Livestock production
How many farm animals, e.g. cattle and pigs, are slaughtered in Denmark, and how many live animals are exported? How big is the production of meat and dairy products, including organic eggs and milk? Here you will find the statistics on livestock production in Denmark.
Selected statistics on Livestock production
Slaughters and production of pigs
The primary data are collected from a wide range of sources. The important data providers are public institutions , trade and industry organizations Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark and specifically selected private business enterprises (Danish Agriculture and Food).
Data on external trade are extracted from Statistics Denmark's external trade statistics and data are also received from the Agricultural Tax Funds.
For further information on the specific use of the individual sources, see section Data compilation.
Production of cattle
The primary data are collected from a wide range of sources. The important data providers are public institutions , trade and industry organizations Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark and specifically selected private business enterprises (Danish Agriculture and Food).
Data on external trade are extracted from Statistics Denmark's external trade statistics and data are also received from the Agricultural Tax Funds.
For further information on the specific use of the individual sources, see section Data compilation.
Production of eggs in Denmark
Data on eggs weighed in on egg packages comes until 2023 from an administrative register in the Ministry of the Environment and Food with information on egg turnover in the packages. From 2023 data are collected by Static Denmark.
All egg parcels were obliged to report onto 2023 to the Ministry. The purpose is for all registered parcels to pay a fee that is used for the financing of controls, including supervision, authorization, registration, approval, notification, certification and examination of the eggs.
Data on hatching eggs are from the Poultry Tax Fund where the hatcheries are required to report data. The purpose is for all registered hatcheries to pay a fee that is used to fund control, including supervision, authorization, registration, approval, etc.
Milk production
Data on milk and dairy products comes from administrative register. The primary administrative register are Danish Dairy Board (which collects data from every single dairy in Denmark), public institutions, trade and industry organizations and private business enterprises. The others data comes from SEGES, the Danish Agriculture & Food Council and Cattle survey.
Production of dairy products
Data on milk and dairy products comes from administrative register. The primary administrative register are Danish Dairy Board (which collects data from every single dairy in Denmark), public institutions, trade and industry organizations and private business enterprises. The others data comes from SEGES, the Danish Agriculture & Food Council and Cattle survey.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
The purpose of the statistics on egg production is to describe the quantity and value of eggs produced in Denmark. The statistics on eggs have a long history and date back to the 20th century. Since 1955, the statistics have been compiled on the same basis as is used today. From 1996 and onwards, the production of consumer eggs divided into production forms: i.e. eggs from caged hens, barn eggs, free-range eggs and organic eggs.
The statistics are used to describe the purpose of the statistics on milk and dairy products is to illuminate the size and value of the milk production on the farms and the use of milk for dairy products. The statistics on milk and dairy product have a long history and the key figures covering the past 100 years are comparable. The statistics in their present form are comparable from 1990 onwards.
The purpose of slaughter animals and meat production is to show the size and value of total production of animals for slaughtering and meat. The statistics are used, among other things, to follow the Danish production of slaughter animals and meat in the slaughterhouses. The statistics have a long history and the key figures covering the past 100 years are comparable. During the 1920s and 1930s the statistics were improved and since the Second World War there has been adequate statistics in this area, but is in its present form comparable from 1990 to the year, while the monthly figures are from 1995 onwards.
Need more data on Livestock production?
In these publications, you will find data that go back further in history (before 1990):
Publication: Landbrug 2011 - Danmarks Statistik (dst.dk)