Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 7,576 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Papua New Guinea stood at 7,576 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Papua New Guinea peaked at 7,576 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,305 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,305 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 1,368 1000 An | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 1,376 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 1,380 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 1,426 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 1,446 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 1,428 1000 An | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 1,428 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,459 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 1,524 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 1,661 1000 An | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 1,689 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 1,679 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 1,798 1000 An | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 1,803 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 1,928 1000 An | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 2,053 1000 An | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 2,207 1000 An | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 2,375 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1980 | 3,012 1000 An | +26.8% |
| 1981 | 3,897 1000 An | +29.4% |
| 1982 | 3,107 1000 An | -20.3% |
| 1983 | 3,130 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 3,393 1000 An | +8.4% |
| 1985 | 3,679 1000 An | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 3,979 1000 An | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 4,290 1000 An | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 4,369 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 4,459 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 4,689 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1991 | 4,860 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 5,000 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 5,361 1000 An | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 5,452 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 5,512 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 5,614 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 5,815 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 5,916 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 5,919 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 6,019 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 6,021 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6,222 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 6,323 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 6,324 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6,324 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6,524 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 6,524 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6,625 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 6,626 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6,526 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 6,629 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 6,831 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 7,013 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 7,013 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7,043 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 7,100 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 7,190 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 7,273 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 7,353 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 7,419 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 7,521 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 7,574 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 7,504 1000 An | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 7,576 1000 An | +1.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 7,576 1000 An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 48,964 1000 An, 15% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 7,576 1000 An is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14,301 1000 An, 53% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Papua New Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +29.4% | 3,012 1000 An | 3,897 1000 An |
| 1980 | +26.8% | 2,375 1000 An | 3,012 1000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,402 1000 An | 1,305 1000 An | 1,459 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,872 1000 An | 1,524 1000 An | 2,375 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,732 1000 An | 3,012 1000 An | 4,459 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,414 1000 An | 4,689 1000 An | 5,919 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,353 1000 An | 6,019 1000 An | 6,626 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,997 1000 An | 6,526 1000 An | 7,353 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,519 1000 An | 7,419 1000 An | 7,576 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1129 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1305 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Papua New Guinea?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Papua New Guinea was 7,576 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 7,576 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,305 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 144th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.