EU-27: Bovine slaughtered (heads)

This page contains the data on the number of Bovine Slaughtered in European Union. 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 producing countries of bovines meat.

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: Bovine Slaughtered ( Heads)
Country 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023 2024 Var % Period
Austria 694.240 680.550 644.660 644.160 638.990 620.480 53.140 52.950 -0,4% Jan '24
Belgium 888.110 837.880 782.650 766.960 755.110 771.100 187.980 200.940 +6,9% Jan - Mar '24
Bulgaria 34.230 26.640 30.340 35.220 33.670 33.040 3.070 3.680 +19,9% Jan '24
Cyprus 16.870 17.250 15.330 19.850 20.850 18.950 1.870 2.100 +12,3% Jan '24
Croatia 180.400 183.200 169.650 170.900 162.500 158.800 12.400 12.400 0,0% Jan '24
Denmark 490.500 464.200 448.100 452.700 447.080 440.340 68.480 70.130 +2,4% Jan - Feb '24
Estonia 34.950 34.280 35.180 34.030 32.370 30.250 5.060 5.110 +1,0% Jan - Feb '24
Finland 274.750 269.260 261.690 258.540 256.500 262.260 42.090 44.380 +5,4% Jan - Feb '24
France 4.625.980 4.545.970 4.486.490 4.458.190 4.260.340 4.038.060 672.290 675.640 +0,5% Jan - Feb '24
Germany 3.416.000 3.387.000 3.263.000 3.240.610 2.998.370 2.990.530 245.960 254.060 +3,3% Jan '24
Greece 166.150 144.360 144.480 140.290 147.650 151.900 13.490 12.450 -7,7% Jan '24
Ireland 1.896.060 1.852.510 1.881.880 1.792.170 1.911.640 1.870.800 309.700 330.840 +6,8% Jan - Feb '24
Italy 2.768.210 2.729.610 2.694.350 2.774.550 2.797.660 2.541.160 384.950 432.130 +12,3% Jan - Feb '24
Latvia 76.090 70.090 67.000 68.960 63.910 72.630 5.000 6.360 +27,2% Jan '24
Lithuania 154.510 156.960 149.680 155.320 148.670 154.530 12.410 12.560 +1,2% Jan '24
Luxembourg 26.860 27.950 27.690 28.660 26.460 25.390 6.490 6.340 -2,3% Jan - Mar '24
Malta 3.940 3.690 4.110 3.810 3.750 3.940 670 650 - Jan - Feb '24
Netherlands 2.242.750 2.123.260 2.088.560 2.093.330 2.108.740 2.136.190 174.580 190.380 +9,1% Jan '24
Poland 1.942.400 1.853.900 1.851.250 1.864.860 1.788.820 1.722.230 136.270 174.140 +27,8% Jan '24
Portugal 383.680 369.260 393.300 416.110 426.420 399.100 56.790 63.410 +11,7% Jan - Feb '24
Czech Republic 236.560 238.840 234.540 235.290 222.870 228.270 36.250 38.340 +5,8% Jan - Feb '24
Romania 233.160 196.060 131.910 152.270 156.880 136.800 21.370 23.250 +8,8% Jan - Feb '24
Slovakia 30.460 28.760 26.190 30.620 26.760 24.490 2.140 2.060 -3,7% Jan '24
Slovenia 115.760 116.290 118.120 123.310 122.630 112.030 9.020 8.920 -1,1% Jan '24
Spain 2.462.580 2.510.770 2.422.420 2.552.380 2.595.990 2.440.760 191.440 208.090 +8,7% Jan '24
Sweden 425.640 432.760 434.450 411.650 412.090 421.420 66.210 73.020 +10,3% Jan - Feb '24
Hungary 112.070 112.090 105.680 109.350 97.930 88.700 14.810 13.250 -10,5% Jan - Feb '24
TOTAL EU 23.932.910 23.413.390 22.912.700 23.034.090 22.664.650 21.894.150 1.799.420 1.923.100 +6,9% Jan '24
Variazione % sull'anno precedente -2,2% -2,1% +0,5% -1,6% -3,4%      
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Source: Eurostat

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