Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Germany
Germany: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 629,545 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Germany, 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 Germany stood at 629,545 1000 An.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Germany peaked at 667,130 1000 An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 139,931 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Germany 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Germany, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 139,931 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 141,031 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 153,330 1000 An | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 174,646 1000 An | +13.9% |
| 1965 | 181,969 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 203,846 1000 An | +12.0% |
| 1967 | 230,823 1000 An | +13.2% |
| 1968 | 239,562 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 256,292 1000 An | +7.0% |
| 1970 | 288,262 1000 An | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 312,846 1000 An | +8.5% |
| 1972 | 311,462 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 351,731 1000 An | +12.9% |
| 1974 | 313,831 1000 An | -10.8% |
| 1975 | 358,200 1000 An | +14.1% |
| 1976 | 371,754 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 396,708 1000 An | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 422,074 1000 An | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 438,330 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 455,400 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 453,500 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 465,200 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 412,500 1000 An | -11.3% |
| 1984 | 415,600 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 409,800 1000 An | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 414,600 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 428,300 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 431,700 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 411,400 1000 An | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 398,000 1000 An | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 327,200 1000 An | -17.8% |
| 1992 | 315,000 1000 An | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 314,000 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 326,000 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 312,000 1000 An | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 372,000 1000 An | +19.2% |
| 1997 | 385,000 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 400,000 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 400,000 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 400,000 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 412,000 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 412,000 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 470,000 1000 An | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 510,000 1000 An | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 515,000 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 518,000 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 585,000 1000 An | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 647,000 1000 An | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 662,000 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 617,582 1000 An | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 641,829 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 627,943 1000 An | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 644,839 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 667,130 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 659,092 1000 An | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 632,847 1000 An | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 631,000 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 623,100 1000 An | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 620,568 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 623,161 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 625,816 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 631,051 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 631,516 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 629,545 1000 An | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 191,270 1000 An | 139,931 1000 An | 256,292 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 356,520 1000 An | 288,262 1000 An | 438,330 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 429,800 1000 An | 409,800 1000 An | 465,200 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 354,920 1000 An | 312,000 1000 An | 400,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 513,100 1000 An | 400,000 1000 An | 662,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 636,593 1000 An | 617,582 1000 An | 667,130 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 628,218 1000 An | 623,161 1000 An | 631,516 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Germany?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Germany was 629,545 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 667,130 1000 An in 2014.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 139,931 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Germany rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Germany ranks 29th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.