Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Greece
Greece: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production was 275,600 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Greece stood at 275,600 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Greece peaked at 275,600 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,990 t, in 1961.
That places Greece 50th out of 191 countries 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 — Production in Greece, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,990 t | — |
| 1962 | 13,672 t | +52.1% |
| 1963 | 15,281 t | +11.8% |
| 1964 | 19,283 t | +26.2% |
| 1965 | 24,165 t | +25.3% |
| 1966 | 32,890 t | +36.1% |
| 1967 | 40,896 t | +24.3% |
| 1968 | 39,071 t | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 52,846 t | +35.3% |
| 1970 | 65,381 t | +23.7% |
| 1971 | 81,881 t | +25.2% |
| 1972 | 92,088 t | +12.5% |
| 1973 | 102,789 t | +11.6% |
| 1974 | 101,680 t | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 114,255 t | +12.4% |
| 1976 | 119,450 t | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 114,417 t | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 116,727 t | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 127,732 t | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 137,431 t | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 138,716 t | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 149,799 t | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 149,724 t | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 149,674 t | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 142,611 t | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 142,562 t | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 144,480 t | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 146,427 t | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 150,385 t | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 156,420 t | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 157,520 t | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 144,000 t | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 144,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 146,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 161,000 t | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 151,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 110,000 t | -27.2% |
| 1998 | 105,000 t | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 100,000 t | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 110,000 t | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 113,548 t | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 125,740 t | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 160,000 t | +27.2% |
| 2004 | 147,000 t | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 158,700 t | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 117,574 t | -25.9% |
| 2007 | 116,059 t | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 121,850 t | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 123,550 t | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 126,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 109,100 t | -13.4% |
| 2012 | 115,800 t | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 177,731 t | +53.5% |
| 2014 | 187,871 t | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 251,893 t | +34.1% |
| 2016 | 254,896 t | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 243,730 t | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 217,410 t | -10.8% |
| 2019 | 227,560 t | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 236,520 t | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 235,500 t | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 244,850 t | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 271,690 t | +11.0% |
| 2024 | 275,600 t | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,455 t | 8,990 t | 52,846 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 103,640 t | 65,381 t | 127,732 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 145,181 t | 137,431 t | 150,385 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 137,494 t | 100,000 t | 161,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 129,402 t | 110,000 t | 160,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 191,199 t | 109,100 t | 254,896 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 252,832 t | 235,500 t | 275,600 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Greece?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Greece was 275,600 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 275,600 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,990 t in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production?
- Greece ranks 50th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.