Meat, Poultry — Production in Eritrea
Eritrea: Meat, Poultry — Production was 910.22 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat, Poultry — Production in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — production in Eritrea is 910.22 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Eritrea peaked at 4,880 t in 1996 and was at its lowest, 910.22 t, in 2024.
Eritrea ranks 168th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Production in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3,168 t | — |
| 1994 | 3,920 t | +23.8% |
| 1995 | 4,280 t | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 4,880 t | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 1,520 t | -68.9% |
| 1998 | 1,658 t | +9.0% |
| 1999 | 1,700 t | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 1,887 t | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 2,125 t | +12.6% |
| 2002 | 2,184 t | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 2,236 t | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 2,040 t | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 2,168 t | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 1,921 t | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 1,622 t | -15.6% |
| 2008 | 1,629 t | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,638 t | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,687 t | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 1,726 t | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1,742 t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1,792 t | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 1,758 t | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 1,509 t | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 1,333 t | -11.6% |
| 2017 | 1,560 t | +17.0% |
| 2018 | 1,342 t | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 1,301 t | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 1,084 t | -16.7% |
| 2021 | 1,030 t | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 996.36 t | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 952.24 t | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 910.22 t | -4.4% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 910.22 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 24,574 t, 4% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 910.22 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,575 t, 5% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Production in Eritrea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | -68.9% | 4,880 t | 1,520 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,018 t | 1,520 t | 4,880 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,945 t | 1,622 t | 2,236 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,575 t | 1,301 t | 1,792 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 994.51 t | 910.22 t | 1,084 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 165 Bhutan 1,208 t compare
- 166 Kiribati 1,156 t compare
- 167 Martinique 949 t compare
- 169 New Caledonia 886.27 t compare
- 170 Seychelles 750.75 t compare
- 171 French Polynesia 691.1 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Eritrea?
- Meat, poultry — production in Eritrea was 910.22 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 4,880 t in 1996.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 910.22 t in 2024.
- How does Eritrea rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Eritrea ranks 168th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.