Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production was 60,876 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 60,876 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production in Southern Europe peaked at 283,192 t in 1988 and was at its lowest, 60,876 t, in 2024.
Southern Europe ranks 8th of 23 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 rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70,930 t | — |
| 1962 | 73,270 t | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 74,830 t | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 78,292 t | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 83,680 t | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 88,370 t | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 92,535 t | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 96,387 t | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 104,657 t | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 113,019 t | +8.0% |
| 1971 | 121,437 t | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 135,611 t | +11.7% |
| 1973 | 145,567 t | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 171,280 t | +17.7% |
| 1975 | 177,391 t | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 221,832 t | +25.1% |
| 1977 | 239,786 t | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 267,646 t | +11.6% |
| 1979 | 277,488 t | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 250,098 t | -9.9% |
| 1981 | 263,230 t | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 259,540 t | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 260,012 t | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 263,216 t | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 269,682 t | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 268,342 t | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 272,561 t | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 283,192 t | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 260,463 t | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 260,550 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 117,304 t | -55.0% |
| 1992 | 129,639 t | +10.5% |
| 1993 | 142,230 t | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 146,373 t | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 156,602 t | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 168,748 t | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 169,548 t | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 177,046 t | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 149,925 t | -15.3% |
| 2000 | 153,466 t | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 162,428 t | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 169,421 t | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 159,479 t | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 121,236 t | -24.0% |
| 2005 | 121,144 t | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 122,220 t | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 125,613 t | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 118,176 t | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 108,806 t | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 109,176 t | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 108,495 t | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 107,012 t | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 105,837 t | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 105,048 t | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 89,694 t | -14.6% |
| 2016 | 94,411 t | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 88,978 t | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 82,250 t | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 81,416 t | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 79,847 t | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 75,189 t | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 65,621 t | -12.7% |
| 2023 | 61,385 t | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 60,876 t | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,772 t | 70,930 t | 104,657 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 187,106 t | 113,019 t | 277,488 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 265,034 t | 250,098 t | 283,192 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 161,796 t | 117,304 t | 260,550 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 136,199 t | 108,806 t | 169,421 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 97,232 t | 81,416 t | 109,176 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,583 t | 60,876 t | 79,847 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 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
- 9 Italy 26,647 t compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 113 t compare
- 10 France 21,365 t compare
- 10 Türkiye 35.1 t compare
- 11 Russian Federation 17,593 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production in Southern Europe?
- Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production in Southern Europe was 60,876 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 283,192 t in 1988.
- What is the lowest meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,876 t in 2024.
- How does Southern Europe rank for meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production?
- Southern Europe ranks 8th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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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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.