Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United States of America
United States of America: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 9.80 million 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United States of America, 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 United States of America is 9.80 million 1000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in United States of America peaked at 9.80 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.37 million 1000 An, in 1961.
That places United States of America 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in United States of America, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.37 million 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 2.38 million 1000 An | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 2.45 million 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 2.52 million 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 2.68 million 1000 An | +6.6% |
| 1966 | 2.57 million 1000 An | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 3.06 million 1000 An | +19.2% |
| 1968 | 3.04 million 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 3.20 million 1000 An | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 3.36 million 1000 An | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 3.35 million 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 3.47 million 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 3.39 million 1000 An | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 3.39 million 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3.22 million 1000 An | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 3.58 million 1000 An | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 3.67 million 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 3.85 million 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 4.21 million 1000 An | +9.1% |
| 1980 | 4.31 million 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 4.46 million 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 4.45 million 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 4.50 million 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 4.64 million 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 4.92 million 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 4.84 million 1000 An | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 5.42 million 1000 An | +12.1% |
| 1988 | 5.61 million 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 5.95 million 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 6.31 million 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 6.61 million 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 6.90 million 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 7.15 million 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 7.54 million 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 7.83 million 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 8.01 million 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 8.22 million 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 8.30 million 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 8.58 million 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 8.72 million 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 8.91 million 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 9.01 million 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 8.98 million 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 9.18 million 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 9.28 million 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 9.25 million 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 9.33 million 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 9.37 million 1000 An | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 8.93 million 1000 An | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 9.06 million 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 8.95 million 1000 An | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 8.85 million 1000 An | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 8.91 million 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 8.93 million 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 9.08 million 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 9.18 million 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 9.32 million 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 9.43 million 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 9.59 million 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 9.59 million 1000 An | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 9.57 million 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 9.78 million 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 9.74 million 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 9.80 million 1000 An | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.70 million 1000 An | 2.37 million 1000 An | 3.20 million 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.55 million 1000 An | 3.22 million 1000 An | 4.21 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.91 million 1000 An | 4.31 million 1000 An | 5.95 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.55 million 1000 An | 6.31 million 1000 An | 8.58 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.09 million 1000 An | 8.72 million 1000 An | 9.37 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.13 million 1000 An | 8.85 million 1000 An | 9.59 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.70 million 1000 An | 9.57 million 1000 An | 9.80 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 6 Russian Federation 2.64 million 1000 An compare
- 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
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- Meat, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.6993 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.3759 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in United States of America?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in United States of America was 9.80 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 States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 9.80 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.37 million 1000 An in 1961.
- How does United States of America rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- United States of America ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of 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.