Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production was 2.76 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Northern Europe, 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 Northern Europe stood at 2.76 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Northern Europe peaked at 2.76 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 408,727 t, in 1961.
That places Northern Europe 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 408,727 t | — |
| 1962 | 427,198 t | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 423,815 t | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 457,365 t | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 463,722 t | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 478,107 t | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 516,375 t | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 574,136 t | +11.2% |
| 1969 | 601,082 t | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 628,087 t | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 640,709 t | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 712,216 t | +11.2% |
| 1973 | 717,796 t | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 713,933 t | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 695,954 t | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 764,816 t | +9.9% |
| 1977 | 791,630 t | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 794,474 t | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 816,171 t | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 812,977 t | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 822,328 t | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 874,361 t | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 850,651 t | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 877,580 t | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 946,348 t | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 1.00 million t | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 1.06 million t | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 1.12 million t | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 1.04 million t | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 1.08 million t | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 1.14 million t | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 1.36 million t | +19.4% |
| 1993 | 1.37 million t | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 1.47 million t | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 1.50 million t | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 1.56 million t | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 1.63 million t | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 1.68 million t | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 1.72 million t | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 1.72 million t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.81 million t | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 1.85 million t | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 1.87 million t | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 1.88 million t | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1.93 million t | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 1.89 million t | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 1.89 million t | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1.91 million t | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.91 million t | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.04 million t | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 2.03 million t | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 2.07 million t | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 2.15 million t | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 2.18 million t | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 2.25 million t | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 2.37 million t | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 2.49 million t | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 2.56 million t | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.57 million t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2.68 million t | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 2.73 million t | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2.71 million t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 2.72 million t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2.76 million t | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 483,392 t | 408,727 t | 601,082 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 727,579 t | 628,087 t | 816,171 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 940,018 t | 812,977 t | 1.12 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.45 million t | 1.08 million t | 1.72 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.87 million t | 1.72 million t | 1.93 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.27 million t | 2.03 million t | 2.57 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.72 million t | 2.68 million t | 2.76 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,000 t compare
- 16 Peru 1.86 million t compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.85 million t compare
- 17 Polynesia 1,456 t compare
- 18 Colombia 1.82 million t compare
- 18 Micronesia 1,322 t compare
- 19 Timor-Leste 492 t compare
- 19 Australia and New Zealand 1.71 million t compare
- 20 Malaysia 1.60 million t compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 161.73 t compare
- 21 Philippines 1.60 million t compare
- 22 Spain 1.52 million t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Northern Europe?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Northern Europe was 2.76 million 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 Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.76 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 408,727 t in 1961.
- How does Northern Europe rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production?
- Northern Europe ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern 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 — 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.