Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ireland
Ireland: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 102,657 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 102,657 1000 An for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Ireland peaked at 102,796 1000 An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8,400 1000 An, in 1962.
That places Ireland 70th 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 Ireland, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,750 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 8,400 1000 An | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 9,550 1000 An | +13.7% |
| 1964 | 10,500 1000 An | +9.9% |
| 1965 | 11,300 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 13,500 1000 An | +19.5% |
| 1967 | 13,600 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 16,600 1000 An | +22.1% |
| 1969 | 17,600 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 17,700 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 19,300 1000 An | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 24,400 1000 An | +26.4% |
| 1973 | 24,300 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 23,000 1000 An | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 21,200 1000 An | -7.8% |
| 1976 | 25,600 1000 An | +20.8% |
| 1977 | 23,700 1000 An | -7.4% |
| 1978 | 25,000 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 28,300 1000 An | +13.2% |
| 1980 | 29,200 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 29,000 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 30,800 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 29,900 1000 An | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 31,300 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 29,900 1000 An | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 32,700 1000 An | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 38,600 1000 An | +18.0% |
| 1988 | 41,600 1000 An | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 39,900 1000 An | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 42,200 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 46,500 1000 An | +10.2% |
| 1992 | 48,000 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 53,220 1000 An | +10.9% |
| 1994 | 58,583 1000 An | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 60,064 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 63,555 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 66,430 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 67,329 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 73,000 1000 An | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 72,000 1000 An | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 80,000 1000 An | +11.1% |
| 2002 | 82,000 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 83,000 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 84,000 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 85,000 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 85,000 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 79,000 1000 An | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 80,000 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 85,000 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 79,500 1000 An | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 80,000 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 80,900 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 82,000 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 84,360 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 84,283 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 85,411 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 86,116 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 90,059 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 96,247 1000 An | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 102,796 1000 An | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 99,846 1000 An | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 97,789 1000 An | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 100,500 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 102,657 1000 An | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,200 1000 An | 8,400 1000 An | 17,600 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,250 1000 An | 17,700 1000 An | 28,300 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,290 1000 An | 29,000 1000 An | 41,600 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 57,888 1000 An | 42,200 1000 An | 73,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 81,500 1000 An | 72,000 1000 An | 85,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 84,888 1000 An | 79,500 1000 An | 96,247 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 100,718 1000 An | 97,789 1000 An | 102,796 1000 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0106 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Ireland?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Ireland was 102,657 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 102,796 1000 An in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,400 1000 An in 1962.
- How does Ireland rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Ireland ranks 70th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ireland 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.