Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 864,782 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 864,782 1000 An for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered 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 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 864,782 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 40,724 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 18th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,724 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 42,350 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 42,141 1000 An | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 49,150 1000 An | +16.6% |
| 1965 | 60,147 1000 An | +22.4% |
| 1966 | 64,502 1000 An | +7.2% |
| 1967 | 79,345 1000 An | +23.0% |
| 1968 | 89,464 1000 An | +12.8% |
| 1969 | 90,599 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 102,675 1000 An | +13.3% |
| 1971 | 125,888 1000 An | +22.6% |
| 1972 | 137,049 1000 An | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 137,651 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 169,959 1000 An | +23.5% |
| 1975 | 160,975 1000 An | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 174,036 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 187,300 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1978 | 212,780 1000 An | +13.6% |
| 1979 | 224,300 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 258,052 1000 An | +15.0% |
| 1981 | 258,622 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 242,412 1000 An | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 266,538 1000 An | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 257,370 1000 An | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 291,000 1000 An | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 303,125 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 314,515 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 320,097 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 319,702 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 328,975 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 328,358 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 340,005 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 354,853 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 380,955 1000 An | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 392,614 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 398,690 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 415,943 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 436,158 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 424,501 1000 An | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 459,330 1000 An | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 465,060 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 501,007 1000 An | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 497,724 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 519,294 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 522,550 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 531,404 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 542,997 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 546,071 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 547,848 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 594,049 1000 An | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 631,902 1000 An | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 651,954 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 665,399 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 682,883 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 697,587 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 733,306 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 770,925 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 761,361 1000 An | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 773,498 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 776,963 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 798,371 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 821,126 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 845,941 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 864,782 1000 An | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 62,047 1000 An | 40,724 1000 An | 90,599 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 163,261 1000 An | 102,675 1000 An | 224,300 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 283,143 1000 An | 242,412 1000 An | 320,097 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 380,105 1000 An | 328,358 1000 An | 436,158 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 513,328 1000 An | 459,330 1000 An | 547,848 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 696,286 1000 An | 594,049 1000 An | 773,498 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 821,437 1000 An | 776,963 1000 An | 864,782 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 20,475 1000 An compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 1.08 million 1000 An compare
- 16 Colombia 1.07 million 1000 An compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,992 1000 An compare
- 17 South Africa 1.05 million 1000 An compare
- 17 Polynesia 1,746 1000 An compare
- 18 Micronesia 1,374 1000 An compare
- 19 Japan 846,705 1000 An compare
- 19 Timor-Leste 603 1000 An compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 203 1000 An compare
- 20 Peru 826,762 1000 An compare
- 21 Canada 806,785 1000 An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia and New Zealand was 864,782 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 864,782 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,724 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 18th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.