Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production was 23,760 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China, Hong Kong SAR recorded 23,760 t for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 76,830 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 20,000 t, in 1961.
China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 124th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 21,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 22,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 23,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 24,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 25,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 26,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 26,500 t | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 27,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 27,316 t | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 32,321 t | +18.3% |
| 1972 | 35,861 t | +11.0% |
| 1973 | 33,600 t | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 30,500 t | -9.2% |
| 1975 | 29,800 t | -2.3% |
| 1976 | 34,873 t | +17.0% |
| 1977 | 41,454 t | +18.9% |
| 1978 | 40,266 t | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 41,443 t | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 44,558 t | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 52,268 t | +17.3% |
| 1982 | 52,115 t | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 45,951 t | -11.8% |
| 1984 | 47,237 t | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 60,725 t | +28.6% |
| 1986 | 74,766 t | +23.1% |
| 1987 | 75,898 t | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 72,982 t | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 70,908 t | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 76,830 t | +8.4% |
| 1991 | 71,914 t | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 72,188 t | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 71,291 t | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 54,400 t | -23.7% |
| 1995 | 50,200 t | -7.7% |
| 1996 | 49,940 t | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 52,000 t | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 53,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 63,000 t | +18.9% |
| 2000 | 65,000 t | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 60,000 t | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 61,000 t | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 58,000 t | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 29,000 t | -50.0% |
| 2005 | 39,000 t | +34.5% |
| 2006 | 29,000 t | -25.6% |
| 2007 | 38,000 t | +31.0% |
| 2008 | 38,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 38,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 31,000 t | -18.4% |
| 2011 | 27,000 t | -12.9% |
| 2012 | 27,800 t | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 27,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 26,914 t | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 25,348 t | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 23,700 t | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 23,400 t | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 25,085 t | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 25,226 t | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 23,681 t | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 21,694 t | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 22,794 t | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 23,339 t | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 23,760 t | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,833 t | 20,000 t | 27,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,743 t | 27,316 t | 41,454 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,741 t | 44,558 t | 75,898 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 61,476 t | 49,940 t | 76,830 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,500 t | 29,000 t | 65,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,327 t | 23,400 t | 31,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,053 t | 21,694 t | 23,760 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in China, Hong Kong SAR was 23,760 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 76,830 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,000 t in 1961.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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 — Production. 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.