Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe
Europe: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 37.95 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Europe recorded 37.95 million An for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe peaked at 89.39 million An in 1987 and was at its lowest, 37.70 million An, in 2023.
That places Europe 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 69.09 million An | — |
| 1962 | 75.91 million An | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 81.84 million An | +7.8% |
| 1964 | 75.91 million An | -7.3% |
| 1965 | 72.66 million An | -4.3% |
| 1966 | 76.25 million An | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 83.03 million An | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 85.11 million An | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 82.75 million An | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 81.45 million An | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 78.93 million An | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 76.34 million An | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 77.04 million An | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 84.13 million An | +9.2% |
| 1975 | 86.80 million An | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 87.20 million An | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 83.87 million An | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 84.38 million An | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 85.48 million An | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 86.41 million An | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 84.57 million An | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 83.86 million An | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 84.03 million An | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 88.85 million An | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 88.21 million An | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 88.06 million An | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 89.39 million An | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 86.39 million An | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 85.18 million An | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 88.78 million An | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 86.96 million An | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 77.73 million An | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 73.30 million An | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 71.22 million An | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 69.18 million An | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 64.91 million An | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 62.86 million An | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 59.55 million An | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 56.28 million An | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 54.54 million An | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 51.57 million An | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 52.57 million An | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 52.57 million An | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 51.14 million An | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 48.07 million An | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 46.74 million An | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 46.23 million An | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 45.62 million An | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 45.03 million An | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 45.14 million An | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 43.59 million An | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 41.97 million An | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 41.00 million An | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 41.00 million An | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 40.73 million An | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 41.18 million An | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 40.75 million An | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 40.79 million An | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 40.18 million An | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 39.72 million An | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 39.50 million An | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 38.74 million An | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 37.70 million An | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 37.95 million An | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78.06 million An | 69.09 million An | 85.11 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 82.56 million An | 76.34 million An | 87.20 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 86.49 million An | 83.86 million An | 89.39 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 71.08 million An | 56.28 million An | 88.78 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.41 million An | 45.03 million An | 54.54 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.63 million An | 40.18 million An | 45.14 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.72 million An | 37.70 million An | 39.72 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 6 Argentina 13.93 million An compare
- 6 Viet Nam 2.17 million An compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.84 million An compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 13.37 million An compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.70 million An compare
- 8 India 11.95 million An compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.41 million An compare
- 9 Mexico 8.92 million An compare
- 10 Australia 8.69 million An compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 567,452 An compare
- 11 Russian Federation 7.54 million An compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 345,606 An compare
- 12 Uzbekistan 6.04 million An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe was 37.95 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 89.39 million An in 1987.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.70 million An in 2023.
- How does Europe rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Europe ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.