Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South America
South America: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 10.37 million 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
South America recorded 10.37 million 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 3.0% on the previous year and up 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in South America peaked at 10.37 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 266,162 1000 An, in 1961.
That places South America 4th out of 41 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | 427,827 1000 An | 266,162 1000 An | 599,021 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.05 million 1000 An | 684,332 1000 An | 1.64 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.23 million 1000 An | 1.94 million 1000 An | 2.58 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.16 million 1000 An | 2.78 million 1000 An | 5.29 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.02 million 1000 An | 5.46 million 1000 An | 8.87 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.00 million 1000 An | 8.39 million 1000 An | 9.55 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.98 million 1000 An | 9.63 million 1000 An | 10.37 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 1 China (People’s Republic of) 16.56 million 1000 An compare
- 2 China, mainland 16.12 million 1000 An compare
- 3 Brazil 6.51 million 1000 An compare
- 4 Indonesia 4.93 million 1000 An compare
- 5 India 3.39 million 1000 An compare
- 6 Russian Federation 2.64 million 1000 An compare
- 7 USSR 2.38 million 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 29.73 million An (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,181 g/An (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 22.62 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in South America?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in South America was 10.37 million 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 10.37 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 266,162 1000 An in 1961.
- How does South America rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- South America ranks 4th out of 41 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.