# EU countries by meat production, 2024

All 26 values come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for 2024, so the places are comparable. 1 EU countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `meat_production`
- Unit: tonnes
- Definition: Meat from animals slaughtered in the country in the calendar year, all species, in tonnes of carcass weight. FAOSTAT item "Meat; Total", the sum FAO calculates from the meat of each species, imported live animals included.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Rank | Place | tonnes |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Spain | 7,564,708 |
| 2 | Germany | 6,875,680 |
| 3 | Poland | 5,455,245 |
| 4 | France | 5,183,266 |
| 5 | Italy | 3,376,371 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 2,687,883 |
| 7 | Belgium | 1,735,124 |
| 8 | Denmark | 1,603,763 |
| 9 | Ireland | 1,160,634 |
| 10 | Hungary | 1,037,031 |
| 11 | Romania | 993,030 |
| 12 | Portugal | 889,814 |
| 13 | Austria | 814,265 |
| 14 | Sweden | 570,910 |
| 15 | Czechia | 475,908 |
| 16 | Greece | 429,399 |
| 17 | Finland | 397,311 |
| 18 | Croatia | 246,847 |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 237,063 |
| 20 | Lithuania | 200,638 |
| 21 | Slovenia | 134,638 |
| 22 | Latvia | 90,662 |
| 23 | Cyprus | 73,884 |
| 24 | Estonia | 71,782 |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 19,809 |
| 26 | Malta | 10,438 |