Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe
Europe: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 11.96 million 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Europe recorded 11.96 million 1000 An for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe peaked at 11.96 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.17 million 1000 An, in 1961.
Europe ranks 4th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.17 million 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 2.32 million 1000 An | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 2.47 million 1000 An | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 2.54 million 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 2.76 million 1000 An | +8.9% |
| 1966 | 2.87 million 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 3.03 million 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 3.15 million 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 3.42 million 1000 An | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 3.86 million 1000 An | +12.9% |
| 1971 | 4.02 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 4.36 million 1000 An | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 4.67 million 1000 An | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 4.87 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 5.05 million 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 5.24 million 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 5.68 million 1000 An | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 5.95 million 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 6.21 million 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 6.43 million 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 6.79 million 1000 An | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 6.95 million 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 6.92 million 1000 An | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 7.02 million 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 7.16 million 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 7.45 million 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 7.80 million 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 7.97 million 1000 An | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 7.86 million 1000 An | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 7.86 million 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 7.49 million 1000 An | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 6.84 million 1000 An | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 6.59 million 1000 An | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 6.45 million 1000 An | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 6.40 million 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 6.45 million 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 6.40 million 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 6.70 million 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 6.76 million 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 6.70 million 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 6.99 million 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 7.10 million 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 6.91 million 1000 An | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 7.03 million 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 7.33 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 7.30 million 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 7.77 million 1000 An | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 8.09 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 8.62 million 1000 An | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 8.90 million 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 9.24 million 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 9.70 million 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 10.08 million 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 10.36 million 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 10.75 million 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 10.86 million 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 11.08 million 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 11.44 million 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 11.55 million 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 11.59 million 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 11.36 million 1000 An | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 11.37 million 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 11.65 million 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 11.96 million 1000 An | +2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.75 million 1000 An | 2.17 million 1000 An | 3.42 million 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.99 million 1000 An | 3.86 million 1000 An | 6.21 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.24 million 1000 An | 6.43 million 1000 An | 7.97 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.79 million 1000 An | 6.40 million 1000 An | 7.86 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.38 million 1000 An | 6.70 million 1000 An | 8.62 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.40 million 1000 An | 8.90 million 1000 An | 11.55 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.59 million 1000 An | 11.36 million 1000 An | 11.96 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 China 12.28 million 1000 An compare
- 2 China, mainland 11.87 million 1000 An compare
- 3 Brazil 6.49 million 1000 An compare
- 4 Indonesia 4.89 million 1000 An compare
- 4 Türkiye 1.37 million 1000 An compare
- 5 India 3.35 million 1000 An compare
- 5 Viet Nam 687,029 1000 An compare
- 6 Russian Federation 2.64 million 1000 An compare
- 7 USSR 2.38 million 1000 An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe was 11.96 million 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 11.96 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.17 million 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Europe ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. 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 Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.