Denmark vs Rwanda: Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat

Denmark
436,540 animals
in 2024
Rwanda
468,904 animals
in 2024
Denmark rank
83rd
Rwanda rank
81st

Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat over time

  • Denmark
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 468,904 animals against 436,540 animals in Denmark, a difference of 32,364 animals.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 83rd and Rwanda ranks 81st of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat
Unit
animals
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 11,446 data points, 1961–2024
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