Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Japan
Japan: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 846,707 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Japan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan stood at 846,707 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan peaked at 846,707 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 103,016 1000 An, in 1961.
Japan ranks 21st of 207 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 175,795 1000 An | 103,016 1000 An | 292,018 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 518,877 1000 An | 354,018 1000 An | 690,706 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 742,194 1000 An | 706,978 1000 An | 803,870 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 654,648 1000 An | 609,491 1000 An | 708,318 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 668,147 1000 An | 604,898 1000 An | 737,980 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 758,223 1000 An | 714,065 1000 An | 802,592 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 824,763 1000 An | 815,806 1000 An | 846,707 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
More agriculture & rural data for Japan
- Agriculture share gdp 0.9583 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.9583 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 7.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 9.50 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.15 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 17.99 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Japan was 846,707 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 846,707 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 103,016 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Japan rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Japan ranks 21st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan 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.