Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Argentina
Argentina: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 749,816 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Argentina is 749,816 1000 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Argentina peaked at 768,118 1000 An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 25,633 1000 An, in 1961.
Argentina ranks 25th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Argentina, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,633 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 29,982 1000 An | +17.0% |
| 1963 | 36,648 1000 An | +22.2% |
| 1964 | 51,771 1000 An | +41.3% |
| 1965 | 81,946 1000 An | +58.3% |
| 1966 | 72,640 1000 An | -11.4% |
| 1967 | 76,692 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 84,055 1000 An | +9.6% |
| 1969 | 89,080 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 115,735 1000 An | +29.9% |
| 1971 | 131,760 1000 An | +13.8% |
| 1972 | 126,860 1000 An | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 127,200 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 185,746 1000 An | +46.0% |
| 1975 | 178,840 1000 An | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 171,330 1000 An | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 167,810 1000 An | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 172,510 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 189,715 1000 An | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 162,440 1000 An | -14.4% |
| 1981 | 172,140 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 157,390 1000 An | -8.6% |
| 1983 | 174,705 1000 An | +11.0% |
| 1984 | 182,825 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 199,825 1000 An | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 221,140 1000 An | +10.7% |
| 1987 | 244,920 1000 An | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 210,640 1000 An | -14.0% |
| 1989 | 182,340 1000 An | -13.4% |
| 1990 | 193,300 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 216,388 1000 An | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 291,223 1000 An | +34.6% |
| 1993 | 319,710 1000 An | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 330,600 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 358,180 1000 An | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 346,060 1000 An | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 363,760 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 409,560 1000 An | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 421,970 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 427,870 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 432,270 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 329,875 1000 An | -23.7% |
| 2003 | 344,935 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 348,274 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 404,319 1000 An | +16.1% |
| 2006 | 460,409 1000 An | +13.9% |
| 2007 | 497,689 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 549,881 1000 An | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 584,007 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 626,429 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 693,799 1000 An | +10.8% |
| 2012 | 745,479 1000 An | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 743,459 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 740,296 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 740,612 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 714,862 1000 An | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 732,762 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 722,038 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 767,517 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 768,118 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 752,065 1000 An | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 762,374 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 751,163 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 749,816 1000 An | -0.2% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 749,816 1000 An is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 83,275 1000 An, 9.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 749,816 1000 An is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 57,756 1000 An, 13.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +58.3% | 51,771 1000 An | 81,946 1000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60,939 1000 An | 25,633 1000 An | 89,080 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 156,751 1000 An | 115,735 1000 An | 189,715 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 190,836 1000 An | 157,390 1000 An | 244,920 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 325,075 1000 An | 193,300 1000 An | 421,970 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 437,953 1000 An | 329,875 1000 An | 584,007 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 722,725 1000 An | 626,429 1000 An | 767,517 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 756,707 1000 An | 749,816 1000 An | 768,118 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Argentina?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Argentina was 749,816 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 768,118 1000 An in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,633 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Argentina rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Argentina ranks 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Argentina 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.