Meat, Total — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Meat, Total — Production was 17.80 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 17.80 million t for meat, total — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production in Western Europe peaked at 20.23 million t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9.93 million t, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 14th 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 Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.93 million t | — |
| 1962 | 10.27 million t | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 10.39 million t | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 10.54 million t | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 10.94 million t | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 11.07 million t | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 11.63 million t | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 12.22 million t | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 12.30 million t | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 12.88 million t | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 13.51 million t | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 13.34 million t | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 13.60 million t | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 14.60 million t | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 14.69 million t | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 14.94 million t | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 14.97 million t | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 15.53 million t | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 16.26 million t | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 16.64 million t | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 16.87 million t | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 16.56 million t | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 16.76 million t | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 17.37 million t | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 17.53 million t | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 17.81 million t | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 18.20 million t | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 18.19 million t | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 17.86 million t | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 18.38 million t | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 18.61 million t | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 18.12 million t | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 18.34 million t | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 18.33 million t | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 18.59 million t | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 19.26 million t | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 19.03 million t | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 19.70 million t | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 19.49 million t | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 18.43 million t | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 18.46 million t | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 18.46 million t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 18.05 million t | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 18.32 million t | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 18.29 million t | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 17.97 million t | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 18.69 million t | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 19.03 million t | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 19.25 million t | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 19.78 million t | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 20.02 million t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 19.70 million t | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 19.58 million t | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 19.92 million t | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 20.16 million t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 20.23 million t | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 20.01 million t | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 19.77 million t | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 19.59 million t | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 19.53 million t | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 19.28 million t | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 18.22 million t | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 17.46 million t | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 17.80 million t | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.03 million t | 9.93 million t | 12.30 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 14.43 million t | 12.88 million t | 16.26 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.38 million t | 16.56 million t | 18.20 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.79 million t | 18.12 million t | 19.70 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.50 million t | 17.97 million t | 19.25 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.88 million t | 19.58 million t | 20.23 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.46 million t | 17.46 million t | 19.53 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 11 Argentina 6.43 million t compare
- 11 Melanesia 601,576 t compare
- 12 Pakistan 5.85 million t compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 418,050 t compare
- 13 Australia 5.58 million t compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 344,589 t compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -0.4719 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production in Western Europe?
- Meat, total — production in Western Europe was 17.80 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 20.23 million t in 2016.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.93 million t in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for meat, total — production?
- Western Europe ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.