It includes animals and the resulting meat in the following categories: bovine, calf and young cattle, adult cattle, and bullock and bull meat. The data covers from 2014 to 2022 and is reported in thousand tons (carcass weight) and heads.
Production of Cattle Meat from Slaughterhouses in the European Union, 2011-2022
A subset of data is available within the meat and livestock data for various bovine animals slaughtered (i.e., calves, bullocks, bulls, heifers and cows) in slaughterhouses.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the European Union, 2013-2021
Specific to farmed-animals, data is available for the following sectors: fuel combustion in agriculture, forestry and fishing; “livestock”; manure management related to various farmed animals (e.g., cattle and pigs); and, enteric fermentation of farmed animals (e.g., cattle and pigs).
European Air Pollution by Source Sector, 2011- 2021
Specific to the food system, data is available for the following sectors: agriculture/forest/fishing activities, manure management (e.g., dairy cattle, other cattle, sheep, and pigs), animal manure applied to soil, urine and dung deposited by grazing animals, and farm-level agricultural operations.
European Union’s Sheep Population, 2013-2022
Within the livestock data, a subset of data focuses on the sheep population in different EU countries from 2013 to 2022.
European Union’s Annual Pig Population, 2014-2022
Within the livestock data, a subset focuses on the pig population in different EU countries from 2014 to 2022.
European Union’s Annual Goat Population, 2013-2022
Within the livestock data, a subset focuses on the goat population in different EU countries from 2013 to 2022.
Number of Dairy Cows in the European Union, 2011-2022
Within the livestock data, information is available for the dairy cow population in different EU countries from 2011 to 2022. Eurostat also offers a user-friendly data visualization tool featuring line graphs, bar graphs, and a geographic map to easily track and explore the trends and changes over time.
Evolution of Bovine Population in the European Union, 2014-2022
Within the livestock data, information is available for the bovine population (bos taurus and bubalus bubalis, including hybrids like Beefalo) in different EU countries from 2014 to 2022.