Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Uganda
Uganda: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production was 132,768 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 132,768 t for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 120.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Uganda peaked at 134,586 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,621 t, in 1961.
Uganda ranks 78th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,621 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,920 t | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 11,271 t | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 11,596 t | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 11,947 t | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 12,324 t | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 12,766 t | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 13,130 t | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 13,728 t | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 14,352 t | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 14,846 t | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 15,093 t | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 16,250 t | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 15,925 t | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 16,200 t | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 18,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 22,000 t | +22.2% |
| 1978 | 20,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 19,890 t | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 20,267 t | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 20,644 t | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 22,516 t | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 24,076 t | +6.9% |
| 1984 | 24,479 t | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 26,040 t | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 28,600 t | +9.8% |
| 1987 | 25,480 t | -10.9% |
| 1988 | 26,780 t | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 28,210 t | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 29,640 t | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 31,460 t | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 33,020 t | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 34,710 t | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 36,010 t | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 36,400 t | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 36,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 36,050 t | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 36,010 t | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 37,180 t | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 44,090 t | +18.6% |
| 2001 | 48,822 t | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 53,625 t | +9.8% |
| 2003 | 58,500 t | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 51,350 t | -12.2% |
| 2005 | 52,650 t | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 37,050 t | -29.6% |
| 2007 | 43,550 t | +17.5% |
| 2008 | 44,850 t | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 51,750 t | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 62,300 t | +20.4% |
| 2011 | 62,150 t | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 63,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 64,500 t | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 60,253 t | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 83,868 t | +39.2% |
| 2016 | 85,809 t | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 88,738 t | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 91,789 t | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 79,396 t | -13.5% |
| 2020 | 81,936 t | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 132,347 t | +61.5% |
| 2022 | 133,437 t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 134,586 t | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 132,768 t | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,034 t | 10,621 t | 13,728 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,256 t | 14,352 t | 22,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,709 t | 20,267 t | 28,600 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,688 t | 29,640 t | 37,180 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,624 t | 37,050 t | 58,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,180 t | 60,253 t | 91,789 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 123,015 t | 81,936 t | 134,586 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Uganda?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Uganda was 132,768 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 134,586 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,621 t in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production?
- Uganda ranks 78th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 120.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.