Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Benin
Benin: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 550 g/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Benin stood at 550 g/An. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Benin peaked at 800 g/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 550 g/An, in 2001.
Benin ranks 191st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Benin, year by year
| Year | g/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 g/An | — |
| 1962 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 800 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 550 g/An | -31.2% |
| 2002 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 550 g/An | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 800 g/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 575 g/An | 550 g/An | 800 g/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 550 g/An | 550 g/An | 550 g/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 550 g/An | 550 g/An | 550 g/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Benin
- 188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 633 g/An compare
- 189 Montenegro 599 g/An compare
- 190 Mali 562 g/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Benin?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Benin was 550 g/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 800 g/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 550 g/An in 2001.
- How does Benin rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Benin ranks 191st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin 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 — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.