Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Denmark
Denmark: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 436,540 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark is 436,540 An, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark peaked at 1.27 million An in 1967 and was at its lowest, 436,540 An, in 2024.
Denmark ranks 85th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Denmark, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 961,179 An | — |
| 1962 | 1.20 million An | +24.5% |
| 1963 | 1.23 million An | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 1.02 million An | -17.2% |
| 1965 | 935,298 An | -8.5% |
| 1966 | 1.15 million An | +23.3% |
| 1967 | 1.27 million An | +10.2% |
| 1968 | 1.26 million An | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 1.16 million An | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 1.11 million An | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 1.06 million An | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 882,000 An | -17.2% |
| 1973 | 889,000 An | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 1.12 million An | +26.5% |
| 1975 | 1.13 million An | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 1.14 million An | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 1.14 million An | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 1.07 million An | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 1.13 million An | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 1.09 million An | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 1.06 million An | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 1.02 million An | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 1.05 million An | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 1.09 million An | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 1.03 million An | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 1.01 million An | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 961,900 An | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 887,400 An | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 816,665 An | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 787,986 An | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 836,242 An | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 857,300 An | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 800,900 An | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 774,700 An | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 745,000 An | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 734,500 An | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 722,600 An | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 662,300 An | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 638,700 An | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 622,300 An | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 615,500 An | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 626,100 An | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 593,520 An | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 606,910 An | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 531,766 An | -12.4% |
| 2006 | 492,899 An | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 498,025 An | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 495,100 An | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 486,900 An | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 500,842 An | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 519,000 An | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 496,000 An | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 495,000 An | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 485,218 An | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 460,542 An | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 495,843 An | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 471,785 An | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 493,200 An | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 466,900 An | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 451,600 An | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 456,200 An | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 450,570 An | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 443,850 An | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 436,540 An | -1.6% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 436,540 An is above the median for high income countries, which is 149,497 An, 2.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 436,540 An is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,767 An, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.13 million An | 935,298 An | 1.27 million An | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.07 million An | 882,000 An | 1.14 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.00 million An | 816,665 An | 1.09 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 756,023 An | 638,700 An | 857,300 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 556,902 An | 486,900 An | 626,100 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 488,433 An | 460,542 An | 519,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 447,752 An | 436,540 An | 456,200 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 37.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0117 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 900.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7939 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark was 436,540 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1.27 million An in 1967.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 436,540 An in 2024.
- How does Denmark rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Denmark ranks 85th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.