Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western Asia
Western Asia: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 3.41 million 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Western 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 Western Asia is 3.41 million 1000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Asia peaked at 3.41 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 121,844 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 15th out of 33 groups 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 | 166,141 1000 An | 121,844 1000 An | 215,207 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 350,213 1000 An | 232,468 1000 An | 507,151 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 946,610 1000 An | 563,948 1000 An | 1.22 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.24 million 1000 An | 1.01 million 1000 An | 1.52 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.95 million 1000 An | 1.66 million 1000 An | 2.31 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.81 million 1000 An | 2.48 million 1000 An | 3.11 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.29 million 1000 An | 3.18 million 1000 An | 3.41 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 12 Türkiye 1.37 million 1000 An compare
- 13 Poland 1.37 million 1000 An compare
- 14 Thailand 1.37 million 1000 An compare
- 15 Philippines 1.36 million 1000 An compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.20 million 1000 An compare
- 17 Republic of Korea 1.11 million 1000 An compare
- 18 Colombia 1.07 million 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 788,652 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 172,662 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 66,983 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 110,431 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 19.50 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,591 g/An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 2.72 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Asia?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Western Asia was 3.41 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.41 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 121,844 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Western Asia ranks 15th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.