Historical Animal Research Statistics

This page provides links to historical animal research data, where available. Clicking on the dates will allow you to download the official government statistics from that country (untranslated) or clicking “(SR)” will direct you to our own summary of that year’s statistics (in English).

Austria 2017
(SR)		 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
–		 2013
–
 2012
–
Belgium 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
(SR)
Bulgaria 2017
–		 2016
–		 2015
–		 2014
–
Canada 2017
–		 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
–		 2013
(SR)		 2012
(SR)
Croatia 2016
–		  2015
–		 2014
–
Cyprus 2016
–		 2015
–		 2014
–
Czech Republic 2017
(SR)		 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
–		 2013
–		 2012
–
Denmark 2016
–		 2015
(SR)		 2014
–		 2013
–		 2012
–
Estonia 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
–
European Union 2011
(SR)		 2005
–		 2002
–		 1996
–
Finland 2016
(SR)		 2015
–		 2014
(SR)		 2013
–		 2012
–
France  2016
(SR)		 2015
–		 2014
–
Germany  2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
(SR)		 2013
(SR)		 2012
–
Greece  2016
–		 2015
(SR)		 2014
–
Hungary 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
–		 2013
–		 2012
–
Ireland 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
–		 2013
–
Israel 2017
(SR)		 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
(SR)		 2013
(SR)		 2012
–
Italy 2016
(SR)		 2015
–		 2014
–		 2013
(SR)		 2012
–
Latvia  2016
–		 2015
–		 2014
–		 2013
–
Lithuania  2016
–		 2015
–		 2014
–		 2013
–
Luxembourg 2017
(SR)		 2016
–		 2015
–		 2014
–
Malta 2016
–		 2015
–		 2014
–
Netherlands 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
(SR)		 2013
(SR)		 2012
–
New Zealand  2016
–		 2015
(SR)		 2014
(SR)		 2013
(SR)		 2012
–
Northern Ireland † 2017
–		 2016
(SR)		 2015
–		 2014
(SR)		 2013
(SR)		 2012
–
Norway 2016
–		 2015
–		 2014
–		 2013
–
Poland 2017
–		 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
(SR)		 2013
–		 2012
–
Portugal 2014
–		 2012
–
Romania 2016
–		 2015
–		 2014
–
Slovakia 2017
(SR)		 2016
(SR)		 2015
–		 2014
–
Slovenia 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
–		 2013
–		 2012
–
Spain 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
(SR)		 2013
–		 2012
–
South Korea 2017
(SR)		 2016
(SR)		 2012
–
Sweden 2016
–		 2015
–		 2014
–		 2012
–
Switzerland 2017
(SR)		 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
(SR)		 2013
–		 2012
–
United Kingdom † 2017
(SR)		 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
(SR)		 2013
(SR)		 2012
(SR)
United States 2017
–		 2016
(SR)		 2015
(SR)		 2014
(SR)		 2013
–		 2012
(SR)

† United Kingdom stats are for England, Scotland and Wales (Great Britain) only, Northern Ireland counts separately.

This table is incomplete – if you have additional information to add to the table, please contact us.

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Mice are the most common species of animal used for research in most countrie