Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2.05 million 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Southern 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 Southern Europe is 2.05 million 1000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Europe peaked at 2.05 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 387,871 1000 An, in 1961.
Southern Europe ranks 13th of 41 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 719,220 1000 An | 387,871 1000 An | 956,929 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.34 million 1000 An | 1.06 million 1000 An | 1.53 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.66 million 1000 An | 1.60 million 1000 An | 1.72 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.57 million 1000 An | 1.49 million 1000 An | 1.68 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.50 million 1000 An | 1.33 million 1000 An | 1.62 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.75 million 1000 An | 1.58 million 1000 An | 1.90 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.93 million 1000 An | 1.86 million 1000 An | 2.05 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 10 Egypt, Arab Republic of 1.83 million 1000 An compare
- 11 Poland 1.37 million 1000 An compare
- 12 Thailand 1.37 million 1000 An compare
- 13 Philippines 1.36 million 1000 An compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.20 million 1000 An compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 1.11 million 1000 An compare
- 16 Colombia 1.07 million 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Europe
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 103,293 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 452,640 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 10,020 ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 2.49 million ha (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 13.39 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,357 kg/An (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 31.03 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 22.87 million An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production 3.00 million t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield 624.9 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Europe?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Southern Europe was 2.05 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.05 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 387,871 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Southern Europe ranks 13th out of 41 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.