EU-27: Bullock (including buffalo species) slaughtered (tons)

This page contains the data on the tons of Bullock (including Buffalo Species) 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:

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.

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: Bullock (including Buffalo Species) Slaughtered ( Tons)
Country 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 Var % Period
Austria 100.410 94.090 91.300 88.220 86.840 83.880 27.650 27.450 -0,7% Jan - Apr '26
Belgium 70.340 67.860 65.370 64.200 64.930 58.430 25.320 25.620 +1,2% Jan - May '26
Bulgaria 1.500 1.610 1.590 1.880 1.890 2.000 640 680 +6,3% Jan - Apr '26
Cyprus 2.230 2.600 1.510 1.440 1.930 1.800 470 540 +14,9% Jan - Mar '26
Croatia 25.240 25.720 23.980 25.210 26.230 27.020 8.620 8.110 -5,9% Jan - Apr '26
Denmark 20.100 18.000 16.150 14.470 13.380 11.340 3.440 3.050 -11,3% Jan - Apr '26
Estonia 2.170 2.220 1.710 1.350 1.120 910 390 230 -41,0% Jan - May '26
Finland 50.190 50.070 48.710 48.380 49.640 46.780 19.450 18.410 -5,3% Jan - May '26
France 363.440 358.910 343.400 346.520 352.680 336.560 135.410 135.610 +0,1% Jan - May '26
Germany 504.000 480.550 451.230 453.100 449.920 422.920 139.260 143.110 +2,8% Jan - Apr '26
Greece 13.930 12.610 12.350 10.930 9.300 8.890 2.930 2.980 +1,7% Jan - Apr '26
Ireland 68.360 61.000 61.850 55.720 51.800 50.360 23.620 24.570 +4,0% Jan - May '26
Italy 305.230 307.130 298.120 247.690 262.630 253.670 81.670 78.870 -3,4% Jan - Apr '26
Latvia 3.350 3.510 3.250 3.060 2.850 2.670 860 810 -5,8% Jan - Apr '26
Lithuania 17.100 17.210 16.640 15.560 14.660 0 0 0 nan% Jan - Apr '26
Luxembourg 4.320 4.040 3.640 3.540 3.590 3.320 1.280 1.380 +7,8% Jan - May '26
Malta 610 580 580 580 640 650 310 180 -41,9% Jan - May '26
Netherlands 26.560 25.780 30.870 34.120 32.580 28.960 9.250 9.650 +4,3% Jan - Apr '26
Poland 328.030 311.900 297.880 289.080 341.060 339.890 125.060 104.690 -16,3% Jan - Apr '26
Portugal 38.310 38.300 35.430 34.370 37.370 35.440 14.260 15.440 +8,3% Jan - May '26
Czech Republic 36.970 36.950 33.620 32.830 30.450 29.450 12.570 12.160 -3,3% Jan - May '26
Romania 5.760 5.940 4.960 4.780 5.500 6.000 2.320 1.740 -25,0% Jan - May '26
Slovakia 2.780 4.420 3.590 3.620 3.240 2.940 1.010 940 -6,9% Jan - Apr '26
Slovenia 22.860 22.430 20.830 19.850 18.790 18.320 5.800 5.790 -0,2% Jan - Apr '26
Spain 233.880 256.980 272.260 261.970 279.060 309.370 125.240 134.910 +7,7% Jan - May '26
Sweden 62.500 61.030 59.920 60.110 60.490 57.480 20.270 20.230 -0,2% Jan - May '26
Hungary 5.560 5.610 4.760 4.240 5.090 870 0 880 +inf% Jan - Apr '26
TOTAL EU 2.315.730 2.277.050 2.205.500 2.126.820 2.207.660 2.139.920 524.640 526.220 +0,3% Jan - Mar '26
Variazione % sull'anno precedente -1,7% -3,1% -3,6% +3,8% -3,1%      
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Source: Eurostat

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