Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Switzerland
Switzerland: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 90,449 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland is 90,449 1000 An, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Switzerland peaked at 90,449 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,250 1000 An, in 1961.
Switzerland ranks 84th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,326 1000 An | 4,250 1000 An | 12,900 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,486 1000 An | 13,500 1000 An | 18,595 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,298 1000 An | 18,698 1000 An | 27,200 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,135 1000 An | 27,278 1000 An | 35,145 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,490 1000 An | 37,520 1000 An | 50,215 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,709 1000 An | 53,225 1000 An | 77,285 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 86,808 1000 An | 82,094 1000 An | 90,449 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6446 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6446 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 14.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 1.30 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.73 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 756.04 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Switzerland?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Switzerland was 90,449 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 90,449 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,250 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Switzerland ranks 84th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.