Table 2.

Production, imports, exports, and utilization of poultry meat (thousand tonnes-carcass weight equivalent) in the world continents from 2019 to 2020 (before and during the COVID-19 pandemic).

Continents of the World	Production		Imports		Exports		Utilization
	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020
World	131,562	133,266	12,451	12,501	14,241	14,226	129,754	131,596
Europe	22,089	22,289	1299	1156	2622	2675	20,759	20,765
Asia	49,669	50,367	6476	6836	2871	2739	53,309	54,475
Africa	6568	6758	1962	1872	117	114	8412	8516
South Africa	1816	1965	540	486	57	57	2299	2394
Central America and the Caribbean	5279	5399	1873	1804	31	42	7121	7162
South America	22,030	22,263	377	356	4588	4498	17,820	18,121
North America	24,361	24,592	344	370	3932	4086	20,728	20,924
Low-income food-deficit countries	7645	7351	1407	1329	58	50	8995	8630
Least developed countries	3572	3656	1170	1108	21	17	4722	4748

Source: FAO, 2021, [41].