Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.20 million 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 1.20 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 2.4% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 1.20 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 205,221 1000 An, in 1961.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 14th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 205,221 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 213,165 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 212,665 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 226,596 1000 An | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 238,651 1000 An | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 260,907 1000 An | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 283,707 1000 An | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 323,126 1000 An | +13.9% |
| 1969 | 337,663 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 349,907 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 355,320 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 400,656 1000 An | +12.8% |
| 1973 | 400,427 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 394,618 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 376,765 1000 An | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 395,495 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 430,818 1000 An | +8.9% |
| 1978 | 432,087 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 444,954 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 441,510 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 442,007 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 472,777 1000 An | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 460,379 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 483,650 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 500,502 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 522,673 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 553,875 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 587,438 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 539,270 1000 An | -8.2% |
| 1990 | 566,414 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 590,692 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 696,563 1000 An | +17.9% |
| 1993 | 722,588 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 761,600 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 785,000 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 824,000 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1997 | 850,000 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 857,000 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 848,300 1000 An | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 843,100 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 866,347 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 861,805 1000 An | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 881,074 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 881,490 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 902,611 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 879,460 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 866,902 1000 An | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 852,422 1000 An | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 868,326 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 933,220 1000 An | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 931,020 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 952,065 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 976,440 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 972,108 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.03 million 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 1.08 million 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 1.12 million 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 1.17 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 1.14 million 1000 An | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 1.18 million 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 1.19 million 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 1.16 million 1000 An | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 1.17 million 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1.20 million 1000 An | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 255,745 1000 An | 205,221 1000 An | 337,663 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 398,105 1000 An | 349,907 1000 An | 444,954 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 500,408 1000 An | 441,510 1000 An | 587,438 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 750,216 1000 An | 566,414 1000 An | 857,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 870,354 1000 An | 843,100 1000 An | 902,611 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 million 1000 An | 931,020 1000 An | 1.17 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.18 million 1000 An | 1.16 million 1000 An | 1.20 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 11 Poland 1.37 million 1000 An compare
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- 13 Republic of Moldova 43,141 1000 An compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27,654 1000 An compare
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- 15 Melanesia 23,363 1000 An compare
- 16 Colombia 1.07 million 1000 An compare
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- 17 South Africa 1.05 million 1000 An compare
- 17 Polynesia 1,778 1000 An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 1.20 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.20 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 205,221 1000 An in 1961.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 14th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.