Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Portugal
Portugal: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita was 0.0224 1000 An per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 An per person.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Portugal stood at 0.0224 1000 An per person. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Portugal peaked at 0.0224 1000 An per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0016 1000 An per person, in 1961.
That places Portugal 18th out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Portugal, year by year
| Year | 1000 An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0016 1000 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0027 1000 An per person | +65.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0035 1000 An per person | +30.7% |
| 1964 | 0.004 1000 An per person | +15.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0043 1000 An per person | +7.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0044 1000 An per person | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0044 1000 An per person | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0045 1000 An per person | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0055 1000 An per person | +22.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0059 1000 An per person | +7.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0071 1000 An per person | +19.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0081 1000 An per person | +14.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0092 1000 An per person | +13.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0097 1000 An per person | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0095 1000 An per person | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0107 1000 An per person | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0125 1000 An per person | +16.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0108 1000 An per person | -13.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0107 1000 An per person | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0112 1000 An per person | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0107 1000 An per person | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0101 1000 An per person | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0105 1000 An per person | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0086 1000 An per person | -18.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0086 1000 An per person | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0099 1000 An per person | +15.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0108 1000 An per person | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0112 1000 An per person | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0108 1000 An per person | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0105 1000 An per person | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 0.011 1000 An per person | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0123 1000 An per person | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0125 1000 An per person | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0132 1000 An per person | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0139 1000 An per person | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0147 1000 An per person | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 0.016 1000 An per person | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0167 1000 An per person | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 0.017 1000 An per person | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0172 1000 An per person | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0175 1000 An per person | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0171 1000 An per person | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0149 1000 An per person | -12.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0161 1000 An per person | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0161 1000 An per person | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0154 1000 An per person | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0168 1000 An per person | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0175 1000 An per person | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0176 1000 An per person | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0173 1000 An per person | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0175 1000 An per person | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0174 1000 An per person | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0175 1000 An per person | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0177 1000 An per person | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0187 1000 An per person | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0191 1000 An per person | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0198 1000 An per person | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0204 1000 An per person | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0206 1000 An per person | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0204 1000 An per person | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0207 1000 An per person | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0216 1000 An per person | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 0.022 1000 An per person | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0224 1000 An per person | +2.0% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0.0224 1000 An per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0116 1000 An per person, 1.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 0.0224 1000 An per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0112 1000 An per person, 2.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +65.5% | 0.0016 1000 An per person | 0.0027 1000 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0039 1000 An per person | 0.0016 1000 An per person | 0.0055 1000 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0094 1000 An per person | 0.0059 1000 An per person | 0.0125 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0102 1000 An per person | 0.0086 1000 An per person | 0.0112 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0138 1000 An per person | 0.0105 1000 An per person | 0.017 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0166 1000 An per person | 0.0149 1000 An per person | 0.0176 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0186 1000 An per person | 0.0173 1000 An per person | 0.0206 1000 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0214 1000 An per person | 0.0204 1000 An per person | 0.0224 1000 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 15 Peru 0.0242 1000 An per person compare
- 16 New Zealand 0.0235 1000 An per person compare
- 17 Dominican Republic 0.0226 1000 An per person compare
- 19 Jordan 0.0218 1000 An per person compare
- 20 El Salvador 0.0211 1000 An per person compare
- 21 Slovenia 0.0204 1000 An per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Portugal?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Portugal was 0.0224 1000 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0224 1000 An per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0016 1000 An per person in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita?
- Portugal ranks 18th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.