Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe
Europe: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 12.32 million 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe stood at 12.32 million 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe peaked at 12.32 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.25 million 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Europe 5th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.85 million 1000 An | 2.25 million 1000 An | 3.54 million 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.16 million 1000 An | 4.01 million 1000 An | 6.43 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.49 million 1000 An | 6.65 million 1000 An | 8.26 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.21 million 1000 An | 6.83 million 1000 An | 8.20 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.83 million 1000 An | 7.17 million 1000 An | 9.04 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.82 million 1000 An | 9.31 million 1000 An | 11.97 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.96 million 1000 An | 11.71 million 1000 An | 12.32 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,030 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 63,355 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 22.48 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,412 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 398,589 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 137,267 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 177.78 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 663,560 t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 41.59 million ha (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 77.67 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Europe was 12.32 million 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 12.32 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.25 million 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.