Meat, Total — Production in Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe: Meat, Total — Production was 24.69 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
24.69 million t
Change on year
up 3.3%
Rank
10th
of 29 groups
All-time high
28.58 million t
in 1990
All-time low
12.49 million t
in 1964
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Meat, Total — Production in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, meat, total — production in Eastern Europe stood at 24.69 million t.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 26.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Eastern Europe peaked at 28.58 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 12.49 million t, in 1964.

Eastern Europe ranks 10th 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, Total — Production in Eastern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Meat, Total — Production in Eastern Europe, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 12.80 million t —
1962 13.66 million t +6.7%
1963 14.21 million t +4.1%
1964 12.49 million t -12.1%
1965 14.52 million t +16.2%
1966 15.36 million t +5.8%
1967 16.37 million t +6.6%
1968 16.82 million t +2.7%
1969 16.90 million t +0.5%
1970 17.51 million t +3.6%
1971 18.76 million t +7.1%
1972 19.71 million t +5.1%
1973 19.96 million t +1.2%
1974 21.64 million t +8.4%
1975 22.34 million t +3.2%
1976 20.57 million t -7.9%
1977 22.13 million t +7.6%
1978 23.28 million t +5.2%
1979 23.62 million t +1.5%
1980 23.08 million t -2.3%
1981 22.71 million t -1.6%
1982 22.80 million t +0.4%
1983 23.96 million t +5.1%
1984 24.76 million t +3.4%
1985 25.08 million t +1.3%
1986 26.32 million t +4.9%
1987 27.31 million t +3.8%
1988 28.17 million t +3.1%
1989 28.47 million t +1.1%
1990 28.58 million t +0.4%
1991 26.64 million t -6.8%
1992 20.53 million t -22.9%
1993 18.59 million t -9.5%
1994 16.96 million t -8.8%
1995 15.70 million t -7.4%
1996 15.22 million t -3.0%
1997 14.25 million t -6.4%
1998 14.08 million t -1.2%
1999 13.70 million t -2.7%
2000 13.46 million t -1.8%
2001 12.98 million t -3.6%
2002 13.82 million t +6.5%
2003 14.21 million t +2.8%
2004 13.73 million t -3.4%
2005 13.78 million t +0.4%
2006 14.41 million t +4.6%
2007 15.29 million t +6.1%
2008 15.31 million t +0.1%
2009 16.07 million t +5.0%
2010 16.81 million t +4.6%
2011 17.32 million t +3.0%
2012 18.15 million t +4.8%
2013 18.72 million t +3.2%
2014 19.47 million t +4.0%
2015 20.31 million t +4.3%
2016 20.81 million t +2.5%
2017 21.32 million t +2.5%
2018 22.48 million t +5.4%
2019 22.77 million t +1.3%
2020 23.16 million t +1.7%
2021 23.11 million t -0.2%
2022 23.60 million t +2.1%
2023 23.90 million t +1.3%
2024 24.69 million t +3.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 14.79 million t 12.49 million t 16.90 million t 9
1970s 20.95 million t 17.51 million t 23.62 million t 10
1980s 25.27 million t 22.71 million t 28.47 million t 10
1990s 18.43 million t 13.70 million t 28.58 million t 10
2000s 14.31 million t 12.98 million t 16.07 million t 10
2010s 19.82 million t 16.81 million t 22.77 million t 10
2020s 23.69 million t 23.11 million t 24.69 million t 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Europe

  1. 7 Mexico 8.35 million t compare
  2. 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.13 million t compare
  3. 8 Spain 7.56 million t compare
  4. 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.10 million t compare
  5. 9 Australia and New Zealand 7.07 million t compare
  6. 10 Germany 6.88 million t compare
  7. 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1.08 million t compare
  8. 11 Argentina 6.43 million t compare
  9. 11 Melanesia 601,576 t compare
  10. 12 Pakistan 5.85 million t compare
  11. 12 Syrian Arab Republic 418,050 t compare
  12. 13 Australia 5.58 million t compare
  13. 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 344,589 t compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is meat, total — production in Eastern Europe?
Meat, total — production in Eastern Europe was 24.69 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Eastern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 28.58 million t in 1990.
What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Eastern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 12.49 million t in 1964.
How does Eastern Europe rank for meat, total — production?
Eastern Europe ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 26.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eastern Europe data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Total — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Meat, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 14,172 data points, 1961–2024
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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.