Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Europe
Europe: Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production was 13,058 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Europe stood at 13,058 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 90.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Europe peaked at 186,633 t in 1998 and was at its lowest, 13,011 t, in 2023.
Europe ranks 18th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 67,567 t | — |
| 1962 | 67,337 t | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 65,952 t | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 67,515 t | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 68,182 t | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 67,993 t | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 69,236 t | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 70,263 t | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 72,927 t | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 72,430 t | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 72,983 t | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 77,227 t | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 78,481 t | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 79,838 t | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 79,059 t | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 82,284 t | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 90,430 t | +9.9% |
| 1978 | 91,050 t | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 97,883 t | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 101,897 t | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 106,183 t | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 116,667 t | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 117,192 t | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 117,395 t | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 122,508 t | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 115,495 t | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 116,470 t | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 119,119 t | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 123,381 t | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 123,183 t | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 132,155 t | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 132,306 t | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 128,217 t | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 125,734 t | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 186,052 t | +48.0% |
| 1996 | 184,970 t | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 179,929 t | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 186,633 t | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 185,271 t | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 161,314 t | -12.9% |
| 2001 | 143,821 t | -10.8% |
| 2002 | 138,443 t | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 127,326 t | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 128,419 t | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 129,003 t | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 129,906 t | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 138,064 t | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 140,826 t | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 140,947 t | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 139,544 t | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 138,966 t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 137,225 t | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 135,357 t | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 130,011 t | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 117,459 t | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 125,919 t | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 123,629 t | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 13,274 t | -89.3% |
| 2019 | 13,539 t | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 14,152 t | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 14,263 t | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 13,930 t | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 13,011 t | -6.6% |
| 2024 | 13,058 t | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,552 t | 65,952 t | 72,927 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 82,166 t | 72,430 t | 97,883 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 115,631 t | 101,897 t | 123,381 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 156,445 t | 123,183 t | 186,633 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 137,807 t | 127,326 t | 161,314 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 107,492 t | 13,274 t | 139,544 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,683 t | 13,011 t | 14,263 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 15 Gabon 29,823 t compare
- 16 Botswana 27,967 t compare
- 17 Ethiopia PDR 27,630 t compare
- 18 Mali 26,917 t compare
- 19 Belgium-Luxembourg 25,776 t compare
- 20 Central African Republic 24,232 t compare
- 21 New Zealand 17,105 t compare
- 21 Australia and New Zealand 17,105 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Europe?
- Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Europe was 13,058 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 186,633 t in 1998.
- What is the lowest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,011 t in 2023.
- How does Europe rank for game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production?
- Europe ranks 18th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production. 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.