Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South America
South America: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 10.33 million 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South America, 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 South America stood at 10.33 million 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South America peaked at 10.33 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 259,651 1000 An, in 1961.
That places South America 6th out of 29 groups 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 South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 259,651 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 275,087 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 316,838 1000 An | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 353,113 1000 An | +11.4% |
| 1965 | 445,169 1000 An | +26.1% |
| 1966 | 464,790 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 515,832 1000 An | +11.0% |
| 1968 | 555,590 1000 An | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 589,094 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 674,388 1000 An | +14.5% |
| 1971 | 700,861 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 787,069 1000 An | +12.3% |
| 1973 | 882,850 1000 An | +12.2% |
| 1974 | 996,466 1000 An | +12.9% |
| 1975 | 1.01 million 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 1.10 million 1000 An | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 1.19 million 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 1.36 million 1000 An | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 1.63 million 1000 An | +19.5% |
| 1980 | 1.92 million 1000 An | +18.1% |
| 1981 | 2.01 million 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 2.13 million 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 2.11 million 1000 An | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 1.94 million 1000 An | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 2.09 million 1000 An | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 2.29 million 1000 An | +9.6% |
| 1987 | 2.53 million 1000 An | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 2.55 million 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 2.45 million 1000 An | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 2.75 million 1000 An | +12.3% |
| 1991 | 3.08 million 1000 An | +11.8% |
| 1992 | 3.44 million 1000 An | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 3.75 million 1000 An | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 4.04 million 1000 An | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 4.69 million 1000 An | +16.0% |
| 1996 | 4.79 million 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 4.68 million 1000 An | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 4.78 million 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 5.25 million 1000 An | +9.9% |
| 2000 | 5.42 million 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 5.78 million 1000 An | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 6.07 million 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 6.08 million 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 6.52 million 1000 An | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 7.18 million 1000 An | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 7.28 million 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 8.00 million 1000 An | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 8.55 million 1000 An | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 8.80 million 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 8.51 million 1000 An | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 8.96 million 1000 An | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 8.32 million 1000 An | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 8.60 million 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 8.80 million 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 9.19 million 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 9.23 million 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 9.12 million 1000 An | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 9.13 million 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 9.50 million 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 9.58 million 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 9.86 million 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 9.87 million 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 10.03 million 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 10.33 million 1000 An | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 419,463 1000 An | 259,651 1000 An | 589,094 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.03 million 1000 An | 674,388 1000 An | 1.63 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.20 million 1000 An | 1.92 million 1000 An | 2.55 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.12 million 1000 An | 2.75 million 1000 An | 5.25 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.97 million 1000 An | 5.42 million 1000 An | 8.80 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.94 million 1000 An | 8.32 million 1000 An | 9.50 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.94 million 1000 An | 9.58 million 1000 An | 10.33 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 3 Brazil 6.49 million 1000 An compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.88 million 1000 An compare
- 4 Indonesia 4.89 million 1000 An compare
- 4 Türkiye 1.37 million 1000 An compare
- 5 India 3.35 million 1000 An compare
- 5 Viet Nam 687,029 1000 An compare
- 6 Russian Federation 2.64 million 1000 An compare
- 7 USSR 2.38 million 1000 An compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 294,013 1000 An compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 198,237 1000 An compare
- 8 Mexico 2.13 million 1000 An compare
- 9 Pakistan 2.01 million 1000 An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South America?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in South America was 10.33 million 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 10.33 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 259,651 1000 An in 1961.
- How does South America rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- South America ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.