Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe
Europe: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 6.49 million An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe stood at 6.49 million An. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.6% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe peaked at 13.84 million An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6.49 million An, in 2024.
Europe ranks 15th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12.52 million An | — |
| 1962 | 12.34 million An | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 12.38 million An | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 11.59 million An | -6.3% |
| 1965 | 11.28 million An | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 10.64 million An | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 10.85 million An | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 11.07 million An | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 11.50 million An | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 11.02 million An | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 10.83 million An | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 10.58 million An | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 10.53 million An | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 10.94 million An | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 11.15 million An | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 11.07 million An | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 11.43 million An | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 11.83 million An | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 10.55 million An | -10.8% |
| 1980 | 11.00 million An | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 11.15 million An | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 11.14 million An | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 11.13 million An | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 12.22 million An | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 12.07 million An | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 11.54 million An | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 12.76 million An | +10.6% |
| 1988 | 12.48 million An | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 11.94 million An | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 13.84 million An | +16.0% |
| 1991 | 12.19 million An | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 12.35 million An | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 12.94 million An | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 13.22 million An | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 13.01 million An | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 13.24 million An | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 12.95 million An | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 12.98 million An | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 12.88 million An | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 13.33 million An | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 13.11 million An | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 13.41 million An | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 13.31 million An | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 13.28 million An | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 12.87 million An | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 12.54 million An | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 12.79 million An | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 12.03 million An | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 12.11 million An | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 12.46 million An | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 12.16 million An | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 11.74 million An | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 11.37 million An | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 9.30 million An | -18.2% |
| 2015 | 8.81 million An | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 8.93 million An | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 8.48 million An | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 8.46 million An | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 8.44 million An | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 8.00 million An | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 7.94 million An | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 7.67 million An | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 7.42 million An | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 6.49 million An | -12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.57 million An | 10.64 million An | 12.52 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.99 million An | 10.53 million An | 11.83 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.74 million An | 11.00 million An | 12.76 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.96 million An | 12.19 million An | 13.84 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.88 million An | 12.03 million An | 13.41 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.01 million An | 8.44 million An | 12.46 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.50 million An | 6.49 million An | 8.00 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 12 Malawi 8.19 million An compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 496,615 An compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 430,126 An compare
- 13 Ethiopia PDR 7.95 million An compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 241,590 An compare
- 14 Nepal 7.69 million An compare
- 15 Indonesia 6.88 million An compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 37,836 An compare
- 16 Kenya 6.77 million An compare
- 16 Melanesia 20,654 An compare
- 17 Mongolia 4.66 million An compare
- 17 Polynesia 6,910 An compare
- 18 Afghanistan 3.66 million An compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,210 An compare
- 18 Micronesia 1,210 An compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe was 6.49 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 13.84 million An in 1990.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.49 million An in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Europe ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 goat, 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.