Meat, Poultry — Production in Poland
Poland: Meat, Poultry — Production was 2.90 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Production in Poland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Poland recorded 2.90 million t for meat, poultry — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 73.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Poland peaked at 2.90 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 70,800 t, in 1961.
Poland ranks 9th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Poultry — Production in Poland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70,800 t | — |
| 1962 | 75,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 72,900 t | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 81,800 t | +12.2% |
| 1965 | 88,700 t | +8.4% |
| 1966 | 103,500 t | +16.7% |
| 1967 | 107,400 t | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 114,300 t | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 123,700 t | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 127,900 t | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 138,500 t | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 158,600 t | +14.5% |
| 1973 | 181,200 t | +14.2% |
| 1974 | 206,200 t | +13.8% |
| 1975 | 235,600 t | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 276,800 t | +17.5% |
| 1977 | 320,400 t | +15.8% |
| 1978 | 358,300 t | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 398,400 t | +11.2% |
| 1980 | 418,900 t | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 432,200 t | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 186,800 t | -56.8% |
| 1983 | 189,100 t | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 255,400 t | +35.1% |
| 1985 | 275,600 t | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 315,300 t | +14.4% |
| 1987 | 325,400 t | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 347,200 t | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 362,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 331,016 t | -8.6% |
| 1991 | 343,812 t | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 321,490 t | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 301,912 t | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 381,118 t | +26.2% |
| 1995 | 383,600 t | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 443,455 t | +15.6% |
| 1997 | 478,000 t | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 523,617 t | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 573,000 t | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 589,400 t | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 703,400 t | +19.3% |
| 2002 | 822,900 t | +17.0% |
| 2003 | 713,426 t | -13.3% |
| 2004 | 795,918 t | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 892,424 t | +12.1% |
| 2006 | 918,779 t | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 1.02 million t | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 865,442 t | -15.3% |
| 2009 | 1.20 million t | +38.1% |
| 2010 | 1.26 million t | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 1.30 million t | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 1.59 million t | +22.3% |
| 2013 | 1.70 million t | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 1.67 million t | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 1.68 million t | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.72 million t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 1.70 million t | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 2.55 million t | +50.5% |
| 2019 | 2.57 million t | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 2.70 million t | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 2.56 million t | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 2.74 million t | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 2.76 million t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2.90 million t | +5.0% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 2.90 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 100,759 t, 28.7× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Poland's 2.90 million t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 139,660 t, 20.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat, Poultry — Production in Poland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | -56.8% | 432,200 t | 186,800 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93,122 t | 70,800 t | 123,700 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 240,190 t | 127,900 t | 398,400 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 310,790 t | 186,800 t | 432,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 408,102 t | 301,912 t | 573,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 851,874 t | 589,400 t | 1.20 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.77 million t | 1.26 million t | 2.57 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.73 million t | 2.56 million t | 2.90 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 6 Indonesia 4.22 million t compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 579,764 t compare
- 7 Mexico 4.03 million t compare
- 8 USSR 3.09 million t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 545,773 t compare
- 10 Egypt 2.69 million t compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 168,997 t compare
- 11 Japan 2.47 million t compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 148,766 t compare
- 12 Pakistan 2.37 million t compare
- 12 Melanesia 54,817 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Poland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0245 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 697.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6232 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3991 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Poland?
- Meat, poultry — production in Poland was 2.90 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.90 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,800 t in 1961.
- How does Poland rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Poland ranks 9th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Poland 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.