Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production was 22,522 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
22,522 t
Change on year
down 0.6%
World rank
15th
of 20 countries
All-time high
49,500 t
in 1991
All-time low
16,500 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea stood at 22,522 t.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 33.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 49,500 t in 1991 and was at its lowest, 16,500 t, in 1961.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 15th of 20 countries on this measure, 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 — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year

Annual values for Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 16,500 t
1962 16,500 t +0.0%
1963 16,500 t +0.0%
1964 17,875 t +8.3%
1965 17,875 t +0.0%
1966 17,490 t -2.2%
1967 18,150 t +3.8%
1968 18,920 t +4.2%
1969 19,250 t +1.7%
1970 20,020 t +4.0%
1971 20,900 t +4.4%
1972 22,000 t +5.3%
1973 23,650 t +7.5%
1974 25,300 t +7.0%
1975 26,950 t +6.5%
1976 28,050 t +4.1%
1977 29,700 t +5.9%
1978 30,800 t +3.7%
1979 31,900 t +3.6%
1980 32,450 t +1.7%
1981 33,000 t +1.7%
1982 33,550 t +1.7%
1983 35,200 t +4.9%
1984 36,300 t +3.1%
1985 37,400 t +3.0%
1986 39,600 t +5.9%
1987 41,800 t +5.6%
1988 44,000 t +5.3%
1989 46,200 t +5.0%
1990 47,300 t +2.4%
1991 49,500 t +4.7%
1992 37,400 t -24.4%
1993 30,800 t -17.6%
1994 23,650 t -23.2%
1995 22,000 t -7.0%
1996 22,550 t +2.5%
1997 18,920 t -16.1%
1998 20,350 t +7.6%
1999 23,430 t +15.1%
2000 26,840 t +14.6%
2001 30,800 t +14.8%
2002 33,737 t +9.5%
2003 36,300 t +7.6%
2004 37,026 t +2.0%
2005 35,750 t -3.4%
2006 34,650 t -3.1%
2007 33,550 t -3.2%
2008 31,900 t -4.9%
2009 31,900 t +0.0%
2010 31,900 t +0.0%
2011 31,900 t +0.0%
2012 33,000 t +3.4%
2013 33,000 t +0.0%
2014 33,727 t +2.2%
2015 29,804 t -11.6%
2016 29,911 t +0.4%
2017 29,945 t +0.1%
2018 29,126 t -2.7%
2019 30,215 t +3.7%
2020 32,051 t +6.1%
2021 32,752 t +2.2%
2022 23,681 t -27.7%
2023 22,665 t -4.3%
2024 22,522 t -0.6%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2022 -27.7% 32,752 t 23,681 t

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 17,673 t 16,500 t 19,250 t 9
1970s 25,927 t 20,020 t 31,900 t 10
1980s 37,950 t 32,450 t 46,200 t 10
1990s 29,590 t 18,920 t 49,500 t 10
2000s 33,245 t 26,840 t 37,026 t 10
2010s 31,253 t 29,126 t 33,727 t 10
2020s 26,734 t 22,522 t 32,752 t 5

Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  1. 12 Pakistan 2.36 million t compare
  2. 12 Melanesia 54,185 t compare
  3. 13 Argentina 2.30 million t compare
  4. 13 Republic of Moldova 50,352 t compare
  5. 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 43,455 t compare
  6. 14 Thailand 1.92 million t compare
  7. 15 South Africa 1.92 million t compare
  8. 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,000 t compare
  9. 16 Peru 1.86 million t compare
  10. 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.85 million t compare
  11. 17 Polynesia 1,456 t compare
  12. 18 Colombia 1.82 million t compare
  13. 18 Micronesia 1,322 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 22,522 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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 49,500 t in 1991.
What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 16,500 t in 1961.
How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is down 33.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Democratic People's Republic of Korea 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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Indicator
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,979 data points, 1961–2024
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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.