Top 9 nations by carcass weight; g per animal, 2024.
Chicken meat carcass weights compare nations by carcass weight per animal in 2024. The ranking uses raw annual values in g per animal and does not use share percentages. Rwanda ranked first at 3,582 g per animal, ahead of Fiji by 311 g per animal. The #9 row was Uruguay at 2,286 g per animal, making the leader 1.57x larger.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 3,582 | 2024 |
| 2 | Fiji | 3,271 | 2024 |
| 3 | Argentina | 3,117 | 2024 |
| 4 | Malawi | 3,061 | 2024 |
| 5 | Bolivia | 2,925 | 2024 |
| 6 | Japan | 2,914 | 2024 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 2,431 | 2024 |
| 8 | Chile | 2,388 | 2024 |
| 9 | Uruguay | 2,286 | 2024 |
Source 1: FAOSTAT Crops and Livestock Products
Publisher: FAOSTAT
Dataset/table: Crops and Livestock Products
Units: g per animal
Date checked: 2026-06-01
Evidence: Supports 2024 Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled Yield/Carcass Weight rows by nation from a FAOSTAT QCL source dataset.
Values are annual carcass weight observations in g per animal. No share denominator is applied; the graphic compares raw values across nations.
Rows use FAOSTAT Crops and Livestock Products data for Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled in 2024. Nation rows are ranked in descending order by carcass weight, after aggregate and reporting-group labels are excluded where present.
Rows use the same FAOSTAT source family, item definition, element, unit and period, supporting a like-for-like ranking across nations.
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