Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Germany
Germany: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 668,662 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Germany is 668,662 1000 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Germany peaked at 746,026 1000 An in 2009 and was at its lowest, 146,796 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Germany 30th out of 207 countries 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 | 201,321 1000 An | 146,796 1000 An | 270,342 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 371,080 1000 An | 304,422 1000 An | 453,250 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 448,261 1000 An | 427,510 1000 An | 478,564 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 396,466 1000 An | 349,770 1000 An | 453,690 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 581,202 1000 An | 455,763 1000 An | 746,026 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 694,214 1000 An | 671,265 1000 An | 725,072 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 670,689 1000 An | 668,662 1000 An | 673,062 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture share gdp 0.8714 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.8714 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 17.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 14.91 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 44.02 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Germany?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Germany was 668,662 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 746,026 1000 An in 2009.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 146,796 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Germany rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Germany ranks 30th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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.