11 septembre 2025 Infographie

Infographic - French breeding

Infographic - French breeding. See the transcript below.

French breeding

  • Cattle : 17
  • Pig : 12
  • Sheep : 7
  • Goats : 1.3
  • Meat poultry : 143(in 2022, millions of heads)

In 2020, 145 000 farms are dedicated to livestock farming, i.e. 37 % of all farms (beef cattle, milk, mixed, sheep ; pigs ; poultry).

Consumption of animal products (per capita/year) :

  • Pig meat : 32 kg
  • Poultry : 28 kg
  • Cheeses : 26 kg
  • Beef : 22 kg
  • Eggs : 14 kg
  • Butter : 8 kg
  • Sheep & goat : 2 kg
  • Honey : 0,6 kg

23 billion liters of cow's milk produced2nd largest production in Europe

51 protected designations of origin for dairy products

345 quality label "Label Rouge" in the poultry/eggs sector

The weight of the meat processing/preserving and meat preparation industries :

  • 10 % of agri-food companies
  • 4.3 billion euros of meat and offal exports
  • 4.7 billion euros of milk & dairy products exported

Source : Agreste Graph'Agri 2023 (2022 data)

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