Manure and environment — European Union
Dehesa Index brings together 9 “Manure and environment” series for European Union, with official data and its history (since Jan 2014, latest 2024). Each value is shown as the source publishes it, not converted or recalculated.
In brief
In their latest reading, 5 of the 9 series rose, 3 fell and 1 were unchanged against the previous observation. The largest rise is “Land use embodied in EU exports by product (HS 2022): Processed livestock (Hectare, Eurostat)” (+8.16 %, 2024); the largest fall, “Food waste: Primary production of food, agriculture, fishing and aquaculture (Kilograms per capita, Eurostat)” (−9.09 %, 2024). Against the same period a year earlier (9 comparable series), “Land use embodied in EU exports by product (HS 2022): Processed livestock (Hectare, Eurostat)” rose most (+8.16 %) and “Food waste: Primary production of food, agriculture, fishing and aquaculture (Kilograms per capita, Eurostat)” fell most (−9.09 %).
Computed from the series in the table; each keeps its own frequency and unit.
| Series | Latest | Period | Change | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic land use in the EU by product (Hectare, Eurostat) | 92,822,171 | 2024 | −1.05 % | Hectare |
| Land use embodied in EU exports by product (HS 2022): Primary crops (Hectare, Eurostat) | 8,759,573 | 2024 | −7.06 % | Hectare |
| Land use embodied in EU exports by product (HS 2022): Fish (Hectare, Eurostat) | 27,423 | 2024 | +6.58 % | Hectare |
| Land use embodied in EU exports by product (HS 2022): Processed livestock (Hectare, Eurostat) | 8,144,240 | 2024 | +8.16 % | Hectare |
| Land use embodied in EU exports by product (HS 2022): Primary livestock (Hectare, Eurostat) | 484,149 | 2024 | +7.61 % | Hectare |
| Land use embodied in EU exports by product (HS 2022): Plant (Hectare, Eurostat) | 6,287,658 | 2024 | +0.58 % | Hectare |
| Land use embodied in EU exports by product (HS 2022): Total (Hectare, Eurostat) | 23,703,043 | 2024 | +0.09 % | Hectare |
| Food waste: Primary production of food, agriculture, fishing and aquaculture (Kilograms per capita, Eurostat) | 10.0 | 2024 | −9.09 % | Kilograms per capita |
| Food waste: Total activities by households (Kilograms per capita, Eurostat) | 69.0 | 2024 | 0.00 % | Kilograms per capita |
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Source: Eurostat (forecasts, monthly series, environment, forestry, energy, dairy, aquaculture and organic statistics) · Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU); cite source · Data updated: 2026-11-03
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