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According to the last data of the livestock slaughtering survey carried out by the Statistics Service of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food and the Environment (MAPAMA), in 2016 the Spanish meat production rose by 4.7%, reaching 6,419,960 tonnes (+290,822 tones with respect to 2015).
When breaking down this figure regarding the different species, pork stands out, representing 63% of the total meat production, with 4,058,913 tonnes (47,703,641 animals slaughtered). It is followed by fowl (1,524,222 tonnes), beef (637,737 tonnes), lamb (116,499 tonnes), rabbit (59.644 t), horse (13,103 tonnes) and goat (9,842 tones).
Regarding the different autonomous communities, Catalonia still is the main meat producer, with some 2.2 million tonnes in 2016. With respect to pork, in 2016 Catalonia reached 1.68 million tonnes, with Castille and Leon (566,817 tonnes) and Aragon (463,098 tonnes) falling far behind.
March 2017/ Livestock slaughtering survey (Statistics Service of the MAPAMA)/ Spain.
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