Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 8.11 million 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 8.11 million 1000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 50.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Asia peaked at 8.11 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 165,879 1000 An, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 10th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 165,879 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 173,324 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 186,088 1000 An | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 195,844 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 206,295 1000 An | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 219,259 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 241,399 1000 An | +10.1% |
| 1968 | 257,475 1000 An | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 274,973 1000 An | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 291,983 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 298,080 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 302,344 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1973 | 302,928 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 312,878 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 317,358 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 337,856 1000 An | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 355,565 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 418,299 1000 An | +17.6% |
| 1979 | 454,429 1000 An | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 464,098 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 484,315 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 509,341 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 549,972 1000 An | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 580,452 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 611,020 1000 An | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 682,438 1000 An | +11.7% |
| 1987 | 838,352 1000 An | +22.8% |
| 1988 | 874,533 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 957,270 1000 An | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 1.02 million 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 1.19 million 1000 An | +17.0% |
| 1992 | 1.30 million 1000 An | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 1.45 million 1000 An | +11.4% |
| 1994 | 1.59 million 1000 An | +9.7% |
| 1995 | 1.71 million 1000 An | +7.5% |
| 1996 | 1.76 million 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 1.82 million 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 1.79 million 1000 An | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 1.93 million 1000 An | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 2.11 million 1000 An | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 2.26 million 1000 An | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 2.42 million 1000 An | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 2.67 million 1000 An | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 2.82 million 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 3.00 million 1000 An | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 3.29 million 1000 An | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 3.59 million 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 3.85 million 1000 An | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 4.39 million 1000 An | +14.3% |
| 2010 | 4.43 million 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 4.59 million 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 5.00 million 1000 An | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 4.90 million 1000 An | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 5.38 million 1000 An | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 5.54 million 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 5.73 million 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 5.96 million 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 6.18 million 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 6.44 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 7.00 million 1000 An | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 7.30 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 7.53 million 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 7.87 million 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 8.11 million 1000 An | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 213,393 1000 An | 165,879 1000 An | 274,973 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 339,172 1000 An | 291,983 1000 An | 454,429 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 655,179 1000 An | 464,098 1000 An | 957,270 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.56 million 1000 An | 1.02 million 1000 An | 1.93 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.04 million 1000 An | 2.11 million 1000 An | 4.39 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.41 million 1000 An | 4.43 million 1000 An | 6.44 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.56 million 1000 An | 7.00 million 1000 An | 8.11 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 7 USSR 2.38 million 1000 An compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 295,734 1000 An compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 198,237 1000 An compare
- 8 Mexico 2.14 million 1000 An compare
- 9 Pakistan 2.02 million 1000 An compare
- 10 Egypt 1.83 million 1000 An compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 108,296 1000 An compare
- 11 Poland 1.37 million 1000 An compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 102,529 1000 An compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 57,276 1000 An compare
- 12 Thailand 1.37 million 1000 An compare
- 13 Philippines 1.36 million 1000 An compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 43,141 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 14.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 6.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 7.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 7.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Asia?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Asia was 8.11 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.11 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 165,879 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Southern Asia ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.