Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, mainland
China, mainland: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 11.87 million 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 11.87 million 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.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 34.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland peaked at 11.87 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 445,000 1000 An, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 2nd 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 China, mainland, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 445,000 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 460,000 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 470,000 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 480,000 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 500,000 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 510,000 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 530,000 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 540,000 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 564,000 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 575,000 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 605,000 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1972 | 645,000 1000 An | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 670,000 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 710,000 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 730,000 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 784,000 1000 An | +7.4% |
| 1977 | 825,000 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 875,000 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 905,000 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 940,000 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 965,000 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 1.01 million 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 1.04 million 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 1.07 million 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 1.12 million 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 1.28 million 1000 An | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 1.40 million 1000 An | +9.4% |
| 1988 | 1.70 million 1000 An | +21.2% |
| 1989 | 1.70 million 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 1.85 million 1000 An | +8.8% |
| 1991 | 2.14 million 1000 An | +15.9% |
| 1992 | 2.38 million 1000 An | +11.0% |
| 1993 | 3.09 million 1000 An | +30.0% |
| 1994 | 3.41 million 1000 An | +10.2% |
| 1995 | 4.08 million 1000 An | +19.6% |
| 1996 | 4.15 million 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 5.07 million 1000 An | +22.2% |
| 1998 | 5.38 million 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 5.83 million 1000 An | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 6.19 million 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 6.03 million 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 6.22 million 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 6.54 million 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 2004 | 6.50 million 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 6.88 million 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 6.83 million 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 7.33 million 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 7.80 million 1000 An | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 8.13 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 8.43 million 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 2011 | 8.68 million 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 9.25 million 1000 An | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 9.12 million 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 8.84 million 1000 An | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 9.23 million 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 9.52 million 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 9.93 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 10.62 million 1000 An | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 10.84 million 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 11.07 million 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 11.27 million 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 11.40 million 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 11.63 million 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 11.87 million 1000 An | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 499,889 1000 An | 445,000 1000 An | 564,000 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 732,400 1000 An | 575,000 1000 An | 905,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.22 million 1000 An | 940,000 1000 An | 1.70 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.74 million 1000 An | 1.85 million 1000 An | 5.83 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.85 million 1000 An | 6.03 million 1000 An | 8.13 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.45 million 1000 An | 8.43 million 1000 An | 10.84 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.45 million 1000 An | 11.07 million 1000 An | 11.87 million 1000 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in China, mainland was 11.87 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 11.87 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 445,000 1000 An in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.