Meat, Poultry — Production in Argentina
Argentina: Meat, Poultry — Production was 2.34 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Production in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 2.34 million t for meat, poultry — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Argentina peaked at 2.36 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 43,171 t, in 1961.
That places Argentina 14th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | 100,226 t | 43,171 t | 146,155 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 244,532 t | 186,947 t | 290,563 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 357,312 t | 298,500 t | 438,788 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 709,076 t | 371,797 t | 982,860 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.10 million t | 742,310 t | 1.55 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.01 million t | 1.64 million t | 2.25 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.33 million t | 2.26 million t | 2.36 million t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture share gdp 5.53 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.53 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 7.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 3.51 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 37.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 177,082 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Argentina?
- Meat, poultry — production in Argentina was 2.34 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 2.36 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 43,171 t in 1961.
- How does Argentina rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Argentina ranks 14th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — Production. 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.