Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Greece
Greece: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 165,643 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Greece, 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 Greece is 165,643 1000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Greece peaked at 165,643 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,942 1000 An, in 1961.
Greece ranks 55th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Greece, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,942 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 13,207 1000 An | +47.7% |
| 1963 | 14,665 1000 An | +11.0% |
| 1964 | 18,215 1000 An | +24.2% |
| 1965 | 22,757 1000 An | +24.9% |
| 1966 | 30,565 1000 An | +34.3% |
| 1967 | 37,946 1000 An | +24.1% |
| 1968 | 36,295 1000 An | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 48,744 1000 An | +34.3% |
| 1970 | 59,986 1000 An | +23.1% |
| 1971 | 75,004 1000 An | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 84,315 1000 An | +12.4% |
| 1973 | 94,012 1000 An | +11.5% |
| 1974 | 93,027 1000 An | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 104,467 1000 An | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 109,220 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 104,793 1000 An | -4.1% |
| 1978 | 106,920 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 116,923 1000 An | +9.4% |
| 1980 | 125,751 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 126,929 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 137,000 1000 An | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 136,940 1000 An | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 136,912 1000 An | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 130,507 1000 An | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 130,466 1000 An | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 132,238 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 133,989 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 137,583 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 143,078 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 143,930 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 131,530 1000 An | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 131,580 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 133,360 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 146,930 1000 An | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 137,880 1000 An | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 70,620 1000 An | -48.8% |
| 1998 | 65,610 1000 An | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 63,060 1000 An | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 69,260 1000 An | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 71,180 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 79,378 1000 An | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 103,518 1000 An | +30.4% |
| 2004 | 94,560 1000 An | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 102,057 1000 An | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 76,323 1000 An | -25.2% |
| 2007 | 73,577 1000 An | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 75,578 1000 An | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 76,598 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 77,100 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 75,600 1000 An | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 76,514 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 111,176 1000 An | +45.3% |
| 2014 | 114,597 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 133,955 1000 An | +16.9% |
| 2016 | 135,736 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 145,620 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 134,905 1000 An | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 135,998 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 141,657 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 142,755 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 147,613 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 163,485 1000 An | +10.8% |
| 2024 | 165,643 1000 An | +1.3% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 165,643 1000 An is above the median for high income countries, which is 55,782 1000 An, 3.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Greece's 165,643 1000 An is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80,517 1000 An, 2.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,704 1000 An | 8,942 1000 An | 48,744 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 94,867 1000 An | 59,986 1000 An | 116,923 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 132,832 1000 An | 125,751 1000 An | 137,583 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 116,758 1000 An | 63,060 1000 An | 146,930 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 82,203 1000 An | 69,260 1000 An | 103,518 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 114,120 1000 An | 75,600 1000 An | 145,620 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 152,231 1000 An | 141,657 1000 An | 165,643 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 52 Kazakhstan 190,574 1000 An compare
- 53 Yemen 189,001 1000 An compare
- 54 Czechoslovakia 167,640 1000 An compare
- 56 Burkina Faso 153,663 1000 An compare
- 57 Sri Lanka 145,094 1000 An compare
- 58 Iraq 142,679 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Greece?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Greece was 165,643 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 165,643 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,942 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Greece ranks 55th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.