Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America
Northern America: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 2,080 g/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America, 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 Northern America stood at 2,080 g/An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern America peaked at 2,129 g/An in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,158 g/An, in 1967.
That places Northern America 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Northern America, year by year
| Year | g/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,167 g/An | — |
| 1962 | 1,162 g/An | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 1,178 g/An | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 1,177 g/An | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 1,179 g/An | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 1,336 g/An | +13.3% |
| 1967 | 1,158 g/An | -13.3% |
| 1968 | 1,165 g/An | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 1,177 g/An | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 1,201 g/An | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 1,211 g/An | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 1,221 g/An | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 1,226 g/An | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 1,237 g/An | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 1,272 g/An | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 1,283 g/An | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 1,281 g/An | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 1,289 g/An | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 1,301 g/An | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 1,307 g/An | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 1,340 g/An | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 1,354 g/An | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 1,369 g/An | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 1,385 g/An | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 1,362 g/An | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 1,452 g/An | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 1,415 g/An | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 1,417 g/An | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 1,430 g/An | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 1,441 g/An | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 1,454 g/An | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 1,481 g/An | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 1,500 g/An | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 1,523 g/An | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 1,533 g/An | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,575 g/An | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 1,588 g/An | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 1,603 g/An | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 1,649 g/An | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 1,660 g/An | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,664 g/An | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,694 g/An | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 1,725 g/An | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 1,751 g/An | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 1,795 g/An | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 1,807 g/An | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,825 g/An | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1,856 g/An | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 1,869 g/An | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 1,911 g/An | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 1,949 g/An | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 1,963 g/An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,987 g/An | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 2,018 g/An | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 2,056 g/An | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 2,068 g/An | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 2,082 g/An | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,104 g/An | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 2,129 g/An | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1,992 g/An | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 2,037 g/An | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 2,052 g/An | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,069 g/An | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 2,080 g/An | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,189 g/An | 1,158 g/An | 1,336 g/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,252 g/An | 1,201 g/An | 1,301 g/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,383 g/An | 1,307 g/An | 1,452 g/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,535 g/An | 1,441 g/An | 1,649 g/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,765 g/An | 1,660 g/An | 1,869 g/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,027 g/An | 1,911 g/An | 2,129 g/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,046 g/An | 1,992 g/An | 2,080 g/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,925 g/An compare
- 1 Rwanda 3,582 g/An compare
- 2 Fiji 3,271 g/An compare
- 2 Melanesia 2,360 g/An compare
- 3 Argentina 3,117 g/An compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,843 g/An compare
- 4 Malawi 3,061 g/An compare
- 4 Türkiye 1,837 g/An compare
- 5 Japan 2,914 g/An compare
- 5 Viet Nam 1,833 g/An compare
- 6 Malaysia 2,431 g/An compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 1,562 g/An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern America?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Northern America was 2,080 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,129 g/An in 2019.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,158 g/An in 1967.
- How does Northern America rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Northern America ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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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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.