Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Peru
Peru: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production was 1.86 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Peru recorded 1.86 million t for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Peru peaked at 1.86 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21,470 t, in 1961.
Peru ranks 16th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Peru, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,470 t | — |
| 1962 | 22,300 t | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 23,635 t | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 25,531 t | +8.0% |
| 1965 | 37,010 t | +45.0% |
| 1966 | 39,386 t | +6.4% |
| 1967 | 44,144 t | +12.1% |
| 1968 | 46,532 t | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 51,255 t | +10.2% |
| 1970 | 57,686 t | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 63,610 t | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 76,598 t | +20.4% |
| 1973 | 84,807 t | +10.7% |
| 1974 | 105,598 t | +24.5% |
| 1975 | 129,915 t | +23.0% |
| 1976 | 140,002 t | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 143,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 118,600 t | -17.1% |
| 1979 | 118,400 t | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 143,500 t | +21.2% |
| 1981 | 182,600 t | +27.2% |
| 1982 | 204,800 t | +12.2% |
| 1983 | 206,287 t | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 181,600 t | -12.0% |
| 1985 | 201,018 t | +10.7% |
| 1986 | 229,685 t | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 281,000 t | +22.3% |
| 1988 | 296,695 t | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 205,396 t | -30.8% |
| 1990 | 245,814 t | +19.7% |
| 1991 | 291,814 t | +18.7% |
| 1992 | 320,237 t | +9.7% |
| 1993 | 302,752 t | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 317,273 t | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 355,103 t | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 386,403 t | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 443,940 t | +14.9% |
| 1998 | 460,308 t | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 493,600 t | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 510,161 t | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 518,010 t | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 556,076 t | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 577,989 t | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 578,693 t | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 650,296 t | +12.4% |
| 2006 | 710,428 t | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 770,444 t | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 877,171 t | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 964,407 t | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 1.02 million t | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 1.11 million t | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 1.21 million t | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 1.25 million t | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 1.32 million t | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 1.33 million t | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.41 million t | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 1.46 million t | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 1.58 million t | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 1.76 million t | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 1.72 million t | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.75 million t | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 1.80 million t | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 1.78 million t | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.86 million t | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,585 t | 21,470 t | 51,255 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 103,822 t | 57,686 t | 143,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 213,258 t | 143,500 t | 296,695 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 361,724 t | 245,814 t | 493,600 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 671,368 t | 510,161 t | 964,407 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 million t | 1.02 million t | 1.76 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.78 million t | 1.72 million t | 1.86 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 13 Argentina 2.30 million t compare
- 14 Thailand 1.92 million t compare
- 15 South Africa 1.92 million t compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,000 t compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.85 million t compare
- 18 Colombia 1.82 million t compare
- 19 Timor-Leste 492 t compare
- 19 Australia and New Zealand 1.71 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Peru?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Peru was 1.86 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 1.86 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,470 t in 1961.
- How does Peru rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production?
- Peru ranks 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru 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.