Meat, Poultry — Production in Portugal
Portugal: Meat, Poultry — Production was 397,090 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Production in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — production in Portugal stood at 397,090 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Portugal peaked at 397,090 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,715 t, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 49th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 | 34,955 t | 14,715 t | 48,522 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 92,520 t | 52,700 t | 133,773 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 129,762 t | 107,465 t | 145,220 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 214,615 t | 129,403 t | 280,475 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 281,547 t | 249,564 t | 309,796 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 329,508 t | 310,948 t | 361,365 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 371,782 t | 354,190 t | 397,090 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 46 Romania 532,940 t compare
- 47 Algeria 483,790 t compare
- 48 Dominican Republic 421,615 t compare
- 50 Guatemala 391,942 t compare
- 51 Belgium-Luxembourg 368,887 t compare
- 52 Kazakhstan 360,041 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 38.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 4.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,230 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Portugal?
- Meat, poultry — production in Portugal was 397,090 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 397,090 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,715 t in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Portugal ranks 49th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.