What we count
The sum of 17 non-overlapping groups of slaughtered terrestrial animals kept for meat production.
Farm animals slaughtered this year
How many farm animals correspond to this year's share of the latest FAOSTAT world total.
Continuously calculated
WORLDRelated numbers in context
48,734,064,547chickens slaughtered this year
926,972,650pigs slaughtered this year
189,108,678cattle slaughtered this year
What lies behind this number
The sum of 17 non-overlapping groups of slaughtered terrestrial animals kept for meat production.
How the source derives it
The source compiles the global figure from national agricultural, food and production statistics under common definitions.
What one number cannot show
Head counts do not express meat weight or farming conditions; birds make up the overwhelming majority of the total.
Source value
The calculation uses the latest published annual value from FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products 2024 for 2024 (17 non-overlapping animal groups).
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time since the start of the year.
Annual value87,896,729,120animals
- Period
- 2024 (17 non-overlapping animal groups)
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products 2024
How the number is calculated
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Formula used
V(t) = Vyear × elapsed share of the yearAnnual reference value87,896,729,1202024 (17 non-overlapping animal groups) · animals
Average per day240,653,071even time-based calculation
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
Source value
FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products 2024 reports the latest published figure used on this page for 2024 (17 non-overlapping animal groups).
Calculation method
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products 2024 and refers to 2024 (17 non-overlapping animal groups). It is the latest figure published by this source. The source compiles the global figure from national agricultural, food and production statistics under common definitions.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products 2024
- Data period
- 2024 (17 non-overlapping animal groups)
- Verified
- 13 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Even time-based calculation