Meat, Poultry — Production in Australia
Australia: Meat, Poultry — Production was 1.51 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1.51 million t for meat, poultry — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 32.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Australia peaked at 1.51 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 49,388 t, in 1961.
That places Australia 26th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Poultry — Production in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49,388 t | — |
| 1962 | 49,740 t | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 50,810 t | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 59,058 t | +16.2% |
| 1965 | 71,997 t | +21.9% |
| 1966 | 68,946 t | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 88,523 t | +28.4% |
| 1968 | 102,731 t | +16.1% |
| 1969 | 109,184 t | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 123,852 t | +13.4% |
| 1971 | 151,516 t | +22.3% |
| 1972 | 163,272 t | +7.8% |
| 1973 | 160,778 t | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 193,439 t | +20.3% |
| 1975 | 189,440 t | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 204,182 t | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 218,209 t | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 245,731 t | +12.6% |
| 1979 | 271,105 t | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 312,543 t | +15.3% |
| 1981 | 303,000 t | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 286,000 t | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 312,900 t | +9.4% |
| 1984 | 297,929 t | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 345,200 t | +15.9% |
| 1986 | 359,400 t | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 379,540 t | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 386,789 t | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 395,809 t | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 412,584 t | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 416,639 t | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 443,412 t | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 464,340 t | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 488,822 t | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 488,951 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 507,444 t | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 588,823 t | +16.0% |
| 1998 | 631,431 t | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 607,164 t | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 643,238 t | +5.9% |
| 2001 | 649,040 t | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 718,778 t | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 704,437 t | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 744,521 t | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 776,647 t | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 830,016 t | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 860,685 t | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 843,723 t | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 869,269 t | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 973,202 t | +12.0% |
| 2011 | 1.05 million t | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 1.08 million t | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 1.10 million t | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1.14 million t | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 1.15 million t | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.23 million t | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 1.27 million t | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 1.25 million t | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 1.26 million t | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1.31 million t | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 1.37 million t | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 1.40 million t | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 1.45 million t | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 1.51 million t | +4.5% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1.51 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 100,759 t, 15.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1.51 million t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 27,330 t, 55.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,264 t | 49,388 t | 109,184 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 192,152 t | 123,852 t | 271,105 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 337,911 t | 286,000 t | 395,809 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 504,961 t | 412,584 t | 631,431 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 764,035 t | 643,238 t | 869,269 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 million t | 973,202 t | 1.27 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.41 million t | 1.31 million t | 1.51 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 23 Philippines 1.62 million t compare
- 24 Canada 1.59 million t compare
- 25 Germany 1.54 million t compare
- 26 Caribbean 670,224 t compare
- 27 Italy 1.38 million t compare
- 28 Côte d'Ivoire 163,915 t compare
- 28 Ukraine 1.16 million t compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 590.12 t compare
- 29 Republic of Korea 1.01 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Australia?
- Meat, poultry — production in Australia was 1.51 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.51 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,388 t in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Australia ranks 26th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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.