Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nigeria
Nigeria: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 342,933 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Nigeria, 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 Nigeria is 342,933 1000 An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 74.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Nigeria peaked at 355,933 1000 An in 2022 and was at its lowest, 37,500 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Nigeria 41st 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 | 49,078 1000 An | 37,500 1000 An | 60,000 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 82,600 1000 An | 63,000 1000 An | 112,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 139,300 1000 An | 118,000 1000 An | 169,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 168,800 1000 An | 162,000 1000 An | 174,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 217,265 1000 An | 160,000 1000 An | 273,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 233,196 1000 An | 193,153 1000 An | 292,993 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 338,375 1000 An | 318,014 1000 An | 355,933 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture share gdp 22.98 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 22.98 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 36.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 86.04 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 66.82 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Nigeria?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Nigeria was 342,933 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 355,933 1000 An in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,500 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Nigeria ranks 41st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.