Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Denmark
Denmark: Sheep and Goat Meat — Production was 810 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sheep and goat meat — production in Denmark stood at 810 t.
That represents a change of down 33.1% on the previous year and down 51.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — production in Denmark peaked at 3,000 t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 363 t, in 1981.
Denmark ranks 140th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Production in Denmark, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 t | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 1,100 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,200 t | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 1,400 t | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 1,900 t | +35.7% |
| 1967 | 2,700 t | +42.1% |
| 1968 | 3,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 2,500 t | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 2,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 1,400 t | -30.0% |
| 1972 | 1,100 t | -21.4% |
| 1973 | 900 t | -18.2% |
| 1974 | 600 t | -33.3% |
| 1975 | 525 t | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 446 t | -15.0% |
| 1977 | 426 t | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 413 t | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 395 t | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 420 t | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 363 t | -13.6% |
| 1982 | 418 t | +15.2% |
| 1983 | 441 t | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 564 t | +27.9% |
| 1985 | 663 t | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 812 t | +22.5% |
| 1987 | 915 t | +12.7% |
| 1988 | 1,084 t | +18.5% |
| 1989 | 1,172 t | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 1,464 t | +24.9% |
| 1991 | 1,787 t | +22.1% |
| 1992 | 1,900 t | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 2,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 1,700 t | -15.0% |
| 1995 | 1,500 t | -11.8% |
| 1996 | 1,642 t | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 1,508 t | -8.2% |
| 1998 | 1,500 t | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 1,483 t | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 1,453 t | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 1,587 t | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 1,495 t | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 1,500 t | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,690 t | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 1,693 t | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,743 t | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 1,783 t | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 1,756 t | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 1,827 t | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 1,726 t | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 1,634 t | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 1,348 t | -17.5% |
| 2013 | 1,535 t | +13.9% |
| 2014 | 1,662 t | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 1,749 t | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 1,594 t | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 1,585 t | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,600 t | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 1,600 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,300 t | -18.8% |
| 2021 | 1,300 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,220 t | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 1,210 t | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 810 t | -33.1% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 810 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,310 t, 19% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 810 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,875 t, 12% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,789 t | 1,100 t | 3,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 820.5 t | 395 t | 2,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 685.2 t | 363 t | 1,172 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,648 t | 1,464 t | 2,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,653 t | 1,453 t | 1,827 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,603 t | 1,348 t | 1,749 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,168 t | 810 t | 1,300 t | 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 sheep and goat meat — production in Denmark?
- Sheep and goat meat — production in Denmark was 810 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 3,000 t in 1968.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — production recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 363 t in 1981.
- How does Denmark rank for sheep and goat meat — production?
- Denmark ranks 140th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — production rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.3%. 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 Sheep and Goat Meat — Production. 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.