Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.76 million 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Northern Europe, 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 Northern Europe is 1.76 million 1000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Europe peaked at 1.76 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 306,972 1000 An, in 1961.
Northern Europe ranks 21st of 29 groups 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 Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 306,972 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 318,377 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 314,799 1000 An | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 340,259 1000 An | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 345,456 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 366,519 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 393,196 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 428,221 1000 An | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 450,274 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 470,457 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 480,965 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 541,273 1000 An | +12.5% |
| 1973 | 548,296 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 550,562 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 525,847 1000 An | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 561,552 1000 An | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 600,108 1000 An | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 603,814 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 621,205 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 620,625 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 629,384 1000 An | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 663,879 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 652,300 1000 An | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 676,036 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 697,243 1000 An | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 723,507 1000 An | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 762,416 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 805,998 1000 An | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 770,461 1000 An | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 805,204 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 848,412 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 1.02 million 1000 An | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 1.04 million 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 1.10 million 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 1.13 million 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 1.17 million 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 1.22 million 1000 An | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 1.24 million 1000 An | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 1.24 million 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 1.24 million 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 1.29 million 1000 An | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 1.31 million 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 1.32 million 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 1.33 million 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1.35 million 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 1.32 million 1000 An | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 1.31 million 1000 An | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 1.30 million 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 1.31 million 1000 An | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.39 million 1000 An | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 1.39 million 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.42 million 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 1.47 million 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 1.48 million 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1.53 million 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 1.60 million 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 1.66 million 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 1.70 million 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 1.69 million 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.74 million 1000 An | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 1.75 million 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1.71 million 1000 An | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 1.72 million 1000 An | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1.76 million 1000 An | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 362,675 1000 An | 306,972 1000 An | 450,274 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 550,408 1000 An | 470,457 1000 An | 621,205 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 700,185 1000 An | 620,625 1000 An | 805,998 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 million 1000 An | 805,204 1000 An | 1.24 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.31 million 1000 An | 1.24 million 1000 An | 1.35 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.53 million 1000 An | 1.39 million 1000 An | 1.70 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.74 million 1000 An | 1.71 million 1000 An | 1.76 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Europe
- 18 Australia and New Zealand 878,946 1000 An compare
- 18 Micronesia 1,374 1000 An compare
- 19 France 866,251 1000 An compare
- 19 Timor-Leste 603 1000 An compare
- 20 Japan 846,707 1000 An compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 203 1000 An compare
- 21 Canada 831,328 1000 An compare
- 22 Peru 826,762 1000 An compare
- 23 Spain 798,444 1000 An compare
- 24 Australia 754,500 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Europe
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate 28.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual -0.7495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -3.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -5.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate 4.09 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Europe?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Northern Europe was 1.76 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 Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.76 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 306,972 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Northern Europe rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Northern Europe ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.