Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in France
France: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 866,251 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
France recorded 866,251 1000 An for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in France peaked at 1.14 million 1000 An in 1998 and was at its lowest, 309,000 1000 An, in 1966.
That places France 20th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 362,172 1000 An | 309,000 1000 An | 426,600 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 516,919 1000 An | 414,368 1000 An | 642,780 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 848,998 1000 An | 683,265 1000 An | 961,754 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.03 million 1000 An | 930,446 1000 An | 1.14 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 988,140 1000 An | 871,843 1000 An | 1.12 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 962,587 1000 An | 883,704 1000 An | 1.03 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 839,060 1000 An | 799,778 1000 An | 871,045 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture share gdp 1.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 21.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 14.54 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 47.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 210,920 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in France?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in France was 866,251 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 million 1000 An in 1998.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 309,000 1000 An in 1966.
- How does France rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- France ranks 20th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.