Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 775,225 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa is 775,225 1000 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Africa peaked at 776,043 1000 An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 125,202 1000 An, in 1961.
Eastern Africa ranks 28th of 33 groups on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 145,515 1000 An | 125,202 1000 An | 178,677 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 225,080 1000 An | 189,271 1000 An | 262,624 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 280,380 1000 An | 259,925 1000 An | 314,231 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 316,605 1000 An | 289,105 1000 An | 341,270 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 422,384 1000 An | 357,261 1000 An | 486,573 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 610,127 1000 An | 520,330 1000 An | 740,835 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 755,815 1000 An | 695,956 1000 An | 776,043 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 23.97 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 29.04 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Africa?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Eastern Africa was 775,225 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 776,043 1000 An in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 125,202 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Eastern Africa ranks 28th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.