Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Portugal
Portugal: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 239,836 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 239,836 1000 An for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal peaked at 239,836 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,400 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Portugal 48th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Portugal, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,400 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 24,000 1000 An | +66.7% |
| 1963 | 31,500 1000 An | +31.2% |
| 1964 | 36,400 1000 An | +15.6% |
| 1965 | 38,800 1000 An | +6.6% |
| 1966 | 39,000 1000 An | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 39,200 1000 An | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 39,500 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 48,064 1000 An | +21.7% |
| 1970 | 51,410 1000 An | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 61,256 1000 An | +19.2% |
| 1972 | 70,000 1000 An | +14.3% |
| 1973 | 79,727 1000 An | +13.9% |
| 1974 | 85,324 1000 An | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 86,400 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 100,000 1000 An | +15.7% |
| 1977 | 118,182 1000 An | +18.2% |
| 1978 | 103,700 1000 An | -12.3% |
| 1979 | 103,000 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 109,199 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 105,560 1000 An | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 100,002 1000 An | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 104,935 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 86,344 1000 An | -17.7% |
| 1985 | 86,035 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 99,685 1000 An | +15.9% |
| 1987 | 108,269 1000 An | +8.6% |
| 1988 | 111,840 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 107,723 1000 An | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 104,443 1000 An | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 109,994 1000 An | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 122,500 1000 An | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 124,209 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 132,014 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 139,690 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 147,626 1000 An | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 161,784 1000 An | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 169,394 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 173,744 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 177,129 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 181,772 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 177,717 1000 An | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 156,126 1000 An | -12.1% |
| 2004 | 168,757 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 168,729 1000 An | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 162,331 1000 An | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 176,755 1000 An | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 184,283 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 186,165 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 183,205 1000 An | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 184,433 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 182,766 1000 An | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 182,535 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 183,784 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 193,203 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 197,591 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 203,903 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 209,609 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 211,998 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 209,623 1000 An | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 214,346 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 224,933 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 232,653 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 239,836 1000 An | +3.1% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 239,836 1000 An is above the median for high income countries, which is 55,782 1000 An, 4.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 239,836 1000 An is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80,517 1000 An, 3.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +66.7% | 14,400 1000 An | 24,000 1000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,540 1000 An | 14,400 1000 An | 48,064 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 85,900 1000 An | 51,410 1000 An | 118,182 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 101,959 1000 An | 86,035 1000 An | 111,840 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 138,540 1000 An | 104,443 1000 An | 173,744 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 173,976 1000 An | 156,126 1000 An | 186,165 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 193,303 1000 An | 182,535 1000 An | 211,998 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 224,278 1000 An | 209,623 1000 An | 239,836 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Portugal was 239,836 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 239,836 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,400 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Portugal ranks 48th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.