Statistics

1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
2002	2003	2004	2005	2006

You can also find a range of European statistics on the Eurostat web page.

1999	Employment	Companies	Turnover	Export	Production (000 m²)
			(1000 EURO)		cattle/calf	sheep/goat
Belgium	169	4	29490	73.8%
Denmark	150	1	20000	85%
France	2468	90	284000	40%	6000	4000
Germany	3122	29	500000	39%	16000	400
Greece
Italy	30294	2404	4350000	59%	130000	30000
Ireland
Netherlands	600	20
Spain	7290	241	1061387	33.6%	27200	17020
Portugal	3189	80	253219	18.8%	9593	1288
UK	3500	43	560000	63%	12300	3000
Sweden	400	4	65000	85%
Finland	229	16	28214	40%	745	160
Austria	1700	6
TOTAL	53111	2938	7071310		201838	55868
Slovenia	750	7	73072	75%	61	119

1998	Employment	Companies	Turnover	Export	Production (000 m²)
			(1000 EURO)		cattle/calf	sheep/goat
Belgium	212	5
Denmark	200	2
France	2547	96	304000	39%	6000	5000
Germany	3151	33	486000	37%	16000	500
Greece	1000	120			1000	4000
Italy	25000	2400
Ireland	400	3
Netherlands	550	14	114000
Spain	7300	243	1102556		28000	16900
Portugal	3280	90	304591	15%	10744	1341
UK	3500	45	400000	70%	8300	2700
Sweden	400	4			2400
Finland	300	19
Austria	1000	7
TOTAL	49089	3098				30441

1997	Employment	Companies	Turnover	Export %	Production (000 m²)
			(1000 ecu)		cattle/Calf	Sheep/goat
Belgium	237	5	56128	57	399	836
Denmark	200	2	25000	90	1300	n.a
France	2636	105	335000	39	6600	4800
Germany	3097	34	446000	37	15000	500
Greece	1000	120	85000	20	1300	2500
Italy	25000	2400	5507692	50	147500	40200
Ireland	400	3	34000	100	4000	280
Netherlands	543	14	94000	n.a	n.a	n.a
Spain	8000	255	1250000	39	27720	20930
Portugal	3570	110	230000	11	9700	980
UK	3500	50	480000	65	9800	3200
Sweden	400	4	68000	65	2600	n.a
Finland	400	11	35000	60	1841	n.a
Austria	1000	7	135000	100	5000	n.a
TOTAL	49983	3120	8780820	56,4	232760	74226
Norway	220	3	31000	85	1152	40
Switzeland	130	4	n.a	n.a	5440	88
TOTAL	50333	3127	8811820		239352	74354