Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Cameroon
Cameroon: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 90,404 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Cameroon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 90,404 1000 An for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Cameroon peaked at 98,497 1000 An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,500 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Cameroon 76th out of 191 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 Cameroon, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,500 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,700 1000 An | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 4,200 1000 An | +13.5% |
| 1964 | 5,720 1000 An | +36.2% |
| 1965 | 6,200 1000 An | +8.4% |
| 1966 | 7,300 1000 An | +17.7% |
| 1967 | 8,220 1000 An | +12.6% |
| 1968 | 8,820 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 1969 | 10,020 1000 An | +13.6% |
| 1970 | 10,010 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 10,000 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 9,930 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 10,500 1000 An | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 10,800 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 10,200 1000 An | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 11,000 1000 An | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 11,200 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 11,600 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 12,000 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 9,600 1000 An | -20.0% |
| 1981 | 8,200 1000 An | -14.6% |
| 1982 | 8,300 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 10,000 1000 An | +20.5% |
| 1984 | 14,400 1000 An | +44.0% |
| 1985 | 13,800 1000 An | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 16,000 1000 An | +15.9% |
| 1987 | 16,800 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 19,500 1000 An | +16.1% |
| 1989 | 19,800 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 21,200 1000 An | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 22,500 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 23,000 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 24,000 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 25,500 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 26,500 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 30,000 1000 An | +13.2% |
| 1997 | 33,500 1000 An | +11.7% |
| 1998 | 37,500 1000 An | +11.9% |
| 1999 | 36,000 1000 An | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 26,500 1000 An | -26.4% |
| 2001 | 37,500 1000 An | +41.5% |
| 2002 | 37,500 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 37,500 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 57,500 1000 An | +53.3% |
| 2005 | 66,500 1000 An | +15.7% |
| 2006 | 76,000 1000 An | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 80,750 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 84,625 1000 An | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 79,875 1000 An | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 85,000 1000 An | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 87,500 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 88,000 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 90,000 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 93,066 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 94,824 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 95,298 1000 An | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 96,122 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 87,302 1000 An | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 84,941 1000 An | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 38,000 1000 An | -55.3% |
| 2021 | 96,045 1000 An | +152.8% |
| 2022 | 98,497 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 87,038 1000 An | -11.6% |
| 2024 | 90,404 1000 An | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,409 1000 An | 3,500 1000 An | 10,020 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,724 1000 An | 9,930 1000 An | 12,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,640 1000 An | 8,200 1000 An | 19,800 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,970 1000 An | 21,200 1000 An | 37,500 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,425 1000 An | 26,500 1000 An | 84,625 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 90,205 1000 An | 84,941 1000 An | 96,122 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 81,997 1000 An | 38,000 1000 An | 98,497 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 73 Ghana 96,873 1000 An compare
- 74 Ethiopia PDR 96,500 1000 An compare
- 75 Mali 92,627 1000 An compare
- 77 Switzerland 90,024 1000 An compare
- 78 Uzbekistan 88,482 1000 An compare
- 79 Jamaica 86,407 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cameroon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.9031 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1685 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 332.28 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4433 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.9% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Cameroon?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Cameroon was 90,404 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 98,497 1000 An in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,500 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Cameroon rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Cameroon ranks 76th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon 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.