Meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen in China
China: Meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen was 8.64 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen in China stood at 8.64 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 78.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen in China peaked at 408.15 t in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen in China, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 0 t | — |
| 1976 | 0 t | — |
| 1977 | 0 t | — |
| 1978 | 0 t | — |
| 1979 | 0 t | — |
| 1980 | 0 t | — |
| 1981 | 0 t | — |
| 1982 | 0 t | — |
| 1983 | 0 t | — |
| 1984 | 0 t | — |
| 1985 | 0 t | — |
| 1986 | 0 t | — |
| 1987 | 0 t | — |
| 1988 | 0 t | — |
| 1989 | 0 t | — |
| 1990 | 170.25 t | — |
| 1991 | 222.9 t | +30.9% |
| 1992 | 232.2 t | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 408.15 t | +75.8% |
| 1994 | 264.75 t | -35.1% |
| 1995 | 252.75 t | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 237 t | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 263.25 t | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 223.05 t | -15.3% |
| 1999 | 255 t | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 228.3 t | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 184.65 t | -19.1% |
| 2002 | 116.85 t | -36.7% |
| 2003 | 120.45 t | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 310.2 t | +157.5% |
| 2005 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2006 | 0 t | — |
| 2007 | 81.5 t | — |
| 2008 | 84.1 t | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 77.8 t | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 73.53 t | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 69.27 t | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 65.01 t | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 60.75 t | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 39.24 t | -35.4% |
| 2015 | 33.79 t | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 25.68 t | -24.0% |
| 2017 | 15.97 t | -37.8% |
| 2018 | 13.06 t | -18.2% |
| 2019 | 14.07 t | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 12.99 t | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 10.43 t | -19.7% |
| 2022 | 8.97 t | -14.0% |
| 2023 | 8.58 t | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 8.64 t | +0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +157.5% | 120.45 t | 310.2 t |
| 2005 | -100.0% | 310.2 t | 0 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 252.93 t | 170.25 t | 408.15 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 120.38 t | 0 t | 310.2 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.04 t | 13.06 t | 73.53 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.92 t | 8.58 t | 12.99 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 6 Cyprus 230.52 t compare
- 7 Myanmar 33.02 t compare
- 8 Bulgaria 12.83 t compare
- 9 China, Macao SAR 8.64 t compare
- 11 Russian Federation 0 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen in China?
- Meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen in China was 8.64 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 408.15 t in 1993.
- What is the lowest meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does China rank for meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen?
- China ranks 9th out of 11 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of pigeons and other birds n.e.c., fresh, chilled or frozen — 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.