Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in China
China: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita was 0.0118 1000 An per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in China, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 An per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in China is 0.0118 1000 An per person, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in China peaked at 0.0118 1000 An per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0009 1000 An per person, in 1961.
China ranks 54th of 168 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, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0009 1000 An per person | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 0.001 1000 An per person | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 0.001 1000 An per person | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 0.001 1000 An per person | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 0.001 1000 An per person | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.001 1000 An per person | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 0.001 1000 An per person | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.001 1000 An per person | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 0.001 1000 An per person | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 0.001 1000 An per person | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0011 1000 An per person | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0011 1000 An per person | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0011 1000 An per person | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0011 1000 An per person | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0012 1000 An per person | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0013 1000 An per person | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0013 1000 An per person | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0014 1000 An per person | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0014 1000 An per person | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0014 1000 An per person | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0015 1000 An per person | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0018 1000 An per person | +12.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0019 1000 An per person | +8.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0022 1000 An per person | +16.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0022 1000 An per person | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0024 1000 An per person | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0027 1000 An per person | +14.2% |
| 1992 | 0.003 1000 An per person | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0037 1000 An per person | +25.2% |
| 1994 | 0.004 1000 An per person | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0048 1000 An per person | +18.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0048 1000 An per person | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0057 1000 An per person | +17.5% |
| 1998 | 0.006 1000 An per person | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0065 1000 An per person | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0067 1000 An per person | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0066 1000 An per person | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0066 1000 An per person | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0069 1000 An per person | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0068 1000 An per person | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0072 1000 An per person | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0071 1000 An per person | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0076 1000 An per person | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 0.008 1000 An per person | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0083 1000 An per person | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0085 1000 An per person | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0087 1000 An per person | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0092 1000 An per person | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 0.009 1000 An per person | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0087 1000 An per person | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.009 1000 An per person | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0092 1000 An per person | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0095 1000 An per person | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0101 1000 An per person | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0103 1000 An per person | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0107 1000 An per person | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 0.011 1000 An per person | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0113 1000 An per person | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0115 1000 An per person | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0118 1000 An per person | +1.9% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0.0118 1000 An per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0116 1000 An per person, 1.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- China's 0.0118 1000 An per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0069 1000 An per person, 1.7× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +25.2% | 0.003 1000 An per person | 0.0037 1000 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.001 1000 An per person | 0.0009 1000 An per person | 0.001 1000 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0012 1000 An per person | 0.001 1000 An per person | 0.0014 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0017 1000 An per person | 0.0014 1000 An per person | 0.0022 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0044 1000 An per person | 0.0024 1000 An per person | 0.0065 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0072 1000 An per person | 0.0066 1000 An per person | 0.0083 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0092 1000 An per person | 0.0085 1000 An per person | 0.0103 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0113 1000 An per person | 0.0107 1000 An per person | 0.0118 1000 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
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, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in China?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in China was 0.0118 1000 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0118 1000 An per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0009 1000 An per person in 1961.
- How does China rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita?
- China ranks 54th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.