Meat
(asked on 5th September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many farmed animals have been slaughtered for human consumption for each of the last 10 years, broken down by broad species group.
Statistics for the total amount of species slaughtered for human consumption in the last 10 years are as follows:
- Cattle – 20.7 million
- Sheep – 127.2 million
- Pigs – 105.8 million
- Chickens – 10 billion
- Turkeys – 159.2 million
Year by Year Breakdown:
Year | Cattle | Sheep | Pigs | Chickens | Turkeys |
2012 | 2,038,900 | 11,899,100 | 10,034,500 | 873,788,600 | 18,420,300 |
2013 | 2,018,200 | 12,447,800 | 10,049,700 | 902,247,700 | 17,518,500 |
2014 | 2,071,800 | 12,814,500 | 10,227,200 | 900,382,000 | 15,411,800 |
2015 | 2,030,300 | 13,188,400 | 10,627,000 | 953,111,200 | 16,952,100 |
2016 | 2,099,100 | 12,844,500 | 10,733,100 | 992,639,100 | 15,568,400 |
2017 | 2,092,200 | 13,297,600 | 10,420,200 | 1,036,679,600 | 14,923,500 |
2018 | 2,115,200 | 12,817,100 | 10,667,100 | 1,083,094,200 | 16,154,000 |
2019 | 2,140,900 | 13,154,700 | 10,862,100 | 1,049,761,000 | 16,093,900 |
2020 | 2,137,000 | 13,059,400 | 10,923,400 | 1,096,698,900 | 16,224,100 |
2021 | 2,019,000 | 11,774,300 | 11,264,200 | 1,123,196,600 | 11,982,600 |