Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Italy
Italy: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 616,087 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Italy stood at 616,087 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Italy peaked at 616,087 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 206,650 1000 An, in 1961.
Italy ranks 33rd of 207 countries on this measure, 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 | 350,539 1000 An | 206,650 1000 An | 423,100 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 496,180 1000 An | 431,100 1000 An | 544,400 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 535,140 1000 An | 501,800 1000 An | 557,100 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 547,301 1000 An | 529,414 1000 An | 563,600 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 477,471 1000 An | 399,011 1000 An | 545,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 556,676 1000 An | 519,795 1000 An | 599,115 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 595,124 1000 An | 555,603 1000 An | 616,087 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 30.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 17.86 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Italy?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Italy was 616,087 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 616,087 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 206,650 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Italy rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Italy ranks 33rd out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.