000 An per person in 1961.
- How does China rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- China ranks 72nd out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.