Meat, Poultry — Production in Suriname
Suriname: Meat, Poultry — Production was 8,899 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Production in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — production in Suriname is 8,899 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Suriname peaked at 13,132 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,285 t, in 1998.
Suriname ranks 143rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Production in Suriname, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,535 t | — |
| 1962 | 3,545 t | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 3,538 t | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 3,736 t | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 3,735 t | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,842 t | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 3,995 t | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 4,046 t | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 4,198 t | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 4,339 t | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 4,550 t | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 4,750 t | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 5,462 t | +15.0% |
| 1974 | 6,192 t | +13.4% |
| 1975 | 6,482 t | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 6,052 t | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 6,453 t | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 8,054 t | +24.8% |
| 1979 | 8,415 t | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 8,455 t | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 8,456 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,657 t | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 8,659 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 8,859 t | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 10,460 t | +18.1% |
| 1986 | 9,812 t | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 9,513 t | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 10,323 t | +8.5% |
| 1989 | 10,863 t | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 11,844 t | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 9,796 t | -17.3% |
| 1992 | 9,040 t | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 7,640 t | -15.5% |
| 1994 | 4,540 t | -40.6% |
| 1995 | 4,120 t | -9.3% |
| 1996 | 3,724 t | -9.6% |
| 1997 | 4,352 t | +16.9% |
| 1998 | 3,285 t | -24.5% |
| 1999 | 4,005 t | +21.9% |
| 2000 | 4,250 t | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 5,140 t | +20.9% |
| 2002 | 5,778 t | +12.4% |
| 2003 | 5,748 t | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 6,354 t | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 8,143 t | +28.2% |
| 2006 | 8,051 t | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 11,800 t | +46.6% |
| 2008 | 8,826 t | -25.2% |
| 2009 | 11,392 t | +29.1% |
| 2010 | 11,984 t | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 10,539 t | -12.1% |
| 2012 | 11,387 t | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 8,433 t | -25.9% |
| 2014 | 8,901 t | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 9,476 t | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 7,914 t | -16.5% |
| 2017 | 9,729 t | +22.9% |
| 2018 | 10,877 t | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 12,184 t | +12.0% |
| 2020 | 11,668 t | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 13,132 t | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 12,558 t | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 9,768 t | -22.2% |
| 2024 | 8,899 t | -8.9% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 8,899 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 135,580 t, 7% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 8,899 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 81,408 t, 11% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,797 t | 3,535 t | 4,198 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,075 t | 4,339 t | 8,415 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,406 t | 8,455 t | 10,863 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,235 t | 3,285 t | 11,844 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,548 t | 4,250 t | 11,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,142 t | 7,914 t | 12,184 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,205 t | 8,899 t | 13,132 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Suriname?
- Meat, poultry — production in Suriname was 8,899 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 13,132 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,285 t in 1998.
- How does Suriname rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Suriname ranks 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.