Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Greece
Greece: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 140,194 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Greece is 140,194 An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.4% on the previous year and down 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Greece peaked at 659,493 An in 1975 and was at its lowest, 140,194 An, in 2024.
That places Greece 116th out of 190 countries 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 Greece, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 426,077 An | — |
| 1962 | 452,000 An | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 463,889 An | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 461,311 An | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 458,398 An | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 508,851 An | +11.0% |
| 1967 | 522,876 An | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 552,041 An | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 604,980 An | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 570,684 An | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 543,660 An | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 518,118 An | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 476,721 An | -8.0% |
| 1974 | 609,224 An | +27.8% |
| 1975 | 659,493 An | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 657,706 An | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 624,808 An | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 597,487 An | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 479,773 An | -19.7% |
| 1980 | 475,374 An | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 458,900 An | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 436,500 An | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 406,600 An | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 460,937 An | +13.4% |
| 1985 | 405,193 An | -12.1% |
| 1986 | 379,640 An | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 392,552 An | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 379,000 An | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 366,000 An | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 392,090 An | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 386,299 An | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 357,360 An | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 347,446 An | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 335,343 An | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 341,139 An | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 337,185 An | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 339,927 An | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 346,586 An | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 344,179 An | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 339,805 An | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 349,422 An | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 355,455 An | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 355,608 An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 366,733 An | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 350,034 An | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 349,068 An | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 366,614 An | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 351,424 An | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 357,456 An | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 344,348 An | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 339,131 An | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 331,174 An | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 335,921 An | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 221,372 An | -34.1% |
| 2015 | 177,441 An | -19.8% |
| 2016 | 173,073 An | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 187,310 An | +8.2% |
| 2018 | 168,435 An | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 146,489 An | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 148,252 An | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 144,091 An | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 150,730 An | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 153,060 An | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 140,194 An | -8.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 140,194 An is below the median for high income countries, which is 149,497 An, 94% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Greece's 140,194 An is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,767 An, 39% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Greece changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -34.1% | 335,921 An | 221,372 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 494,491 An | 426,077 An | 604,980 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 573,767 An | 476,721 An | 659,493 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 416,070 An | 366,000 An | 475,374 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 352,755 An | 335,343 An | 392,090 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 354,162 An | 339,805 An | 366,733 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 242,469 An | 146,489 An | 344,348 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 147,265 An | 140,194 An | 153,060 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Greece?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Greece was 140,194 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 659,493 An in 1975.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 140,194 An in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Greece ranks 116th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.7%. 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, 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.