Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Denmark
Denmark: Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight was 19 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Denmark is 19 kg/An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Denmark peaked at 37 kg/An in 1964 and was at its lowest, 17 kg/An, in 2012.
That places Denmark 55th out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35.22 kg/An | 34 kg/An | 37 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 27.5 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 36 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.5 kg/An | 22 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.6 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.5 kg/An | 20 kg/An | 21 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.5 kg/An | 17 kg/An | 23 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 19 kg/An | 18 kg/An | 21 kg/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 — yield/carcass weight in Denmark?
- Sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight in Denmark was 19 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 37 kg/An in 1964.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 kg/An in 2012.
- How does Denmark rank for sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight?
- Denmark ranks 55th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.