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 17th out of 41 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 | 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
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.20 million 1000 An compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 1.11 million 1000 An compare
- 16 Colombia 1.07 million 1000 An compare
- 17 South Africa 1.05 million 1000 An compare
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 878,946 1000 An compare
- 19 France 866,251 1000 An compare
- 20 Japan 846,707 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 48 kg/An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 17.11 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 14.80 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 50,778 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.05 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 6,608 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 39,728 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 710,078 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 598,635 ha (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 17th out of 41 regions 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.