Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia
Australia: Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 5,940 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia is 5,940 1000 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia peaked at 10,400 1000 An in 2007 and was at its lowest, 426 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Australia 15th out of 73 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 426 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 435 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 444 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 452 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 462 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 580 1000 An | +25.5% |
| 1967 | 694 1000 An | +19.7% |
| 1968 | 660 1000 An | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 916 1000 An | +38.8% |
| 1970 | 1,332 1000 An | +45.4% |
| 1971 | 1,440 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 1,353 1000 An | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 2,134 1000 An | +57.7% |
| 1974 | 2,216 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 1,891 1000 An | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 1,418 1000 An | -25.0% |
| 1977 | 1,600 1000 An | +12.8% |
| 1978 | 1,850 1000 An | +15.6% |
| 1979 | 2,000 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 2,974 1000 An | +48.7% |
| 1981 | 2,250 1000 An | -24.3% |
| 1982 | 2,007 1000 An | -10.8% |
| 1983 | 2,000 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 2,240 1000 An | +12.0% |
| 1985 | 2,928 1000 An | +30.7% |
| 1986 | 2,600 1000 An | -11.2% |
| 1987 | 4,944 1000 An | +90.2% |
| 1988 | 5,600 1000 An | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 5,930 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 6,580 1000 An | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 6,800 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 6,800 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 5,200 1000 An | -23.5% |
| 1994 | 4,200 1000 An | -19.2% |
| 1995 | 5,000 1000 An | +19.0% |
| 1996 | 6,100 1000 An | +22.0% |
| 1997 | 6,100 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 6,700 1000 An | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 7,000 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 7,200 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 3,800 1000 An | -47.2% |
| 2002 | 3,100 1000 An | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 4,100 1000 An | +32.3% |
| 2004 | 3,600 1000 An | -12.2% |
| 2005 | 3,300 1000 An | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 6,200 1000 An | +87.9% |
| 2007 | 10,400 1000 An | +67.7% |
| 2008 | 6,700 1000 An | -35.6% |
| 2009 | 6,350 1000 An | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 6,300 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 6,200 1000 An | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 6,430 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 6,335 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 6,333 1000 An | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 6,325 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 6,310 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 6,320 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 6,234 1000 An | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 6,197 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 6,130 1000 An | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 6,161 1000 An | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 6,072 1000 An | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 6,001 1000 An | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 5,940 1000 An | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 563.22 1000 An | 426 1000 An | 916 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,723 1000 An | 1,332 1000 An | 2,216 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,347 1000 An | 2,000 1000 An | 5,930 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,048 1000 An | 4,200 1000 An | 7,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,475 1000 An | 3,100 1000 An | 10,400 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,298 1000 An | 6,197 1000 An | 6,430 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,061 1000 An | 5,940 1000 An | 6,161 1000 An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia?
- Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia was 5,940 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,400 1000 An in 2007.
- What is the lowest meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 426 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Australia ranks 15th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of turkeys, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.