Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in Greece
Greece: Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat was 138,480 animals in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in animals.
Analysis
Greece recorded 138,480 animals for yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.9% on the previous year and down 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in Greece peaked at 655,638 animals in 1975 and was at its lowest, 138,480 animals, in 2024.
Greece ranks 118th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 474,076 animals | 401,844 animals | 592,120 animals | 9 |
| 1970s | 568,422 animals | 471,000 animals | 655,638 animals | 10 |
| 1980s | 415,694 animals | 366,000 animals | 474,460 animals | 10 |
| 1990s | 352,478 animals | 335,045 animals | 392,090 animals | 10 |
| 2000s | 353,689 animals | 339,449 animals | 366,328 animals | 10 |
| 2010s | 240,591 animals | 144,450 animals | 343,719 animals | 10 |
| 2020s | 144,632 animals | 138,480 animals | 151,960 animals | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.6% (2025)
- Rural population 2.16 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 20.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 709,120 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in Greece?
- Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat in Greece was 138,480 animals in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 655,638 animals in 1975.
- What is the lowest yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 138,480 animals in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat?
- Greece ranks 118th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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