Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Benin
Benin: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 26,339 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Benin recorded 26,339 1000 An for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is up 23.9% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Benin peaked at 30,000 1000 An in 1985 and was at its lowest, 5,000 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Benin 114th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Benin, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,100 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 5,200 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 5,300 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 5,500 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 5,800 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 1969 | 6,100 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 6,700 1000 An | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 7,400 1000 An | +10.4% |
| 1972 | 8,000 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 1973 | 8,800 1000 An | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 9,600 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 10,500 1000 An | +9.4% |
| 1976 | 11,500 1000 An | +9.5% |
| 1977 | 12,300 1000 An | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 13,200 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 14,500 1000 An | +9.8% |
| 1980 | 15,600 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 16,000 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 18,000 1000 An | +12.5% |
| 1983 | 23,000 1000 An | +27.8% |
| 1984 | 26,000 1000 An | +13.0% |
| 1985 | 30,000 1000 An | +15.4% |
| 1986 | 24,000 1000 An | -20.0% |
| 1987 | 22,000 1000 An | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 19,000 1000 An | -13.6% |
| 1989 | 15,000 1000 An | -21.1% |
| 1990 | 13,500 1000 An | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 11,000 1000 An | -18.5% |
| 1992 | 11,500 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 12,500 1000 An | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 13,000 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 13,500 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 13,700 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 14,000 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 14,300 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 14,500 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 17,317 1000 An | +19.4% |
| 2001 | 17,318 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 18,333 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 26,000 1000 An | +41.8% |
| 2004 | 21,344 1000 An | -17.9% |
| 2005 | 24,100 1000 An | +12.9% |
| 2006 | 18,073 1000 An | -25.0% |
| 2007 | 19,136 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 17,727 1000 An | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 18,198 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 18,791 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 21,231 1000 An | +13.0% |
| 2012 | 21,911 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 22,611 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 23,335 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 24,082 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 24,855 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 25,653 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 26,474 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 27,322 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 17,806 1000 An | -34.8% |
| 2021 | 17,017 1000 An | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 17,018 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 21,262 1000 An | +24.9% |
| 2024 | 26,339 1000 An | +23.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,333 1000 An | 5,000 1000 An | 6,100 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,250 1000 An | 6,700 1000 An | 14,500 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,860 1000 An | 15,000 1000 An | 30,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,150 1000 An | 11,000 1000 An | 14,500 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,755 1000 An | 17,317 1000 An | 26,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,626 1000 An | 18,791 1000 An | 27,322 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,888 1000 An | 17,017 1000 An | 26,339 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Benin?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Benin was 26,339 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 30,000 1000 An in 1985.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Benin ranks 114th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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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About this data
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.