Meat, Poultry — Production in Liberia
Liberia: Meat, Poultry — Production was 14,533 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Production in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — production in Liberia is 14,533 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Liberia peaked at 14,533 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,081 t, in 1962.
That places Liberia 134th out of 191 countries 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.
Meat, Poultry — Production in Liberia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,085 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,081 t | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 1,134 t | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 1,226 t | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 1,306 t | +6.5% |
| 1966 | 1,321 t | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 1,377 t | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 1,447 t | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 1,484 t | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 1,572 t | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 1,657 t | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 1,724 t | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 1,848 t | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 1,944 t | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 2,056 t | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 2,128 t | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 2,688 t | +26.3% |
| 1978 | 2,712 t | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 2,812 t | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 2,704 t | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 2,973 t | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 3,010 t | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 3,456 t | +14.8% |
| 1984 | 3,576 t | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 4,072 t | +13.9% |
| 1986 | 4,197 t | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 4,477 t | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 4,437 t | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 4,760 t | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 4,760 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 4,760 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 4,760 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,760 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 4,760 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 4,760 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,400 t | +13.4% |
| 1997 | 5,560 t | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 5,800 t | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 5,800 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6,600 t | +13.8% |
| 2001 | 7,080 t | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 7,400 t | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 7,880 t | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 8,200 t | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 8,680 t | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 9,210 t | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 9,730 t | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 10,270 t | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 10,690 t | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 11,180 t | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 11,760 t | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 11,921 t | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 12,384 t | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 12,778 t | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 12,851 t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 12,958 t | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 13,186 t | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 13,389 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 13,594 t | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 13,758 t | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 13,958 t | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 14,145 t | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 14,338 t | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 14,533 t | +1.4% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 14,533 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 24,574 t, 59% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 14,533 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,575 t, 78% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Production in Liberia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +26.3% | 2,128 t | 2,688 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,273 t | 1,081 t | 1,484 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,114 t | 1,572 t | 2,812 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,766 t | 2,704 t | 4,760 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,112 t | 4,760 t | 5,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,574 t | 6,600 t | 10,690 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,600 t | 11,180 t | 13,594 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,146 t | 13,758 t | 14,533 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Liberia?
- Meat, poultry — production in Liberia was 14,533 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 14,533 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,081 t in 1962.
- How does Liberia rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Liberia ranks 134th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Liberia 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.