Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Denmark
Denmark: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 41,950 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — 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 meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark is 41,950 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 35.9% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark peaked at 93,125 An in 1993 and was at its lowest, 16,577 An, in 1981.
That places Denmark 131st out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Denmark, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,700 An | — |
| 1962 | 31,900 An | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 31,300 An | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 32,700 An | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 40,400 An | +23.5% |
| 1966 | 53,000 An | +31.2% |
| 1967 | 79,000 An | +49.1% |
| 1968 | 86,000 An | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 71,000 An | -17.4% |
| 1970 | 58,000 An | -18.3% |
| 1971 | 39,000 An | -32.8% |
| 1972 | 31,000 An | -20.5% |
| 1973 | 25,000 An | -19.4% |
| 1974 | 26,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 23,333 An | -10.3% |
| 1976 | 21,028 An | -9.9% |
| 1977 | 20,536 An | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 18,023 An | -12.2% |
| 1979 | 17,516 An | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 18,917 An | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 16,577 An | -12.4% |
| 1982 | 18,832 An | +13.6% |
| 1983 | 19,229 An | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 24,689 An | +28.4% |
| 1985 | 28,742 An | +16.4% |
| 1986 | 35,509 An | +23.5% |
| 1987 | 40,658 An | +14.5% |
| 1988 | 48,506 An | +19.3% |
| 1989 | 54,109 An | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 70,448 An | +30.2% |
| 1991 | 84,923 An | +20.5% |
| 1992 | 89,816 An | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 93,125 An | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 82,900 An | -11.0% |
| 1995 | 69,500 An | -16.2% |
| 1996 | 76,200 An | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 67,700 An | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 65,600 An | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 67,833 An | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 67,896 An | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 75,116 An | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 71,834 An | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 70,500 An | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 82,700 An | +17.3% |
| 2005 | 84,872 An | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 84,270 An | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 87,554 An | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 89,520 An | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 89,584 An | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 85,500 An | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 80,200 An | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 80,128 An | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 75,100 An | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 80,200 An | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 80,800 An | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 77,793 An | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 76,519 An | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 76,100 An | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 70,900 An | -6.8% |
| 2020 | 70,500 An | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 62,800 An | -10.9% |
| 2022 | 64,810 An | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 65,430 An | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 41,950 An | -35.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51,000 An | 31,300 An | 86,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,944 An | 17,516 An | 58,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,577 An | 16,577 An | 54,109 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 76,804 An | 65,600 An | 93,125 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 80,385 An | 67,896 An | 89,584 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 78,324 An | 70,900 An | 85,500 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,098 An | 41,950 An | 70,500 An | 5 |
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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 meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark was 41,950 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 93,125 An in 1993.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,577 An in 1981.
- How does Denmark rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Denmark ranks 131st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.7%. 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 Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — 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.