Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa
Western 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 Western Africa, 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 Western Africa stood at 1.06 million 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 56.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa peaked at 1.06 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 85,351 1000 An, in 1961.
Western Africa ranks 23rd of 29 groups on this measure, 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 85,351 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 90,676 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 95,418 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 101,471 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 105,888 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 111,331 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 116,394 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 121,427 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 127,672 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 134,331 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 141,087 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 145,345 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 150,359 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 156,273 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 167,283 1000 An | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 177,031 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 190,967 1000 An | +7.9% |
| 1978 | 205,545 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 218,315 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 228,242 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 246,927 1000 An | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 242,563 1000 An | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 262,808 1000 An | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 262,441 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 282,415 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 296,133 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 310,321 1000 An | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 319,042 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 326,908 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 335,305 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 381,900 1000 An | +13.9% |
| 1992 | 381,995 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 383,648 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 390,951 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 398,575 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 397,789 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 410,102 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 420,979 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 427,137 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 424,078 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 458,204 1000 An | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 472,394 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 501,067 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 521,057 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 550,050 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 572,400 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 604,553 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 655,985 1000 An | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 699,536 1000 An | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 681,374 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 652,863 1000 An | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 667,587 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 667,649 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 677,406 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 704,927 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 777,680 1000 An | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 813,271 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 848,159 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 913,446 1000 An | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 889,832 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 946,338 1000 An | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 999,692 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 1.01 million 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 1.06 million 1000 An | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 106,181 1000 An | 85,351 1000 An | 127,672 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 168,654 1000 An | 134,331 1000 An | 218,315 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 277,780 1000 An | 228,242 1000 An | 326,908 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 392,838 1000 An | 335,305 1000 An | 427,137 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 545,932 1000 An | 424,078 1000 An | 699,536 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 740,436 1000 An | 652,863 1000 An | 913,446 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 980,504 1000 An | 889,832 1000 An | 1.06 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 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
- 26 Saudi Arabia 660,759 1000 An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,351 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Western Africa ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.