EU-27: Sheep and goats slaughtered (heads)

This page contains the data on the number of Sheep and goats Slaughtered in European Union. 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 Tons (carcass weight)
  • 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 ( Heads)
Country 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 Var % Period
Austria 346.310 356.000 390.150 412.360 408.090 0 0 236.860 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Belgium 133.510 143.560 119.890 109.960 92.980 0 0 27.920 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Bulgaria 166.110 178.340 184.870 91.130 18.210 0 0 22.720 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Cyprus 265.250 299.110 319.500 281.330 256.030 0 0 157.620 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Croatia 0 0 0 0 13.900 0 0 66.600 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Denmark 70.500 62.800 64.810 65.420 41.950 61.460 34.020 23.880 -29,8% Jan - Jul '26
Estonia 9.180 8.630 8.520 2.590 2.250 780 780 1.160 - Jan - Jul '26
Finland 66.550 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Jan - Aug '26
France 4.809.150 4.851.040 4.704.660 4.358.070 4.110.870 0 0 2.818.350 +inf% Jan - Aug '26
Germany 1.219.000 1.238.750 1.147.600 1.103.480 1.076.200 878.280 511.320 527.280 +3,1% Jan - Jul '26
Greece 6.160.050 6.108.700 6.069.380 5.762.630 5.305.110 0 0 3.158.190 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Ireland 3.111.660 2.971.820 3.197.080 3.168.560 2.848.680 0 0 1.511.400 +inf% Jan - Aug '26
Italy 2.991.660 2.907.250 2.924.300 2.811.530 2.143.280 0 0 1.233.810 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Latvia 33.150 26.050 26.410 26.820 26.320 0 0 9.990 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Lithuania 10.190 4.630 4.320 0 2.400 0 0 1.230 - Jan - Jul '26
Luxembourg 2.530 2.680 2.870 3.030 2.600 0 0 1.170 - Jan - Aug '26
Malta 7.720 7.260 7.840 8.370 7.470 0 0 5.030 +inf% Jan - Aug '26
Netherlands 886.260 891.150 868.760 937.960 809.030 720.510 459.210 491.330 +7,0% Jan - Jul '26
Poland 63.620 71.170 72.880 78.880 88.880 95.190 56.640 60.770 +7,3% Jan - Jul '26
Portugal 807.860 867.970 812.950 691.350 711.860 0 0 290.030 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Czech Republic 10.360 8.630 8.420 7.600 7.340 0 0 3.960 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Romania 467.850 390.440 271.880 297.180 390.210 0 0 651.330 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Slovakia 820 0 20 660 750 0 0 0 - Jan - Jul '26
Slovenia 10.330 11.910 12.680 12.650 11.830 0 0 5.620 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Spain 10.773.180 10.886.830 10.566.520 9.522.440 8.956.040 8.389.530 4.809.820 4.478.640 -6,9% Jan - Jul '26
Sweden 241.550 227.730 227.870 229.690 202.090 0 0 81.770 +inf% Jan - Jul '26
Hungary 25.600 33.490 16.480 17.740 6.400 4.140 4.140 9.040 +118,4% Jan - Jul '26
TOTAL EU 32.689.950 32.555.940 32.030.660 30.001.430 27.540.770 10.149.890 5.875.930 15.375.260 +161,7% Jan - Jul '26
Variazione % sull'anno precedente -0,4% -1,6% -6,3% -8,2% -63,1%      
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Source: Eurostat

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