Meat, Total — Production in Northern Europe

Northern Europe: Meat, Total — Production was 8.67 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
8.67 million t
Change on year
up 1.6%
Rank
10th
of 10 groups
All-time high
9.18 million t
in 2021
All-time low
4.03 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

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

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for meat, total — production in Northern Europe is 8.67 million t, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Northern Europe peaked at 9.18 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.03 million t, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 4.46 million t 4.03 million t 4.75 million t 9
1970s 5.39 million t 4.95 million t 5.90 million t 10
1980s 6.41 million t 5.99 million t 6.75 million t 10
1990s 7.89 million t 6.81 million t 8.34 million t 10
2000s 7.98 million t 7.74 million t 8.15 million t 10
2010s 8.42 million t 8.11 million t 8.82 million t 10
2020s 8.90 million t 8.53 million t 9.18 million t 5

Countries ranked near Northern Europe

  1. 7 Mexico 8.35 million t compare
  2. 8 Spain 7.56 million t compare
  3. 9 Australia and New Zealand 7.07 million t compare
  4. 10 Germany 6.88 million t compare
  5. 11 Argentina 6.43 million t compare
  6. 12 Pakistan 5.85 million t compare
  7. 13 Australia 5.58 million t compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is meat, total — production in Northern Europe?
Meat, total — production in Northern Europe was 8.67 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Northern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 9.18 million t in 2021.
What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Northern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 4.03 million t in 1961.
How does Northern Europe rank for meat, total — production?
Northern Europe ranks 10th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Northern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern 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.