EU-27: Slaughtered swine (tons)

This page shows the data on the tons of slaughtered pigs 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 pork meat producing countries.

The first two graphs highlight vs the total EU-27 pig slaughters 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:

  • 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: Pig Slaughtered (x1000 Tons)
Country 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 Var % Period
Austria 503 502 478 454 458 472 - - - -
Belgium 1.099 1.140 1.032 930 945 951 0 86 +inf% Jan '26
Bulgaria 64 79 82 79 83 96 - - - -
Cyprus 42 44 40 37 35 38 - - - -
Croatia 81 87 81 77 83 83 - - - -
Denmark 1.595 1.724 1.609 1.288 1.323 1.358 - - - -
Estonia 45 44 43 39 42 40 4 4 -0,3% Jan '26
Finland 175 176 170 158 161 164 - - - -
France 2.201 2.204 2.152 2.062 2.094 2.102 - - - -
Germany 5.112 4.965 4.486 4.205 4.285 4.333 - - - -
Greece 76 70 75 67 60 58 - - - -
Ireland 320 335 333 301 312 320 - - - -
Italy 1.271 1.335 1.239 1.206 1.245 1.296 - - - -
Latvia 35 35 36 32 33 32 - - - -
Lithuania 76 74 67 64 67 73 - - - -
Luxembourg 12 12 13 11 10 10 0 1 +inf% Jan '26
Malta 5 5 4 4 4 4 - - - -
Netherlands 1.662 1.719 1.684 1.463 1.387 1.408 - - - -
Poland 1.974 1.976 1.795 1.765 1.901 1.995 - - - -
Portugal 358 359 349 336 355 378 - - - -
Czech Republic 211 217 209 198 212 218 - - - -
Romania 331 311 267 264 288 308 - - - -
Slovakia 61 61 52 47 38 41 - - - -
Slovenia 23 23 21 19 18 19 - - - -
Spain 5.003 5.180 5.066 4.871 4.955 5.274 - - - -
Sweden 247 253 254 243 246 250 - - - -
Hungary 448 463 428 420 453 476 - - - -
TOTAL EU 23.031 23.394 22.066 20.641 21.092 21.797 - - - -
Variazione % sull'anno precedente +1,6% -5,7% -6,5% +2,2% +3,3%      
(c) confidential data
Source: Eurostat

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