Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production was 1,845 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Western Europe is 1,845 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 97.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Western Europe peaked at 125,059 t in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1,845 t, in 2024.
That places Western Europe 23rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,728 t | — |
| 1962 | 34,568 t | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 34,734 t | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 34,518 t | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 33,994 t | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 34,102 t | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 34,827 t | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 36,027 t | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 35,830 t | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 37,835 t | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 38,033 t | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 38,234 t | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 38,183 t | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 39,127 t | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 38,832 t | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 39,211 t | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 40,831 t | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 40,176 t | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 39,087 t | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 39,748 t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 42,375 t | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 44,528 t | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 45,095 t | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 43,307 t | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 46,192 t | +6.7% |
| 1986 | 44,547 t | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 45,050 t | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 44,833 t | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 46,527 t | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 48,462 t | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 57,192 t | +18.0% |
| 1992 | 65,282 t | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 63,398 t | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 63,536 t | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 124,430 t | +95.8% |
| 1996 | 123,201 t | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 121,561 t | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 125,059 t | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 122,674 t | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 98,860 t | -19.4% |
| 2001 | 87,193 t | -11.8% |
| 2002 | 79,919 t | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 67,657 t | -15.3% |
| 2004 | 69,788 t | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 68,780 t | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 72,574 t | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 77,083 t | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 78,733 t | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 78,129 t | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 79,476 t | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 77,692 t | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 76,702 t | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 75,453 t | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 71,532 t | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 60,677 t | -15.2% |
| 2016 | 69,726 t | +14.9% |
| 2017 | 67,739 t | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 1,938 t | -97.1% |
| 2019 | 2,157 t | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 2,089 t | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 2,190 t | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 1,848 t | -15.6% |
| 2023 | 1,863 t | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,845 t | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,814 t | 33,994 t | 36,027 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,955 t | 37,835 t | 40,831 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,220 t | 39,748 t | 46,527 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,479 t | 48,462 t | 125,059 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 77,872 t | 67,657 t | 98,860 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,309 t | 1,938 t | 79,476 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,967 t | 1,845 t | 2,190 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 20 Central African Republic 24,232 t compare
- 21 New Zealand 17,105 t compare
- 21 Australia and New Zealand 17,105 t compare
- 23 Rwanda 17,036 t compare
- 24 Sweden 16,062 t compare
- 25 South Sudan 10,071 t compare
- 26 Sudan (former) 9,800 t compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 8.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -6.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Western Europe?
- Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production in Western Europe was 1,845 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 125,059 t in 1998.
- What is the lowest game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,845 t in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production?
- Western Europe ranks 23rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 97.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.