Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia
Australia: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 740,976 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia stood at 740,976 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia peaked at 740,976 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36,324 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Australia 24th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,324 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 36,550 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 37,341 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 43,650 1000 An | +16.9% |
| 1965 | 53,447 1000 An | +22.4% |
| 1966 | 57,152 1000 An | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 71,845 1000 An | +25.7% |
| 1968 | 81,764 1000 An | +13.8% |
| 1969 | 81,199 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 91,325 1000 An | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 111,488 1000 An | +22.1% |
| 1972 | 122,099 1000 An | +9.5% |
| 1973 | 121,151 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 147,659 1000 An | +21.9% |
| 1975 | 142,775 1000 An | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 152,036 1000 An | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 163,300 1000 An | +7.4% |
| 1978 | 183,580 1000 An | +12.4% |
| 1979 | 197,000 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 231,052 1000 An | +17.3% |
| 1981 | 230,622 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 213,967 1000 An | -7.2% |
| 1983 | 235,038 1000 An | +9.8% |
| 1984 | 224,170 1000 An | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 252,000 1000 An | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 265,416 1000 An | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 275,590 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 277,951 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 274,119 1000 An | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 285,506 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 283,701 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 293,507 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 304,128 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 329,525 1000 An | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 330,495 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 336,380 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 356,900 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 372,833 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 360,000 1000 An | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 394,000 1000 An | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 397,238 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 428,206 1000 An | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 418,269 1000 An | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 435,646 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 432,899 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 444,819 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 458,572 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 462,832 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 468,712 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 512,170 1000 An | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 546,758 1000 An | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 559,451 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 572,091 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 579,881 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 590,623 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 623,277 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 652,680 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 635,865 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 652,754 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 658,261 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 677,632 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 700,824 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 724,648 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 740,976 1000 An | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,475 1000 An | 36,324 1000 An | 81,764 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 143,241 1000 An | 91,325 1000 An | 197,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 247,992 1000 An | 213,967 1000 An | 277,951 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 325,298 1000 An | 283,701 1000 An | 372,833 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 434,119 1000 An | 394,000 1000 An | 468,712 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 592,555 1000 An | 512,170 1000 An | 652,754 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 700,468 1000 An | 658,261 1000 An | 740,976 1000 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia was 740,976 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?
- The highest recorded value was 740,976 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,324 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Australia ranks 24th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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.