40% of agricultural value added in the EU comes from livestock farming

Omissions

• The claim omits the specific time period (2017) and refers to EU-28 (before Brexit). The data is from 2017, which is nearly 9 years before the claim date (April 2026). The 40% figure refers to livestock production value as a percentage of total agricultural output, not strictly 'value added' as the claim states.
• According to Eurostat, more recent data indicates that livestock's contribution to agricultural output has been declining. The figure of 40% reflects pre-Brexit EU-28 data from 2017.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission - Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentIn 2017, the value of livestock production and livestock products in the EU-28 was equal to €170 billion, representing 40% of the total agricultural output value