Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production was 22,030 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production in Western 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 Western Europe is 22,030 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 59.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production in Western Europe peaked at 229,900 t in 1974 and was at its lowest, 22,030 t, in 2024.
Western Europe ranks 12th of 23 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 208,370 t | — |
| 1962 | 212,270 t | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 214,170 t | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 208,370 t | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 208,470 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 213,100 t | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 214,400 t | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 215,600 t | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 214,900 t | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 216,300 t | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 226,600 t | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 226,700 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 227,800 t | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 229,900 t | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 225,261 t | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 217,174 t | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 213,262 t | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 207,256 t | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 195,748 t | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 199,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 181,805 t | -8.6% |
| 1982 | 177,105 t | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 175,105 t | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 173,105 t | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 176,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 168,004 t | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 171,130 t | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 152,859 t | -10.7% |
| 1989 | 135,532 t | -11.3% |
| 1990 | 134,308 t | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 94,823 t | -29.4% |
| 1992 | 96,570 t | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 96,373 t | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 89,925 t | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 85,472 t | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 83,911 t | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 78,542 t | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 77,249 t | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 77,411 t | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 75,199 t | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 74,950 t | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 75,611 t | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 70,953 t | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 71,596 t | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 70,252 t | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 68,740 t | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 69,604 t | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 57,859 t | -16.9% |
| 2009 | 53,220 t | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 52,121 t | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 58,142 t | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 54,561 t | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 53,813 t | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 54,952 t | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 53,432 t | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 50,015 t | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 46,900 t | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 45,118 t | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 42,535 t | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 27,305 t | -35.8% |
| 2021 | 26,703 t | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 24,275 t | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 23,005 t | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 22,030 t | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 212,183 t | 208,370 t | 215,600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 218,600 t | 195,748 t | 229,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 170,964 t | 135,532 t | 199,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 91,458 t | 77,249 t | 134,308 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 68,798 t | 53,220 t | 75,611 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,159 t | 42,535 t | 58,142 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,664 t | 22,030 t | 27,305 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production in Western Europe?
- Meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production in Western Europe was 22,030 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 Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 229,900 t in 1974.
- What is the lowest meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,030 t in 2024.
- How does Western Europe rank for meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production?
- Western Europe ranks 12th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat of rabbits and hares, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 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.