Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Africa
Africa: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 6.13 million 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa is 6.13 million 1000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa peaked at 6.13 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 358,405 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Africa 12th out of 29 groups 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 Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 358,405 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 372,999 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 386,697 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 409,381 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 428,228 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 453,648 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 481,029 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 508,385 1000 An | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 546,194 1000 An | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 578,997 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 604,742 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 645,472 1000 An | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 681,464 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 1974 | 713,824 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 755,477 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 816,202 1000 An | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 861,060 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 903,591 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 948,340 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 994,740 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 1.06 million 1000 An | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 1.13 million 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 1.23 million 1000 An | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 1.33 million 1000 An | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 1.37 million 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 1.46 million 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 1.55 million 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 1.56 million 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 1.63 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 1.77 million 1000 An | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 1.81 million 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 1.83 million 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 1.82 million 1000 An | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 1.91 million 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 2.03 million 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 2.09 million 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 2.23 million 1000 An | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 2.26 million 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 2.38 million 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 2.44 million 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 2.60 million 1000 An | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 2.68 million 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 2.72 million 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 2.77 million 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 2.83 million 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 2.97 million 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 3.23 million 1000 An | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 3.43 million 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 3.66 million 1000 An | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 3.89 million 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 3.96 million 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 4.03 million 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 4.03 million 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 4.18 million 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 4.30 million 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 4.57 million 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 4.74 million 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 4.86 million 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 5.31 million 1000 An | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 5.39 million 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 5.75 million 1000 An | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 6.11 million 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 6.09 million 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 6.13 million 1000 An | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 438,330 1000 An | 358,405 1000 An | 546,194 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 750,917 1000 An | 578,997 1000 An | 948,340 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.33 million 1000 An | 994,740 1000 An | 1.63 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.01 million 1000 An | 1.77 million 1000 An | 2.38 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.93 million 1000 An | 2.44 million 1000 An | 3.66 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.39 million 1000 An | 3.89 million 1000 An | 5.31 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.89 million 1000 An | 5.39 million 1000 An | 6.13 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 9 Pakistan 2.01 million 1000 An compare
- 10 Egypt 1.76 million 1000 An compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 107,669 1000 An compare
- 11 Philippines 1.34 million 1000 An compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 101,213 1000 An compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 54,084 1000 An compare
- 12 Thailand 1.34 million 1000 An compare
- 13 Poland 1.30 million 1000 An compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 43,072 1000 An compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.18 million 1000 An compare
- 14 Melanesia 22,957 1000 An compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 20,475 1000 An compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 1.08 million 1000 An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Africa was 6.13 million 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6.13 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 358,405 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Africa ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.