{"id": 1025631, "name": "Hypothetical number of land animals that would be slaughtered if all countries produced meat in the same way as a given country", "unit": "animals", "description": "Population by country and year.", "createdAt": "2025-04-09T13:15:32.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-01-19T06:59:34.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1961-2023", "datasetId": 7028, "shortUnit": "", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "animals_global_hypothetical", "catalogPath": "grapher/faostat/2025-03-17/additional_variables/hypothetical_animals_slaughtered#animals_global_hypothetical", "descriptionShort": "Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.", "descriptionProcessing": "- This indicator was calculated by multiplying global population by the per capita number of slaughtered animals of a given country.\n", "type": "int", "dataChecksum": "5211449214930381625", "metadataChecksum": "4847982047429477997", "datasetName": "Additional FAOSTAT variables", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2025-03-17", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "animals"}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "major", "presentation": {"attributionShort": "FAO", "topicTagsLinks": ["Agricultural Production"]}, "descriptionKey": ["This is a hypothetical variable derived by Our World in Data which answers the question: \"How many animals would need to be slaughtered if all countries in the world slaughtered the same number of animals per capita?\". 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Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. 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