Meat, Total — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Meat, Total — Production was 42.45 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, total — production in European Union (27) stood at 42.45 million t.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in European Union (27) peaked at 44.34 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 17.16 million t, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17.16 million t | — |
| 1962 | 17.86 million t | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 17.97 million t | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 18.51 million t | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 19.34 million t | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 20.01 million t | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 21.04 million t | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 22.01 million t | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 22.30 million t | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 23.43 million t | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 24.47 million t | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 24.90 million t | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 25.92 million t | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 28.00 million t | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 28.31 million t | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 28.68 million t | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 29.34 million t | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 30.47 million t | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 32.00 million t | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 32.83 million t | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 32.65 million t | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 32.52 million t | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 32.94 million t | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 33.85 million t | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 34.20 million t | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 34.87 million t | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 35.64 million t | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 35.91 million t | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 35.51 million t | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 36.72 million t | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 36.80 million t | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 37.23 million t | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 38.49 million t | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 37.74 million t | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 38.30 million t | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 39.49 million t | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 39.19 million t | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 40.74 million t | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 40.81 million t | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 39.24 million t | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 39.20 million t | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 40.07 million t | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 39.70 million t | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 39.45 million t | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 39.41 million t | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 38.99 million t | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 40.46 million t | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 40.18 million t | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 40.23 million t | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 41.23 million t | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 41.61 million t | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 41.34 million t | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 40.71 million t | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 41.14 million t | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 42.46 million t | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 43.40 million t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 43.20 million t | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 44.10 million t | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 44.06 million t | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 44.34 million t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 44.33 million t | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 42.63 million t | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 41.20 million t | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 42.45 million t | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.58 million t | 17.16 million t | 22.30 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 27.55 million t | 23.43 million t | 32.00 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.09 million t | 32.52 million t | 35.91 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 38.55 million t | 36.72 million t | 40.81 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 39.69 million t | 38.99 million t | 40.46 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.32 million t | 40.71 million t | 44.10 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.99 million t | 41.20 million t | 44.34 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 5 India 13.21 million t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.80 million t compare
- 6 Russian Federation 12.87 million t compare
- 7 Mexico 8.35 million t compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.13 million t compare
- 8 Spain 7.56 million t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.10 million t compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 7.07 million t compare
- 10 Germany 6.88 million t compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1.08 million t compare
- 11 Argentina 6.43 million t compare
- 11 Melanesia 601,576 t compare
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- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 6.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 4.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -12.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 9.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -9.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in European Union (27)?
- Meat, total — production in European Union (27) was 42.45 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 44.34 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.16 million t in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for meat, total — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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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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.