Fat of pigs — Production in Denmark

Denmark: Fat of pigs — Production was 91,943 t in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
91,943 t
Change on year
down 3.0%
World rank
17th
of 170 countries
All-time high
108,570 t
in 2004
All-time low
36,858 t
in 1961
Years of data
57
1961–2017

Fat of pigs — Production in Denmark, 1961–2017

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Denmark recorded 91,943 t for fat of pigs — production in 2017.

The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fat of pigs — production in Denmark peaked at 108,570 t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 36,858 t, in 1961.

Denmark ranks 17th of 170 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 41,261 t 36,858 t 44,640 t 9
1970s 46,025 t 42,989 t 53,944 t 10
1980s 64,375 t 58,332 t 70,047 t 10
1990s 87,925 t 72,509 t 98,508 t 10
2000s 103,841 t 95,100 t 108,570 t 10
2010s 97,148 t 91,943 t 103,212 t 8

Countries ranked near Denmark

  1. 14 Romania 131,637 t compare
  2. 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 116,454 t compare
  3. 16 Republic of Korea 98,311 t compare
  4. 18 Belgium 79,334 t compare
  5. 19 France 75,454 t compare
  6. 20 Belgium-Luxembourg 72,400 t compare

See the full ranking of 220 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is fat of pigs — production in Denmark?
Fat of pigs — production in Denmark was 91,943 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest fat of pigs — production recorded in Denmark?
The highest recorded value was 108,570 t in 2004.
What is the lowest fat of pigs — production recorded in Denmark?
The lowest recorded value was 36,858 t in 1961.
How does Denmark rank for fat of pigs — production?
Denmark ranks 17th out of 170 countries with data for 2017.
Is fat of pigs — production rising or falling in Denmark?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Denmark data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fat of pigs — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Fat of pigs — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
220 places, 12,613 data points, 1961–2024
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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.