Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production was 108,075 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production in European Union (27) is 108,075 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 50.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production in European Union (27) peaked at 518,305 t in 1978 and was at its lowest, 108,075 t, in 2024.
That places European Union (27) 5th out of 23 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,403 t | — |
| 1962 | 303,096 t | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 305,040 t | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 305,318 t | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 311,439 t | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 320,386 t | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 324,699 t | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 331,630 t | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 337,045 t | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 349,002 t | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 372,827 t | +6.8% |
| 1972 | 388,010 t | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 404,194 t | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 433,205 t | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 441,996 t | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 476,548 t | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 492,814 t | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 518,305 t | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 513,748 t | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 489,965 t | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 483,037 t | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 478,263 t | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 473,773 t | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 471,418 t | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 476,010 t | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 471,086 t | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 479,523 t | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 473,608 t | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 427,997 t | -9.6% |
| 1990 | 431,021 t | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 245,259 t | -43.1% |
| 1992 | 258,399 t | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 312,618 t | +21.0% |
| 1994 | 309,272 t | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 303,975 t | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 317,914 t | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 317,956 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 317,783 t | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 293,162 t | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 297,877 t | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 302,722 t | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 308,996 t | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 292,870 t | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 256,492 t | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 254,170 t | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 249,849 t | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 253,908 t | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 229,670 t | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 216,724 t | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 219,212 t | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 223,441 t | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 217,391 t | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 215,719 t | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 218,299 t | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 200,174 t | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 200,682 t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 191,280 t | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 154,811 t | -19.1% |
| 2019 | 151,889 t | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 135,803 t | -10.6% |
| 2021 | 130,260 t | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 116,648 t | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 110,738 t | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 108,075 t | -2.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production in European Union (27) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -43.1% | 431,021 t | 245,259 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 315,451 t | 300,403 t | 337,045 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 439,065 t | 349,002 t | 518,305 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 472,468 t | 427,997 t | 489,965 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 310,736 t | 245,259 t | 431,021 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 266,328 t | 216,724 t | 308,996 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 199,290 t | 151,889 t | 223,441 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 120,305 t | 108,075 t | 135,803 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 2 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 156,672 t compare
- 3 USSR 110,400 t compare
- 4 Egypt 51,480 t compare
- 5 Germany 38,749 t compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 668.97 t compare
- 6 Czechia 38,500 t compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 165.11 t compare
- 7 Czechoslovakia 36,658 t compare
- 8 Spain 33,927 t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 130 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production in European Union (27)?
- Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production in European Union (27) was 108,075 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 518,305 t in 1978.
- What is the lowest meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 108,075 t in 2024.
- How does European Union (27) rank for meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 5th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of rabbits and hares, 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.