Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Kenya
Kenya: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 69,241 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Kenya, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 69,241 1000 An for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 339.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Kenya peaked at 94,000 1000 An in 2018 and was at its lowest, 8,060 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Kenya 88th 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,060 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 8,570 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 8,970 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 9,690 1000 An | +8.0% |
| 1965 | 10,480 1000 An | +8.2% |
| 1966 | 10,900 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 11,780 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 12,140 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 15,030 1000 An | +23.8% |
| 1970 | 15,330 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 17,940 1000 An | +17.0% |
| 1972 | 18,500 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 20,160 1000 An | +9.0% |
| 1974 | 21,190 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 21,880 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 22,430 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 24,510 1000 An | +9.3% |
| 1978 | 25,570 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 25,980 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 26,900 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 28,320 1000 An | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 28,960 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 32,196 1000 An | +11.2% |
| 1984 | 26,300 1000 An | -18.3% |
| 1985 | 34,110 1000 An | +29.7% |
| 1986 | 37,771 1000 An | +10.7% |
| 1987 | 36,892 1000 An | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 33,476 1000 An | -9.3% |
| 1989 | 36,260 1000 An | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 14,900 1000 An | -58.9% |
| 1991 | 15,000 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 15,600 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 12,100 1000 An | -22.4% |
| 1994 | 12,900 1000 An | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 16,700 1000 An | +29.5% |
| 1996 | 16,400 1000 An | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 17,000 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 16,200 1000 An | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 12,500 1000 An | -22.8% |
| 2000 | 11,100 1000 An | -11.2% |
| 2001 | 15,900 1000 An | +43.2% |
| 2002 | 16,400 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 17,300 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 16,000 1000 An | -7.5% |
| 2005 | 15,200 1000 An | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 18,500 1000 An | +21.7% |
| 2007 | 19,550 1000 An | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 20,237 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 20,980 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 22,620 1000 An | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 21,263 1000 An | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 19,712 1000 An | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 17,400 1000 An | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 15,761 1000 An | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 24,000 1000 An | +52.3% |
| 2016 | 46,000 1000 An | +91.7% |
| 2017 | 76,000 1000 An | +65.2% |
| 2018 | 94,000 1000 An | +23.7% |
| 2019 | 63,000 1000 An | -33.0% |
| 2020 | 49,437 1000 An | -21.5% |
| 2021 | 63,893 1000 An | +29.2% |
| 2022 | 66,672 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 66,873 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 69,241 1000 An | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,624 1000 An | 8,060 1000 An | 15,030 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,349 1000 An | 15,330 1000 An | 25,980 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,118 1000 An | 26,300 1000 An | 37,771 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,930 1000 An | 12,100 1000 An | 17,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,117 1000 An | 11,100 1000 An | 20,980 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,976 1000 An | 15,761 1000 An | 94,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,223 1000 An | 49,437 1000 An | 69,241 1000 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Kenya?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Kenya was 69,241 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 94,000 1000 An in 2018.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,060 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Kenya rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Kenya ranks 88th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 339.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kenya 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.