Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Denmark
Denmark: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 105,336 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark stood at 105,336 1000 An.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark peaked at 145,989 1000 An in 2002 and was at its lowest, 49,727 1000 An, in 1968.
That places Denmark 75th out of 207 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,856 1000 An | 49,727 1000 An | 76,844 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 71,403 1000 An | 60,374 1000 An | 82,238 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 88,300 1000 An | 75,346 1000 An | 100,619 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 120,436 1000 An | 101,090 1000 An | 143,631 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 124,267 1000 An | 101,089 1000 An | 145,989 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 103,661 1000 An | 95,722 1000 An | 108,644 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 102,380 1000 An | 97,856 1000 An | 105,336 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture share gdp 1.17 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.17 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 670,272 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.41 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark was 105,336 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 145,989 1000 An in 2002.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,727 1000 An in 1968.
- How does Denmark rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Denmark ranks 75th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. 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, Poultry — 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.