Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in New Zealand
New Zealand: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 123,806 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 123,806 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 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in New Zealand peaked at 125,496 1000 An in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4,400 1000 An, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 61st 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,400 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 5,800 1000 An | +31.8% |
| 1963 | 4,800 1000 An | -17.2% |
| 1964 | 5,500 1000 An | +14.6% |
| 1965 | 6,700 1000 An | +21.8% |
| 1966 | 7,350 1000 An | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 7,500 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 7,700 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 9,400 1000 An | +22.1% |
| 1970 | 11,350 1000 An | +20.7% |
| 1971 | 14,400 1000 An | +26.9% |
| 1972 | 14,950 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 16,500 1000 An | +10.4% |
| 1974 | 22,300 1000 An | +35.2% |
| 1975 | 18,200 1000 An | -18.4% |
| 1976 | 22,000 1000 An | +20.9% |
| 1977 | 24,000 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 29,200 1000 An | +21.7% |
| 1979 | 27,300 1000 An | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 27,000 1000 An | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 28,000 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 28,445 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 31,500 1000 An | +10.7% |
| 1984 | 33,200 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 39,000 1000 An | +17.5% |
| 1986 | 37,709 1000 An | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 38,925 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 42,146 1000 An | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 45,583 1000 An | +8.2% |
| 1990 | 43,469 1000 An | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 44,657 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 46,498 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 50,725 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 51,430 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 62,119 1000 An | +20.8% |
| 1996 | 62,310 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 59,043 1000 An | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 63,325 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 64,501 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 65,330 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 67,822 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 72,801 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 79,455 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 83,648 1000 An | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 89,651 1000 An | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 86,585 1000 An | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 84,425 1000 An | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 83,239 1000 An | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 79,136 1000 An | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 81,879 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 85,144 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 92,503 1000 An | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 93,308 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 103,002 1000 An | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 106,964 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 110,029 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 118,245 1000 An | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 125,496 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 120,744 1000 An | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 118,702 1000 An | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 120,739 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 120,302 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 121,293 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 123,806 1000 An | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,572 1000 An | 4,400 1000 An | 9,400 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,020 1000 An | 11,350 1000 An | 29,200 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,151 1000 An | 27,000 1000 An | 45,583 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,808 1000 An | 43,469 1000 An | 64,501 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 79,209 1000 An | 65,330 1000 An | 89,651 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 103,731 1000 An | 81,879 1000 An | 125,496 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 120,968 1000 An | 118,702 1000 An | 123,806 1000 An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in New Zealand?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in New Zealand was 123,806 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 125,496 1000 An in 2018.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,400 1000 An in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- New Zealand ranks 61st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.