Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 33,865 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Afghanistan stood at 33,865 1000 An.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Afghanistan peaked at 40,400 1000 An in 2005 and was at its lowest, 7,000 1000 An, in 1961.
Afghanistan ranks 121st of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,800 1000 An | 7,000 1000 An | 12,000 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,950 1000 An | 12,000 1000 An | 15,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,820 1000 An | 15,000 1000 An | 16,400 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,050 1000 An | 14,500 1000 An | 18,800 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,080 1000 An | 16,400 1000 An | 40,400 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,266 1000 An | 30,372 1000 An | 35,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,497 1000 An | 32,708 1000 An | 33,916 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 118 South Sudan 37,968 1000 An compare
- 119 Malawi 36,280 1000 An compare
- 120 Trinidad and Tobago 34,042 1000 An compare
- 122 Sudan 33,638 1000 An compare
- 123 Uruguay 32,507 1000 An compare
- 124 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27,654 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 74.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Rural population 32.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Afghanistan?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Afghanistan was 33,865 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 40,400 1000 An in 2005.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,000 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Afghanistan rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Afghanistan ranks 121st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.