Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa
Western Africa: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.06 million 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 1.06 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 5.2% on the previous year and up 56.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa peaked at 1.06 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 85,447 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Western Africa 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 85,447 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 90,776 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 95,523 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 101,584 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 1965 | 106,009 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 111,460 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 116,532 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 121,574 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 127,828 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 134,492 1000 An | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 141,253 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 145,517 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 150,537 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 156,461 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 167,481 1000 An | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 177,239 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 191,182 1000 An | +7.9% |
| 1978 | 205,767 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 218,540 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 228,470 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 247,161 1000 An | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 242,803 1000 An | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 263,055 1000 An | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 262,689 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 282,664 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 296,388 1000 An | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 310,577 1000 An | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 319,299 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 327,169 1000 An | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 335,567 1000 An | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 382,162 1000 An | +13.9% |
| 1992 | 382,258 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 383,912 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 391,216 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 398,840 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 398,054 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 410,367 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 421,244 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 427,402 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 424,348 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 458,532 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 472,753 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 501,466 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 521,506 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 550,561 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 573,039 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 605,289 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 656,863 1000 An | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 700,556 1000 An | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 682,477 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 654,066 1000 An | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 668,879 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 669,038 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 678,829 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 706,353 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 779,105 1000 An | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 814,698 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 2018 | 849,593 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 914,840 1000 An | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 891,479 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 948,718 1000 An | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 1.00 million 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 1.01 million 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 1.06 million 1000 An | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 106,304 1000 An | 85,447 1000 An | 127,828 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 168,847 1000 An | 134,492 1000 An | 218,540 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 278,028 1000 An | 228,470 1000 An | 327,169 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 393,102 1000 An | 335,567 1000 An | 427,402 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 546,491 1000 An | 424,348 1000 An | 700,556 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 741,788 1000 An | 654,066 1000 An | 914,840 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 982,523 1000 An | 891,479 1000 An | 1.06 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 20 Japan 846,707 1000 An compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 203 1000 An compare
- 21 Canada 831,328 1000 An compare
- 22 Peru 826,762 1000 An compare
- 23 Spain 798,444 1000 An compare
- 24 Australia 754,500 1000 An compare
- 25 Argentina 749,816 1000 An compare
- 26 Malaysia 681,807 1000 An compare
- 26 Caribbean 428,542 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -7.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Africa was 1.06 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,447 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Western Africa rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Western Africa ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.