# FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products — producing animals / slaughtered

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## status

reviewed

## id

src-fao-faostat-livestock

## slug

fao-faostat-livestock-primary-production

## title

FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products — producing animals / slaughtered

## authors

- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

## organisation

FAO

## publication

FAOSTAT database

## year

2024

## url

https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL

## sourceType

government-statistics

## studyType

census

## topicIds

- scale

## pillarIds

- animals

## geography

Global, by country

## keyFindings

- Around 85 billion land animals are slaughtered for meat each year, the large majority of them chickens.

## supportsClaimIds

- claim-animals-slaughtered-annually

## challengesClaimIds



## limitations

- Relies on national reporting of varying quality; fish are counted by weight, not by individual animal.

## quality

strong

## qualityRationale

Official international statistics, the standard reference for this figure.

## Original sources