Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production was 11,213 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Northern Europe recorded 11,213 t for game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 65.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Northern Europe peaked at 38,710 t in 1982 and was at its lowest, 11,148 t, in 2023.
That places Northern Europe 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,800 t | — |
| 1962 | 15,100 t | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 14,700 t | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 15,500 t | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 16,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 15,500 t | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 15,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 15,300 t | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 15,400 t | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 13,200 t | -14.3% |
| 1971 | 13,400 t | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 15,700 t | +17.2% |
| 1973 | 16,400 t | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 17,960 t | +9.5% |
| 1975 | 17,240 t | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 18,880 t | +9.5% |
| 1977 | 21,100 t | +11.8% |
| 1978 | 23,929 t | +13.4% |
| 1979 | 26,661 t | +11.4% |
| 1980 | 30,587 t | +14.7% |
| 1981 | 34,010 t | +11.2% |
| 1982 | 38,710 t | +13.8% |
| 1983 | 36,004 t | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 36,318 t | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 36,536 t | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 30,568 t | -16.3% |
| 1987 | 32,278 t | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 34,549 t | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 31,774 t | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 31,429 t | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 36,435 t | +15.9% |
| 1992 | 35,541 t | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 35,876 t | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 33,703 t | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 32,924 t | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 32,175 t | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 32,288 t | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 33,107 t | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 34,512 t | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 34,007 t | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 33,364 t | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 33,354 t | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 33,919 t | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 32,775 t | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 31,648 t | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 29,989 t | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 30,831 t | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 32,043 t | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 33,167 t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 33,384 t | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 34,670 t | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 33,829 t | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 33,710 t | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 32,699 t | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 31,362 t | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 31,145 t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 31,092 t | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 11,336 t | -63.5% |
| 2019 | 11,382 t | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 12,063 t | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 12,073 t | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 12,082 t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 11,148 t | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 11,213 t | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,200 t | 13,800 t | 16,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,447 t | 13,200 t | 26,661 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,133 t | 30,568 t | 38,710 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,799 t | 31,429 t | 36,435 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,510 t | 29,989 t | 34,007 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,461 t | 11,336 t | 34,670 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,716 t | 11,148 t | 12,082 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 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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- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 8.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 3.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 10.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 0.415 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Northern Europe?
- Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Northern Europe was 11,213 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 Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 38,710 t in 1982.
- What is the lowest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,148 t in 2023.
- How does Northern Europe rank for game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production?
- Northern Europe ranks 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.