Meat, Poultry — Production in Finland
Finland: Meat, Poultry — Production was 148,660 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Production in Finland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Finland recorded 148,660 t for meat, poultry — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Finland peaked at 148,660 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,500 t, in 1961.
That places Finland 72nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat, Poultry — Production in Finland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 6,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,900 t | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 6,800 t | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 6,900 t | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 7,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 7,300 t | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 6,900 t | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 7,600 t | +10.1% |
| 1970 | 8,600 t | +13.2% |
| 1971 | 8,400 t | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 9,900 t | +17.9% |
| 1973 | 8,300 t | -16.2% |
| 1974 | 8,780 t | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 11,160 t | +27.1% |
| 1976 | 11,700 t | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 12,850 t | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 11,880 t | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 13,700 t | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 15,160 t | +10.7% |
| 1981 | 16,950 t | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 16,490 t | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 18,340 t | +11.2% |
| 1984 | 19,290 t | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 20,300 t | +5.2% |
| 1986 | 21,900 t | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 26,560 t | +21.3% |
| 1988 | 27,690 t | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 33,240 t | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 35,990 t | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 39,750 t | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 39,060 t | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 37,900 t | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 42,670 t | +12.6% |
| 1995 | 45,810 t | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 50,610 t | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 54,080 t | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 63,550 t | +17.5% |
| 1999 | 70,080 t | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 69,950 t | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 84,510 t | +20.8% |
| 2002 | 94,770 t | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 98,040 t | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 101,470 t | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 100,780 t | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 100,250 t | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 106,760 t | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 110,830 t | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 103,500 t | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 96,330 t | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 101,510 t | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 107,410 t | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 111,090 t | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 113,370 t | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 117,317 t | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 125,352 t | +6.8% |
| 2017 | 128,809 t | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 135,290 t | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 139,090 t | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 145,320 t | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 147,160 t | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 147,120 t | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 143,580 t | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 148,660 t | +3.5% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 148,660 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 100,759 t, 1.5× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Finland's 148,660 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 139,660 t, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,933 t | 6,500 t | 7,600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,527 t | 8,300 t | 13,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,592 t | 15,160 t | 33,240 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,950 t | 35,990 t | 70,080 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 97,086 t | 69,950 t | 110,830 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,557 t | 96,330 t | 139,090 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 146,368 t | 143,580 t | 148,660 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More agriculture & rural data for Finland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,466 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5476 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2548 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Finland?
- Meat, poultry — production in Finland was 148,660 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 148,660 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,500 t in 1961.
- How does Finland rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Finland ranks 72nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — Production. 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.