Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production was 10,716 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Western Europe stood at 10,716 t.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Western Europe peaked at 16,100 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8,887 t, in 1973.
That places Western Europe 25th out of 29 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.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,280 t | — |
| 1962 | 13,560 t | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 12,800 t | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 11,980 t | -6.4% |
| 1965 | 11,603 t | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 10,657 t | -8.2% |
| 1967 | 10,098 t | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 9,657 t | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 9,911 t | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 9,345 t | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 9,154 t | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 9,138 t | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 8,887 t | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 8,960 t | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 8,897 t | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 9,073 t | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 9,473 t | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 9,177 t | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 9,723 t | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 9,539 t | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 11,162 t | +17.0% |
| 1982 | 9,599 t | -14.0% |
| 1983 | 9,611 t | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 9,669 t | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 10,506 t | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 10,335 t | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 10,445 t | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 10,757 t | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 10,977 t | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 10,991 t | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 11,493 t | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 11,453 t | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 10,917 t | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 10,327 t | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 10,200 t | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 10,337 t | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 10,755 t | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 10,882 t | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 11,319 t | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 11,669 t | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 12,201 t | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 12,213 t | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 12,394 t | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 12,220 t | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 12,335 t | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 12,352 t | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 14,507 t | +17.4% |
| 2008 | 14,410 t | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 14,514 t | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 15,142 t | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 15,641 t | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 16,100 t | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 15,753 t | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 15,436 t | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 15,478 t | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 15,352 t | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 14,572 t | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 9,969 t | -31.6% |
| 2019 | 10,361 t | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 10,218 t | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 11,078 t | +8.4% |
| 2022 | 10,986 t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 10,772 t | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 10,716 t | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,616 t | 9,657 t | 14,280 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,183 t | 8,887 t | 9,723 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,260 t | 9,539 t | 11,162 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,867 t | 10,200 t | 11,493 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,882 t | 11,669 t | 14,514 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,381 t | 9,969 t | 16,100 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,754 t | 10,218 t | 11,078 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Western Europe?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production in Western Europe was 10,716 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 16,100 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,887 t in 1973.
- How does Western Europe rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production?
- Western Europe ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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 — 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.