Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Australia
Australia: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 754,500 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — 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, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia is 754,500 1000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia peaked at 754,500 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 37,241 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Australia 26th out of 207 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,722 1000 An | 37,241 1000 An | 83,214 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 146,291 1000 An | 93,627 1000 An | 200,790 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 253,390 1000 An | 217,948 1000 An | 285,851 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 333,927 1000 An | 292,835 1000 An | 382,433 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 444,784 1000 An | 405,038 1000 An | 483,862 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 606,229 1000 An | 526,470 1000 An | 666,419 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 714,082 1000 An | 672,000 1000 An | 754,500 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Australia was 754,500 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 Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 754,500 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,241 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Australia ranks 26th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. 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, 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.