Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Denmark
Denmark: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 41,950 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark stood at 41,950 An.
The figure is down 35.9% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — 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 156th out of 202 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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 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 sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered in Denmark?
- Sheep and goat meat — 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 sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 93,125 An in 1993.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,577 An in 1981.
- How does Denmark rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Denmark ranks 156th out of 202 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — 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 Sheep and Goat Meat — 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.