Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Europe
Western Europe: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2.41 million 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 2.41 million 1000 An for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Europe peaked at 2.60 million 1000 An in 2015 and was at its lowest, 609,197 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Western Europe 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 609,197 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 654,671 1000 An | +7.5% |
| 1963 | 702,889 1000 An | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 780,209 1000 An | +11.0% |
| 1965 | 826,868 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 764,607 1000 An | -7.5% |
| 1967 | 824,367 1000 An | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 842,562 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 947,507 1000 An | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 1.05 million 1000 An | +10.8% |
| 1971 | 1.11 million 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 1.16 million 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 1.22 million 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 1.18 million 1000 An | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 1.23 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 1.28 million 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 1.31 million 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 1.36 million 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 1.41 million 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 1.49 million 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 1.65 million 1000 An | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 1.75 million 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 1.63 million 1000 An | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 1.61 million 1000 An | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 1.63 million 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 1.68 million 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 1.75 million 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 1.78 million 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 1.79 million 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 1.82 million 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 1.74 million 1000 An | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 1.77 million 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 1.83 million 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 1.91 million 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 1.94 million 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 2.12 million 1000 An | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 2.17 million 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 2.24 million 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 2.20 million 1000 An | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 2.13 million 1000 An | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 2.16 million 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 2.12 million 1000 An | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 2.03 million 1000 An | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 2.11 million 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 2.15 million 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 2.05 million 1000 An | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 2.20 million 1000 An | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 2.30 million 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 2.33 million 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 2.35 million 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 2.42 million 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 2.44 million 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 2.47 million 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 2.53 million 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 2.60 million 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 2.57 million 1000 An | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 2.56 million 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 2.51 million 1000 An | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 2.48 million 1000 An | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 2.47 million 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 2.39 million 1000 An | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 2.37 million 1000 An | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 2.36 million 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 2.41 million 1000 An | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 772,542 1000 An | 609,197 1000 An | 947,507 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.23 million 1000 An | 1.05 million 1000 An | 1.41 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.68 million 1000 An | 1.49 million 1000 An | 1.79 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.97 million 1000 An | 1.74 million 1000 An | 2.24 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.16 million 1000 An | 2.03 million 1000 An | 2.33 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.49 million 1000 An | 2.35 million 1000 An | 2.60 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.40 million 1000 An | 2.36 million 1000 An | 2.47 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.18 million 1000 An compare
- 14 Melanesia 22,957 1000 An compare
- 15 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 20,475 1000 An compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 1.08 million 1000 An compare
- 16 Colombia 1.07 million 1000 An compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,992 1000 An compare
- 17 South Africa 1.05 million 1000 An compare
- 17 Polynesia 1,746 1000 An compare
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 864,782 1000 An compare
- 18 Micronesia 1,374 1000 An compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Europe?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Europe was 2.41 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.60 million 1000 An in 2015.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 609,197 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Western Europe ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.