Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Japan
Japan: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 846,705 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan is 846,705 1000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan peaked at 846,705 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 103,000 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Japan 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Japan, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 103,000 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 120,000 1000 An | +16.5% |
| 1963 | 137,000 1000 An | +14.2% |
| 1964 | 135,000 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 155,000 1000 An | +14.8% |
| 1966 | 180,000 1000 An | +16.1% |
| 1967 | 217,000 1000 An | +20.6% |
| 1968 | 243,000 1000 An | +12.0% |
| 1969 | 292,000 1000 An | +20.2% |
| 1970 | 354,000 1000 An | +21.2% |
| 1971 | 388,000 1000 An | +9.6% |
| 1972 | 441,171 1000 An | +13.7% |
| 1973 | 487,462 1000 An | +10.5% |
| 1974 | 514,259 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 505,243 1000 An | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 545,000 1000 An | +7.9% |
| 1977 | 604,686 1000 An | +11.0% |
| 1978 | 658,064 1000 An | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 690,676 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 709,095 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 706,957 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 732,675 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 797,936 1000 An | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 803,860 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 725,223 1000 An | -9.8% |
| 1986 | 728,099 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 745,286 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 743,879 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 728,751 1000 An | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 708,308 1000 An | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 682,783 1000 An | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 680,861 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 679,014 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 649,100 1000 An | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 656,366 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 638,749 1000 An | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 629,194 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 612,561 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 609,487 1000 An | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 604,894 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 609,483 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 627,584 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 631,413 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 633,398 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 661,089 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 717,842 1000 An | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 725,339 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 732,408 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 737,976 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 732,729 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 714,061 1000 An | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 748,516 1000 An | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 748,636 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 756,754 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 751,061 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 764,376 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 772,480 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 790,989 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 802,588 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 817,840 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 815,802 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 821,705 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 821,749 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 846,705 1000 An | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 175,778 1000 An | 103,000 1000 An | 292,000 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 518,856 1000 An | 354,000 1000 An | 690,676 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 742,176 1000 An | 706,957 1000 An | 803,860 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 654,642 1000 An | 609,487 1000 An | 708,308 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 668,143 1000 An | 604,894 1000 An | 737,976 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 758,219 1000 An | 714,061 1000 An | 802,588 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 824,760 1000 An | 815,802 1000 An | 846,705 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 16 Colombia 1.07 million 1000 An compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,992 1000 An compare
- 17 South Africa 1.05 million 1000 An compare
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 864,782 1000 An compare
- 19 Timor-Leste 603 1000 An compare
- 20 Peru 826,762 1000 An compare
- 21 Canada 806,785 1000 An compare
- 22 France 779,642 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0096 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 323.87 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan was 846,705 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 846,705 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 103,000 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Japan ranks 19th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.