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 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023 2024 Var % Period
Austria 510 502 503 502 478 454 41 42 +2,4% Jan '24
Belgium 1.073 1.039 1.099 1.140 1.032 930 0 246 +inf% Jan - Mar '24
Bulgaria 80 78 64 79 82 79 6 6 +2,2% Jan '24
Cyprus 42 43 42 44 40 37 0 3 +inf% Jan '24
Croatia 75 78 81 87 81 77 0 8 +inf% Jan '24
Denmark 1.581 1.499 1.595 1.724 1.609 1.288 0 241 +inf% Jan - Feb '24
Estonia 43 45 45 44 43 39 6 7 +8,8% Jan - Feb '24
Finland 167 169 175 176 170 158 0 27 +inf% Jan - Feb '24
France 2.182 2.200 2.201 2.204 2.152 2.062 0 365 +inf% Jan - Feb '24
Germany 5.343 5.227 5.112 4.965 4.486 4.180 0 379 +inf% Jan '24
Greece 82 81 76 70 75 67 0 5 +inf% Jan '24
Ireland 303 304 320 335 333 301 0 52 +inf% Jan - Feb '24
Italy 1.471 1.448 1.271 1.335 1.239 1.206 0 210 +inf% Jan - Feb '24
Latvia 37 38 35 35 36 32 0 3 +inf% Jan '24
Lithuania 64 71 76 74 67 64 0 6 +inf% Jan '24
Luxembourg 13 13 12 12 13 11 0 2 +inf% Jan - Mar '24
Malta 4 4 5 5 4 4 1 1 +11,5% Jan - Feb '24
Netherlands 1.536 1.628 1.662 1.719 1.684 1.464 0 137 +inf% Jan '24
Poland 2.082 1.979 1.974 1.976 1.795 1.765 0 168 +inf% Jan '24
Portugal 362 366 358 359 349 336 0 60 +inf% Jan - Feb '24
Czech Republic 211 210 211 217 209 198 0 34 +inf% Jan - Feb '24
Romania 365 343 331 311 267 264 40 40 -0,5% Jan - Feb '24
Slovakia 57 63 61 61 52 47 0 4 +inf% Jan '24
Slovenia 22 24 23 23 21 19 2 2 -3,9% Jan '24
Spain 4.530 4.641 5.003 5.180 5.066 4.852 0 502 +inf% Jan '24
Sweden 249 240 247 253 254 243 0 43 +inf% Jan - Feb '24
Hungary 436 435 448 463 428 420 0 74 +inf% Jan - Feb '24
TOTAL EU 22.920 22.769 23.031 23.394 22.066 20.597 1.855 1.951 +5,2% Jan '24
Variazione % sull'anno precedente -0,7% +1,2% +1,6% -5,7% -6,7%      
(c) confidential data
Source: Eurostat

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