EU-27: Sheep and goats slaughtered (tons)

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

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:

VIEW SLAUGHTERS
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: Sheep and goats Slaughtered ( Tons)
Country 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Var %
Austria 7.860 7.200 7.410 7.150 7.610 7.650 +0,5%
Belgium 3.010 2.840 3.070 2.500 2.200 1.900 -13,6%
Bulgaria 1.420 1.700 1.640 1.560 830 210 -74,7%
Cyprus 5.370 4.610 5.170 5.510 4.700 4.250 -9,6%
Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Denmark 1.600 1.300 1.300 1.220 1.210 800 -33,9%
Estonia 180 200 170 160 50 50 -
Finland 1.430 1.380 0 0 0 0 -
France 87.210 86.400 88.010 85.460 78.690 73.790 -6,2%
Germany 24.000 26.000 25.190 23.410 22.300 22.010 -1,3%
Greece 72.360 66.680 69.120 67.240 62.050 57.090 -8,0%
Ireland 66.050 66.240 63.430 68.230 69.710 62.960 -9,7%
Italy 32.630 29.800 30.210 30.250 27.570 24.040 -12,8%
Latvia 520 580 450 480 470 480 +2,1%
Lithuania 130 180 170 130 0 50 -
Luxembourg 40 30 50 70 50 60 -
Malta 190 180 190 180 200 180 -10,0%
Netherlands 15.520 18.560 18.470 18.570 20.630 17.240 -16,4%
Poland 1.160 1.060 1.200 1.290 1.390 1.580 +13,7%
Portugal 10.790 9.580 10.530 10.170 8.420 9.180 +9,0%
Czech Republic 150 80 40 30 20 140 -
Romania 12.320 7.210 6.510 4.570 5.000 7.070 +41,4%
Slovakia 0 10 0 0 10 50 -
Slovenia 150 150 160 160 140 160 +14,3%
Spain 131.760 125.270 130.510 130.230 114.190 107.240 -6,1%
Sweden 5.110 4.870 4.720 4.690 4.770 4.200 -11,9%
Hungary 590 450 600 280 320 110 -65,6%
TOTAL EU 481.550 462.560 468.320 463.540 432.530 402.490 -6,9%
Variazione % sull'anno precedente -3,9% +1,2% -1,0% -6,7% -6,9%  
(c) confidential data
Source: Eurostat

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