Meat, Poultry — Production in Hungary
Hungary: Meat, Poultry — Production was 543,588 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Production in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — production in Hungary is 543,588 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — production in Hungary peaked at 545,667 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 129,200 t, in 1961.
Hungary ranks 39th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Poultry — Production in Hungary, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 129,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 137,500 t | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 145,600 t | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 157,100 t | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 157,100 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 167,000 t | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 180,600 t | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 182,300 t | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 188,900 t | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 221,900 t | +17.5% |
| 1971 | 233,100 t | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 226,300 t | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 242,800 t | +7.3% |
| 1974 | 267,600 t | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 275,400 t | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 302,000 t | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 313,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 319,700 t | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 319,300 t | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 352,000 t | +10.2% |
| 1981 | 366,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 417,600 t | +14.1% |
| 1983 | 402,300 t | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 402,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 402,000 t | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 439,700 t | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 463,300 t | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 478,100 t | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 436,400 t | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 450,500 t | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 352,700 t | -21.7% |
| 1992 | 340,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 319,300 t | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 341,200 t | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 387,000 t | +13.4% |
| 1996 | 377,296 t | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 402,071 t | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 451,523 t | +12.3% |
| 1999 | 399,357 t | -11.6% |
| 2000 | 470,028 t | +17.7% |
| 2001 | 472,339 t | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 515,042 t | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 492,079 t | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 468,794 t | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 433,224 t | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 385,031 t | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 375,958 t | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 387,632 t | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 386,949 t | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 375,626 t | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 402,075 t | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 428,461 t | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 404,683 t | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 441,931 t | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 490,121 t | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 514,545 t | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 493,098 t | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 525,405 t | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 531,680 t | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 534,609 t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 545,667 t | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 485,633 t | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 541,339 t | +11.5% |
| 2024 | 543,588 t | +0.4% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 543,588 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 100,759 t, 5.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 543,588 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 139,660 t, 3.9× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160,589 t | 129,200 t | 188,900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 272,110 t | 221,900 t | 319,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 415,990 t | 352,000 t | 478,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 382,095 t | 319,300 t | 451,523 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 438,708 t | 375,958 t | 515,042 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 460,762 t | 375,626 t | 531,680 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 530,167 t | 485,633 t | 545,667 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — production in Hungary?
- Meat, poultry — production in Hungary was 543,588 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — production recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 545,667 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — production recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 129,200 t in 1961.
- How does Hungary rank for meat, poultry — production?
- Hungary ranks 39th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — production rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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.