EU-27: Bovine and buffaloes slaughtered (tons)

This page contains the data on the tons of Bovine and Buffaloes Slaughtered in the European Union, in terms of carcass weight. The data are collected on a monthly basis and divided by EU country.

In addition to providing complete and accurate information, the page aims to rightly place Italy within the European context and to encourage the comparison with the other main producing countries of bovines meat.

The first two graphs highlight the share of the single Countries on the total slaughterings of in EU-27, and the the main changes that occurred during the current year.

The tables below report the annual and monthly data on slaughters in EU countries: to obtain the monthly data, simply click on the chosen year in the table header;to access further details on each country, click on the country of interest.

Furthermore, the following entries are made available for the European Union and for each country:

I dati riportati aggregano anche i bufalini. Questa aggregazione segue le definizioni del Regolamento UE 2022/2379 (SAIO): la normativa UE prevede la trasmissione obbligatoria solo di alcune categorie di bovini, senza distinzione dettagliata per specie. Di conseguenza, Eurostat pubblica i dati aggregati e non distingue i bufalini dalle altre categorie bovine.

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in number of heads
  • To view the monthly data, click on the chosen year on the table header
  • To access further details for each Country, click on the Country of interest.
EU-27: Bovine and Buffaloes Slaughtered ( Tons)
Country 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 Var % Period
Austria 218.370 213.750 210.120 204.560 203.470 198.320 - - - -
Belgium 254.520 247.140 238.140 240.170 249.420 229.420 20.420 19.780 -3,1% Jan '26
Bulgaria 6.240 7.110 7.040 6.980 7.400 8.300 - - - -
Cyprus 4.650 5.900 5.500 5.050 5.630 5.320 - - - -
Croatia 43.370 43.180 41.230 41.180 42.480 41.550 - - - -
Denmark 121.200 122.200 119.000 117.720 115.370 113.840 - - - -
Estonia 8.910 8.700 8.380 7.660 7.390 6.910 630 550 -12,7% Jan '26
Finland 86.510 85.670 83.980 85.390 86.510 81.170 - - - -
France 1.434.590 1.424.330 1.361.320 1.301.430 1.298.540 1.267.020 - - - -
Germany 1.090.000 1.072.050 987.470 997.480 1.009.430 942.320 - - - -
Greece 34.710 33.030 35.540 35.670 32.460 33.990 - - - -
Ireland 633.390 594.510 621.430 599.530 602.580 542.880 - - - -
Italy 732.270 747.880 747.230 619.860 659.120 655.960 - - - -
Latvia 14.510 15.530 14.530 16.430 15.390 14.030 - - - -
Lithuania 41.750 43.700 42.300 43.130 42.200 38.280 - - - -
Luxembourg 10.240 10.500 9.720 9.510 9.380 9.170 860 800 -7,0% Jan '26
Malta 1.160 1.040 1.030 1.090 1.160 1.290 - - - -
Netherlands 432.850 429.650 421.520 437.400 433.330 394.030 - - - -
Poland 559.400 555.120 540.600 514.710 637.400 623.700 - - - -
Portugal 97.790 102.990 103.780 98.430 101.750 94.290 - - - -
Czech Republic 72.520 72.560 68.580 70.230 68.850 67.350 - - - -
Romania 32.200 36.190 35.620 31.470 35.340 43.400 - - - -
Slovakia 7.940 9.030 7.780 7.230 7.010 6.290 - - - -
Slovenia 36.510 37.560 36.060 33.250 31.940 30.660 - - - -
Spain 677.750 717.890 731.540 697.840 718.460 703.490 - - - -
Sweden 141.010 135.800 135.240 138.180 139.530 128.120 - - - -
Hungary 28.080 28.930 25.690 23.210 22.510 28.700 - - - -
TOTAL EU 6.822.440 6.801.940 6.640.370 6.384.790 6.584.050 6.309.800 - - - -
Variazione % sull'anno precedente -0,3% -2,4% -3,8% +3,1% -4,2%      
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Source: Eurostat

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