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EU countries by meat production

Spain had the highest meat production of 26 EU countries in 2021, at 7,646,872 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 10,062 tonnes. The median was 720,184 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest7,646,872Spain
Lowest10,062Malta
Median720,18426 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2021

Austria: 874,230 tonnesBelgium: 1,848,010 tonnesBulgaria: 225,286 tonnesCyprus: 82,066 tonnesCzechia: 494,411 tonnesGermany: 7,633,861 tonnesDenmark: 2,011,354 tonnesEstonia: 77,762 tonnesSpain: 7,646,872 tonnesFinland: 410,998 tonnesFrance: 5,363,842 tonnesGreece: 434,993 tonnesCroatia: 243,518 tonnesHungary: 1,056,565 tonnesIreland: 1,159,652 tonnesItaly: 3,552,424 tonnesLithuania: 213,354 tonnesLuxembourg: 23,222 tonnesLatvia: 90,930 tonnesMalta: 10,062 tonnesNetherlands: 3,048,460 tonnesPoland: 5,113,595 tonnesPortugal: 859,307 tonnesRomania: 983,454 tonnesSweden: 581,060 tonnesSlovenia: 141,780 tonnes
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tonnes, 2021. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2021

Spain: 7,646,872 tonnesSpain7,646,872Germany: 7,633,861 tonnesGermany7,633,861France: 5,363,842 tonnesFrance5,363,842Poland: 5,113,595 tonnesPoland5,113,595Italy: 3,552,424 tonnesItaly3,552,424Netherlands: 3,048,460 tonnesNetherlands3,048,460Denmark: 2,011,354 tonnesDenmark2,011,354Belgium: 1,848,010 tonnesBelgium1,848,010Ireland: 1,159,652 tonnesIreland1,159,652Hungary: 1,056,565 tonnesHungary1,056,565Romania: 983,454 tonnesRomania983,454Austria: 874,230 tonnesAustria874,230Portugal: 859,307 tonnesPortugal859,307Sweden: 581,060 tonnesSweden581,060Czechia: 494,411 tonnesCzechia494,411Greece: 434,993 tonnesGreece434,993Finland: 410,998 tonnesFinland410,998Croatia: 243,518 tonnesCroatia243,518Bulgaria: 225,286 tonnesBulgaria225,286Lithuania: 213,354 tonnesLithuania213,354Slovenia: 141,780 tonnesSlovenia141,780Latvia: 90,930 tonnesLatvia90,930Cyprus: 82,066 tonnesCyprus82,066Estonia: 77,762 tonnesEstonia77,762Luxembourg: 23,222 tonnesLuxembourg23,222Malta: 10,062 tonnesMalta10,062Spain: 7,646,872 tonnesSpain7,646,872Germany: 7,633,861 tonnesGermany7,633,861France: 5,363,842 tonnesFrance5,363,842Poland: 5,113,595 tonnesPoland5,113,595Italy: 3,552,424 tonnesItaly3,552,424Netherlands: 3,048,460 tonnesNetherlands3,048,460Denmark: 2,011,354 tonnesDenmark2,011,354Belgium: 1,848,010 tonnesBelgium1,848,010Ireland: 1,159,652 tonnesIreland1,159,652Hungary: 1,056,565 tonnesHungary1,056,565Romania: 983,454 tonnesRomania983,454Austria: 874,230 tonnesAustria874,230Portugal: 859,307 tonnesPortugal859,307Sweden: 581,060 tonnesSweden581,060Czechia: 494,411 tonnesCzechia494,411Greece: 434,993 tonnesGreece434,993Finland: 410,998 tonnesFinland410,998Croatia: 243,518 tonnesCroatia243,518Bulgaria: 225,286 tonnesBulgaria225,286Lithuania: 213,354 tonnesLithuania213,354Slovenia: 141,780 tonnesSlovenia141,780Latvia: 90,930 tonnesLatvia90,930Cyprus: 82,066 tonnesCyprus82,066Estonia: 77,762 tonnesEstonia77,762Luxembourg: 23,222 tonnesLuxembourg23,222Malta: 10,062 tonnesMalta10,062
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2021
tonnes		Change on 2020
1Spain7,646,872+2%
2Germany7,633,861-2.4%
3France5,363,842-0.6%
4Poland5,113,595-2.7%
5Italy3,552,424+2%
6Netherlands3,048,460-2.4%
7Denmark2,011,354+6.7%
8Belgium1,848,010+2.2%
9Ireland1,159,652-2.4%
10Hungary1,056,565+2.9%
11Romania983,454n/a
12Austria874,230+0.3%
13Portugal859,307+1.5%
14Sweden581,060+2.4%
15Czechia494,411+2.6%
16Greece434,993-1.3%
17Finland410,998+0.5%
18Croatia243,518+5.3%
19Bulgaria225,286+10.4%
20Lithuania213,354-5%
21Slovenia141,780+1%
22Latvia90,930+1.5%
23Cyprus82,066+4%
24Estonia77,762+0.6%
25Luxembourg23,222+1.4%
26Malta10,062-0.3%

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About this ranking

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.

Carcass weight, bone included, so it is higher than the boneless weight in consumption statistics. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510) (EU countries by meat production, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510), EU countries by meat production, 2021. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/meat-production/eu-countries?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which EU country has the highest meat production?

Spain, with 7,646,872 tonnes in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which EU country has the lowest meat production?

Malta, with 10,062 tonnes in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Meat; Total, production, t (item 1765, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 EU countries have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.

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