RLAL2602
90.2 thousand tonnes of meat were produced in 2025
Central Statistical Bureau provisional data show that in 2025 meat production in Latvia reduced – 90.2 thousand tonnes of meat were produced, which is 0.4 thousand tonnes (0.5 %) fewer than in 2024. Increased output was recorded in the production of pork (up by 1.9 %) and poultry (1.6 %), while reduced in the production of beef and veal (down by 9.4 %) as well as sheep and goat meat (16.7 %).
At the end of 2025, the number of laying hens increased by 952.5 thousand (26.8 %) and egg production rose by 107.1 million (12.5 %). Hens' eggs made up 97.6 % of all eggs produced (97.1 % in 2024), and one laying hen on average produced 304 eggs (up by 1.0 % compared with 2024).
Output of animal products
| 2024 | 2025 1 | Change, % (2025 compared with 2024) | |
| Meat slaughter weight, thousand tonnes | 90.6 | 90.2 | −0.5 |
| beef and veal | 16.8 | 15.2 | −9.4 |
| pork | 34.5 | 35.1 | 1.9 |
| sheep and goat meat | 0.8 | 0.7 | −16.7 |
| poultry | 38.5 | 39.1 | 1.6 |
| other meat | 0.1 | 0.0 | −18.2 |
| Raw milk (incl. goat milk), thousand tonnes | 961.0 | 978.7 | 1.8 |
| Eggs, million pieces | 859.1 | 966.1 | 12.5 |
| Honey (tonnes) | 2193 | 1 410 | −35.7 |
Refer to the OSP database: LAL010
Poultry and pork took the largest share of all produced meat, 43.3 % and 39.0 % respectively. The share of beef and veal fell from 18.6 % in 2024 to 16.9 % in 2025.
Exports of swine show an increase
Compared with 2024, the exports of live swine increased by 8.0 thousand (3.0 %), with piglets for further fattening representing 76.8 % of all exported pigs (81.9 % in 2024). The number of imported live swine reduced by 28.6 thousand (14.0 %).
The number of exported live bovine animals fell by 2.3 thousand (2.8 %), while the number of imported live bovine animals rose by 3.0 thousand (2.2 times).
The number of exported live sheep declined by 1.8 thousand (45.7 %).
Milk production up by 1.8 %
The number of dairy cows dropped from 113.0 thousand at the end of 2024 to 111.6 thousand at the end of 2025, that is by 1.3 %.
In 2025, a total of 978.7 thousand tonnes of raw milk (including goat's milk) was produced, representing an increase of 17.8 thousand tonnes (1.8 %) compared with 2024. Milk procurement and processing companies purchased 85.9 % (839.5 thousand tonnes) of all raw milk produced (86.9 % or 833.8 thousand tonnes in 2024).
The average milk yield per dairy cow increased by 436 kilogrammes (5.3 %), reaching 8 675 kilogrammes.
Refer to the OSP database: LAL010; LAL050; LAL070
Growth recorded in pig and poultry populations – up by 2.5 % and 17.5 % respectively
Compared with the end of 2024, the end of 2025 recorded increase in the number of pigs (up by 7.6 thousand pigs or 2.5 %) and poultry (1.0 million or 17.5 %).
Declines were recorded in the populations of cattle (down by 1.6 thousand or 0.5 %), sheep (1.6 thousand or 2.4 %), and goats (0.4 thousand or 4.8 %).
Livestock population
(thousand, at the end of the year)
| 2024 2 | 2025 1, 2 | Change, % (2025 compared with 2024) | |
| Cattle | 352.1 | 350.5 | −0.5 |
| dairy cows | 113.0 | 111.6 | −1.3 |
| other cows | 61.6 | 62.2 | 1.0 |
| Pigs | 300.1 | 307.6 | 2.5 |
| Sheep | 69.6 | 68.0 | −2.4 |
| Goats | 9.1 | 8.6 | −4.8 |
| Poultry | 5 985.2 | 7 031.0 | 17.5 |
| laying hens | 3 560.7 | 4 513.2 | 26.8 |
| Bee colonies | 96.6 | 95.3 | −1.4 |
Refer to the OSP database: LAL090
Beekeeping dynamics
Compared with 2024, the number of bee colonies reduced by 1.3 thousand (1.4 %), and honey production fell by 783 tonnes (35.7 %). The average sale price for honey increased by 1.4 %.
Methodological information
Additional statistics for output of animal products is available in the official statistics portal, under Business sectors/Agriculture/Livestock. Statistics for import and export of live animals and animal products is available in the official statistics portal section Foreign trade in goods as well as in the imports and exports data analysis tool.
1 Provisional data.
2 Data source: Livestock Register of the Rural Support Service.
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More information on the data:
Lolita Lazda-Lazdiņa
Environment Statistics Methodology Section
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Phone: +371 67366986
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