Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Europe
Europe: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production was 21.23 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Europe recorded 21.23 million t for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 28.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Europe peaked at 21.23 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.68 million t, in 1961.
That places Europe 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 — Production in Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.68 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.86 million t | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 3.06 million t | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 3.13 million t | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 3.40 million t | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 3.53 million t | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 3.72 million t | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 3.91 million t | +5.3% |
| 1969 | 4.27 million t | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 4.84 million t | +13.5% |
| 1971 | 5.08 million t | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 5.49 million t | +8.2% |
| 1973 | 5.86 million t | +6.8% |
| 1974 | 6.11 million t | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 6.37 million t | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 6.61 million t | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 7.14 million t | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 7.54 million t | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 7.91 million t | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 8.19 million t | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 8.63 million t | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 8.77 million t | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 8.76 million t | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 8.87 million t | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 9.11 million t | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 9.49 million t | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 9.91 million t | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 10.16 million t | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 10.04 million t | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 10.16 million t | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 10.69 million t | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 9.84 million t | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 9.74 million t | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 9.82 million t | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 9.86 million t | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 10.17 million t | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 10.33 million t | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 10.73 million t | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 10.40 million t | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 9.29 million t | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 9.84 million t | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 10.29 million t | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 10.04 million t | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 10.35 million t | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 10.87 million t | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 10.92 million t | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 11.74 million t | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 11.99 million t | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 13.11 million t | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 13.78 million t | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 14.45 million t | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 15.40 million t | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 15.86 million t | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 16.58 million t | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 17.24 million t | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 17.84 million t | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 18.36 million t | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 19.04 million t | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 19.49 million t | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 19.69 million t | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 19.47 million t | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 20.11 million t | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 20.47 million t | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 21.23 million t | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.39 million t | 2.68 million t | 4.27 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.30 million t | 4.84 million t | 7.91 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.19 million t | 8.19 million t | 10.16 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.17 million t | 9.74 million t | 10.73 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.84 million t | 9.29 million t | 13.11 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.80 million t | 13.78 million t | 19.49 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.19 million t | 19.47 million t | 21.23 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 2 China, mainland 15.35 million t compare
- 3 Brazil 13.71 million t compare
- 3 Türkiye 2.51 million t compare
- 4 Russian Federation 5.46 million t compare
- 5 India 5.02 million t compare
- 5 Viet Nam 1.26 million t compare
- 6 Indonesia 4.18 million t compare
- 7 Mexico 4.01 million t compare
- 8 USSR 3.09 million t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Europe?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Europe was 21.23 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 21.23 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.68 million t in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.0%. 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 Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production. 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.