EU countries by meat production
Spain had the highest meat production of 26 EU countries in 2023, at 7,357,541 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 10,029 tonnes. The median was 688,728 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Map of EU countries, 2023
- Under 130K
- 130K to 460K
- 460K to 970K
- 970K to 2.8M
- 2.8M and over
- No data
All EU countries, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 7,357,541 | -2.7% |
| 2 | Germany | 6,777,180 | -3.6% |
| 3 | Poland | 5,060,147 | -0.8% |
| 4 | France | 4,975,906 | -2.5% |
| 5 | Italy | 3,245,711 | -1.4% |
| 6 | Netherlands | 2,784,254 | -7.3% |
| 7 | Belgium | 1,600,959 | -7.1% |
| 8 | Denmark | 1,567,745 | -16.7% |
| 9 | Ireland | 1,139,550 | -3.9% |
| 10 | Hungary | 999,326 | +4% |
| 11 | Romania | 967,577 | +0.2% |
| 12 | Portugal | 847,821 | -1.3% |
| 13 | Austria | 816,156 | -3.7% |
| 14 | Sweden | 561,300 | -1.4% |
| 15 | Czechia | 473,928 | +0.6% |
| 16 | Greece | 455,430 | -0.8% |
| 17 | Finland | 388,742 | -3.7% |
| 18 | Croatia | 232,251 | -0% |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 224,472 | -3% |
| 20 | Lithuania | 200,240 | -1.2% |
| 21 | Slovenia | 133,641 | -3% |
| 22 | Latvia | 89,290 | -3.2% |
| 23 | Cyprus | 75,360 | -4.8% |
| 24 | Estonia | 70,614 | -6.3% |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 21,258 | -6.5% |
| 26 | Malta | 10,029 | +0.9% |
Other periods
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 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.
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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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which EU country has the highest meat production?
Spain, with 7,357,541 tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which EU country has the lowest meat production?
Malta, with 10,029 tonnes in 2023.
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 2023 and are not ranked.