Chicken meat production in the EU

Over 6 billion broiler chickens are slaughtered for meat in the EU-27 each year, producing around 9.4 million tonnes of chicken meat, with an average per capita consumption of 17.4 kg/year (Avec, 2011). The top six chicken meat producing countries of the EU-27 are shown in Figure 1, and account for 67.6% of the total EU production. The UK is the largest producer, with Poland, France, Germany and Spain producing similar amounts.