Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.06 million 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa is 1.06 million 1000 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Africa peaked at 1.08 million 1000 An in 2012 and was at its lowest, 24,294 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,294 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 28,484 1000 An | +17.2% |
| 1963 | 31,627 1000 An | +11.0% |
| 1964 | 36,775 1000 An | +16.3% |
| 1965 | 41,986 1000 An | +14.2% |
| 1966 | 49,039 1000 An | +16.8% |
| 1967 | 57,291 1000 An | +16.8% |
| 1968 | 65,442 1000 An | +14.2% |
| 1969 | 72,495 1000 An | +10.8% |
| 1970 | 77,492 1000 An | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 80,278 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 93,509 1000 An | +16.5% |
| 1973 | 111,747 1000 An | +19.5% |
| 1974 | 125,870 1000 An | +12.6% |
| 1975 | 130,260 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 147,344 1000 An | +13.1% |
| 1977 | 147,910 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 154,105 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 160,085 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 176,210 1000 An | +10.1% |
| 1981 | 186,600 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 200,970 1000 An | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 220,750 1000 An | +9.8% |
| 1984 | 231,000 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 246,940 1000 An | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 257,265 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 267,000 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 277,880 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 289,380 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 395,110 1000 An | +36.5% |
| 1991 | 366,140 1000 An | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 358,942 1000 An | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 378,331 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 401,279 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 433,919 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 460,310 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 492,779 1000 An | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 487,506 1000 An | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 511,381 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 537,978 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 589,630 1000 An | +9.6% |
| 2002 | 632,667 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 612,495 1000 An | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 609,636 1000 An | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 637,828 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 652,675 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 773,912 1000 An | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 918,325 1000 An | +18.7% |
| 2009 | 998,891 1000 An | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 1.07 million 1000 An | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 1.08 million 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.08 million 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 962,375 1000 An | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 975,518 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 1.02 million 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 954,070 1000 An | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 945,231 1000 An | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 962,808 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 1.02 million 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 1.05 million 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 1.06 million 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1.05 million 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 1.06 million 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1.06 million 1000 An | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,270 1000 An | 24,294 1000 An | 72,495 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 122,860 1000 An | 77,492 1000 An | 160,085 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 235,400 1000 An | 176,210 1000 An | 289,380 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 428,570 1000 An | 358,942 1000 An | 511,381 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 696,404 1000 An | 537,978 1000 An | 998,891 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 million 1000 An | 945,231 1000 An | 1.08 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 million 1000 An | 1.05 million 1000 An | 1.06 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 19 Japan 846,705 1000 An compare
- 19 Timor-Leste 603 1000 An compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 203 1000 An compare
- 20 Peru 826,762 1000 An compare
- 21 Canada 806,785 1000 An compare
- 22 France 779,642 1000 An compare
- 23 Spain 771,590 1000 An compare
- 24 Australia 740,976 1000 An compare
- 25 Argentina 739,166 1000 An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Africa?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Africa was 1.06 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 million 1000 An in 2012.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,294 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Southern Africa ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.