Meat, Total — Production in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Meat, Total — Production was 13.39 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production in Southern Europe is 13.39 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Southern Europe peaked at 13.61 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.25 million t, in 1961.
That places Southern Europe 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.25 million t | — |
| 1962 | 3.43 million t | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 3.56 million t | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 3.87 million t | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 4.09 million t | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 4.35 million t | +6.4% |
| 1967 | 4.63 million t | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 4.93 million t | +6.6% |
| 1969 | 5.09 million t | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 5.60 million t | +10.2% |
| 1971 | 5.80 million t | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 5.85 million t | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 6.29 million t | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 6.85 million t | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 6.86 million t | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 7.12 million t | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 7.59 million t | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 7.92 million t | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 8.22 million t | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 8.67 million t | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 8.89 million t | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 9.03 million t | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 9.16 million t | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 9.33 million t | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 9.18 million t | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 9.13 million t | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 9.52 million t | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 9.80 million t | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 9.78 million t | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 10.11 million t | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 9.90 million t | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 10.03 million t | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 10.15 million t | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 10.20 million t | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 10.44 million t | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 10.76 million t | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 10.77 million t | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 11.33 million t | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 11.48 million t | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 11.41 million t | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 11.53 million t | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 11.96 million t | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 11.90 million t | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 11.70 million t | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 11.72 million t | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 11.25 million t | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 11.72 million t | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 11.75 million t | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 11.57 million t | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 11.84 million t | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 11.93 million t | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 12.01 million t | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 11.66 million t | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 11.34 million t | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 12.03 million t | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 12.73 million t | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 12.68 million t | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 13.01 million t | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 13.26 million t | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 13.38 million t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 13.61 million t | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 13.28 million t | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 13.01 million t | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 13.39 million t | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.13 million t | 3.25 million t | 5.09 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.81 million t | 5.60 million t | 8.22 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.25 million t | 8.67 million t | 9.80 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.52 million t | 9.90 million t | 11.48 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.65 million t | 11.25 million t | 11.96 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.25 million t | 11.34 million t | 13.26 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.34 million t | 13.01 million t | 13.61 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 256,277 t compare
- 14 Poland 5.46 million t compare
- 15 Canada 5.19 million t compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 231,256 t compare
- 16 France 5.18 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 78,232 t compare
- 17 Indonesia 5.11 million t compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 30,785 t compare
- 18 Japan 4.20 million t compare
- 18 Polynesia 8,046 t compare
- 19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.17 million t compare
- 19 Micronesia 3,803 t compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,482 t compare
- 20 South Africa 3.63 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Europe
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 0.516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate -11.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate -8.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 6.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 6.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Southern Europe?
- Meat, total — production in Southern Europe was 13.39 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 13.61 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.25 million t in 1961.
- How does Southern Europe rank for meat, total — production?
- Southern Europe ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.