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Facts & FIGURES

Consumption

Nearly 70 per cent of Australian households serve chicken meat at least twice per week. In 2022/23, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) estimates that Australians increased consumption to 50.1 kg of chicken meat on average each. This represents nearly half of all meat consumed!

How much meat do Australians eat?

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Source: ABARES Agricultural commodities, March quarter 2023

Chicken meat consumption has doubled over the last 30 years

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Source: ACMF

How often do Australians eat chicken as part of a main meal?

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Source: Market insights for Australia’s chicken meat industry. Wendy J. Umberger and Lenka Malek, October 2020

Why are Australians eating more chicken now than ten years ago?

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Source: Market insights for Australia’s chicken meat industry. Wendy J. Umberger and Lenka Malek, October 2020

Production

How much chicken is produced in Australia?

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Source: ABARES Agricultural commodities, March quarter 2023

Where is chicken produced in Australia?

Locations of major primary processing plants

Source: ‘Economic contribution of the Australian chicken meat industry, May 2020, AgriFutures. Download PDF 

Chicken meat producing regions of Australia

Source: Australian Chicken Meat Federation, August 2024

What is the value of chicken production in Australia?

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Source: Data sourced from ABARES “community Commodities, March Quarter 2023” and earlier versions of this publication.  Data is for total poultry production.  Chicken production represents approximately 95% of this.  

Price

Is chicken cheaper than other meats?

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Source: ABARES/ABS

Trade

What is the export value of chicken in Australia?

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Source: “ABARES Commodity Statistics” March Quarter 2023 and earlier versions. Exports are in kilotonnes shipped weight; value is f.o.b. 

How does Australia compare globally?

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Source: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA 

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Source: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA 

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Source: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA 

Calculated as total consumption (source: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA) 

Total population  1 July 2022 (source: UN World Population Prospects 2020)

For the purposes of this graph, Australian consumption was calculated by the ACMF in the same way as for all other countries. For actual Australian consumption figures see the consumption trend graph above
While data for Israel and New Zealand is not available on the USDA FAS database, these countries would make it into the top 10 chicken-consuming nations list. Latest available data from PIANZ reports per capita consumption of chicken meat in New Zealand as 41 kgs.

The latest available data from the OECD  states total poultry meat per capita consumption in Israel is 68.7 kg (assumed to be 75% chicken meat).

People

How many people does the chicken meat industry employ in each state?

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How does employment in the chicken industry compare with other agriculture industries?

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Source: ‘Economic contribution of the Australian chicken meat industry’, May 2020, AgriFutures  Download PDF

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