Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in France
France: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 779,642 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in France, 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 France stood at 779,642 1000 An.
The figure is up 7.3% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in France peaked at 928,643 1000 An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 280,000 1000 An, in 1966.
France ranks 22nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 France, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 316,000 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 329,000 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 355,000 1000 An | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 382,000 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 399,000 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 280,000 1000 An | -29.8% |
| 1967 | 289,000 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 291,000 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 355,250 1000 An | +22.1% |
| 1970 | 375,926 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 384,776 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 422,484 1000 An | +9.8% |
| 1973 | 429,658 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 445,915 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 466,463 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 1976 | 489,184 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 1977 | 504,420 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 535,050 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 560,000 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 610,000 1000 An | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 735,000 1000 An | +20.5% |
| 1982 | 805,000 1000 An | +9.5% |
| 1983 | 761,000 1000 An | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 728,469 1000 An | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 732,541 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 740,410 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 797,026 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1988 | 817,056 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 839,766 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 813,200 1000 An | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 787,455 1000 An | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 789,921 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 824,925 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 848,208 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 851,944 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 900,092 1000 An | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 920,812 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 928,643 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 897,262 1000 An | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 888,761 1000 An | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 917,157 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 836,470 1000 An | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 819,081 1000 An | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 781,280 1000 An | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 815,816 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 711,460 1000 An | -12.8% |
| 2007 | 774,657 1000 An | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 795,644 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 789,642 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 810,199 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 833,100 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 833,062 1000 An | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 845,750 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 844,591 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 898,444 1000 An | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 846,216 1000 An | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 846,270 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 794,215 1000 An | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 772,443 1000 An | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 770,478 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 761,550 1000 An | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 734,321 1000 An | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 726,779 1000 An | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 779,642 1000 An | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 332,917 1000 An | 280,000 1000 An | 399,000 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 461,388 1000 An | 375,926 1000 An | 560,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 756,627 1000 An | 610,000 1000 An | 839,766 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 856,246 1000 An | 787,455 1000 An | 928,643 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 812,997 1000 An | 711,460 1000 An | 917,157 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 832,429 1000 An | 772,443 1000 An | 898,444 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 754,554 1000 An | 726,779 1000 An | 779,642 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in France?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in France was 779,642 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 928,643 1000 An in 1998.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 280,000 1000 An in 1966.
- How does France rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- France ranks 22nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.