In the Dominican Republic there are more than a hundred chicken farmers that produce 11 million chickens a month. The per capita consumption is over 20 kilograms per person, and the world average is just eight kilograms per person. This massive consumption places the Dominican Republic in the number one slot in the Caribbean region with Costa Rica number two at 53.3 pounds per person per year. The statistics show that the poultry sector of the Dominican agricultural activity has a solid base to continue increasing its production, according to Osmar Benitez of the JAD. Overall, each Dominican consumes on average 17 chickens throughout the year. Poultry retailing gives jobs to somewhere between 40,000 and 42,000 people, with 16,000 just dedicated to the killing and cleaning of the birds. The Dominican Republic produces over 30% of all the poultry produced in the entire Central American and Caribbean region. Guatemala is a distant second at 22%.