Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 660,759 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia stood at 660,759 1000 An.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia peaked at 671,001 1000 An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3,000 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Saudi Arabia 26th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,100 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 3,300 1000 An | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 3,600 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 4,000 1000 An | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 4,500 1000 An | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 5,000 1000 An | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 5,500 1000 An | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 6,000 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 6,500 1000 An | +8.3% |
| 1971 | 7,000 1000 An | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 7,500 1000 An | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 8,105 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 11,813 1000 An | +45.7% |
| 1975 | 14,813 1000 An | +25.4% |
| 1976 | 21,813 1000 An | +47.3% |
| 1977 | 23,882 1000 An | +9.5% |
| 1978 | 27,882 1000 An | +16.7% |
| 1979 | 30,882 1000 An | +10.8% |
| 1980 | 40,820 1000 An | +32.2% |
| 1981 | 57,820 1000 An | +41.6% |
| 1982 | 86,820 1000 An | +50.2% |
| 1983 | 124,000 1000 An | +42.8% |
| 1984 | 143,000 1000 An | +15.3% |
| 1985 | 177,000 1000 An | +23.8% |
| 1986 | 240,000 1000 An | +35.6% |
| 1987 | 246,000 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 266,000 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 240,000 1000 An | -9.8% |
| 1990 | 265,000 1000 An | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 285,000 1000 An | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 303,000 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 285,000 1000 An | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 296,000 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 309,000 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 328,000 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 423,000 1000 An | +29.0% |
| 1998 | 435,000 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 418,000 1000 An | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 483,000 1000 An | +15.6% |
| 2001 | 505,000 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 467,000 1000 An | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 468,000 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 480,000 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 537,000 1000 An | +11.9% |
| 2006 | 548,000 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 559,000 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 564,000 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 570,000 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 575,000 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 469,000 1000 An | -18.4% |
| 2012 | 450,000 1000 An | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 569,000 1000 An | +26.4% |
| 2014 | 671,001 1000 An | +17.9% |
| 2015 | 617,298 1000 An | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 612,238 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 619,801 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 622,871 1000 An | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 639,839 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 648,002 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 661,691 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 659,589 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 664,774 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 660,759 1000 An | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,222 1000 An | 3,000 1000 An | 6,000 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,019 1000 An | 6,500 1000 An | 30,882 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 162,146 1000 An | 40,820 1000 An | 266,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 334,700 1000 An | 265,000 1000 An | 435,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 518,100 1000 An | 467,000 1000 An | 570,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 584,605 1000 An | 450,000 1000 An | 671,001 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 658,963 1000 An | 648,002 1000 An | 664,774 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Saudi Arabia was 660,759 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 671,001 1000 An in 2014.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 26th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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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About this data
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.