EU countries by meat production
Spain had the highest meat production of 26 EU countries in 2022, at 7,563,281 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 9,941 tonnes. The median was 708,357 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Map of EU countries, 2022
- Under 140K
- 140K to 460K
- 460K to 960K
- 960K to 3M
- 3M and over
- No data
All EU countries, 2022
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2022 | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 7,563,281 | -1.1% |
| 2 | Germany | 7,028,020 | -7.9% |
| 3 | France | 5,105,882 | -4.8% |
| 4 | Poland | 5,101,855 | -0.2% |
| 5 | Italy | 3,290,740 | -7.4% |
| 6 | Netherlands | 3,002,805 | -1.5% |
| 7 | Denmark | 1,882,641 | -6.4% |
| 8 | Belgium | 1,723,350 | -6.7% |
| 9 | Ireland | 1,186,244 | +2.3% |
| 10 | Romania | 965,220 | -1.9% |
| 11 | Hungary | 960,873 | -9.1% |
| 12 | Portugal | 859,039 | -0% |
| 13 | Austria | 847,184 | -3.1% |
| 14 | Sweden | 569,530 | -2% |
| 15 | Czechia | 471,120 | -4.7% |
| 16 | Greece | 458,891 | +5.5% |
| 17 | Finland | 403,712 | -1.8% |
| 18 | Croatia | 232,259 | -4.6% |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 231,509 | +2.8% |
| 20 | Lithuania | 202,751 | -5% |
| 21 | Slovenia | 137,831 | -2.8% |
| 22 | Latvia | 92,219 | +1.4% |
| 23 | Cyprus | 79,171 | -3.5% |
| 24 | Estonia | 75,393 | -3% |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 22,741 | -2.1% |
| 26 | Malta | 9,941 | -1.2% |
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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 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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.Citation styles
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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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/meat-production/eu-countries?period=2022.
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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/meat-production/eu-countries?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which EU country has the highest meat production?
Spain, with 7,563,281 tonnes in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which EU country has the lowest meat production?
Malta, with 9,941 tonnes in 2022.
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 2022 and are not ranked.