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 19th 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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 387,871 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 472,247 1000 An | +21.8% |
| 1963 | 570,835 1000 An | +20.9% |
| 1964 | 665,828 1000 An | +16.6% |
| 1965 | 770,453 1000 An | +15.7% |
| 1966 | 857,286 1000 An | +11.3% |
| 1967 | 894,292 1000 An | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 897,235 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 956,929 1000 An | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 1.08 million 1000 An | +13.1% |
| 1971 | 1.06 million 1000 An | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 1.16 million 1000 An | +10.1% |
| 1973 | 1.30 million 1000 An | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 1.35 million 1000 An | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 1.36 million 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 1.46 million 1000 An | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 1.53 million 1000 An | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 1.52 million 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 1.53 million 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 1.60 million 1000 An | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 1.68 million 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 1.68 million 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 1.67 million 1000 An | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 1.63 million 1000 An | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 1.63 million 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 1.61 million 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 1.70 million 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 1.72 million 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 1.68 million 1000 An | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 1.68 million 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1.64 million 1000 An | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 1.54 million 1000 An | -6.4% |
| 1993 | 1.51 million 1000 An | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 1.52 million 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 1.57 million 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 1.57 million 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 1.49 million 1000 An | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 1.58 million 1000 An | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 1.59 million 1000 An | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 1.56 million 1000 An | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 1.62 million 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 1.59 million 1000 An | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 1.45 million 1000 An | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 1.43 million 1000 An | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 1.42 million 1000 An | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 1.33 million 1000 An | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 1.46 million 1000 An | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 1.49 million 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 1.59 million 1000 An | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 1.58 million 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 1.61 million 1000 An | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 1.63 million 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1.72 million 1000 An | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.73 million 1000 An | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.82 million 1000 An | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 1.83 million 1000 An | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1.84 million 1000 An | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1.84 million 1000 An | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1.90 million 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 1.89 million 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.88 million 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1.86 million 1000 An | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.94 million 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 2.05 million 1000 An | +5.8% |
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
- 16 Colombia 1.07 million 1000 An compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16,992 1000 An compare
- 17 South Africa 1.05 million 1000 An compare
- 17 Polynesia 1,778 1000 An compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Europe
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 0.516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate -11.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate -8.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 6.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 6.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.91 % change on previous year (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 19th out of 29 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.