Japan vs Portugal: Land animals slaughtered for meat, per square kilometre
Japan
2,323 animals per square kilometre
in 2024
Portugal
2,526 animals per square kilometre
in 2024
Japan rank
33rd
Portugal rank
30th
Land animals slaughtered for meat, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 2,526 animals per square kilometre against 2,323 animals per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 203 animals per square kilometre.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 33rd and Portugal ranks 30th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 479.35 animals per square kilometre | 377.49 animals per square kilometre | 101.86 animals per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 1,416 animals per square kilometre | 930.87 animals per square kilometre | 484.76 animals per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 2,032 animals per square kilometre | 1,054 animals per square kilometre | 978.13 animals per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 1,796 animals per square kilometre | 1,473 animals per square kilometre | 323.02 animals per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 1,833 animals per square kilometre | 1,858 animals per square kilometre | 25.01 animals per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2010s | 2,080 animals per square kilometre | 2,064 animals per square kilometre | 16.38 animals per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 2,263 animals per square kilometre | 2,360 animals per square kilometre | 96.97 animals per square kilometre | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land animals slaughtered for meat, per square kilometre, Japan or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 2,526 animals per square kilometre against 2,323 animals per square kilometre in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in land animals slaughtered for meat, per square kilometre between Japan and Portugal?
- 203 animals per square kilometre, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Portugal?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Portugal rank globally for land animals slaughtered for meat, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 33rd and Portugal ranks 30th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Land animals slaughtered for meat, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Land animals slaughtered for meat divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.