What is the difference in agricultural land use between Austria and Denmark?

23,740 hectares, with Denmark ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Denmark?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Austria vs Denmark: Agricultural land use

Austria

2.60 million hectares

in 2023

Denmark

2.62 million hectares

in 2023

Austria rank

109th

Denmark rank

108th

Agricultural land use over time

Austria
Denmark

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 2.62 million hectares against 2.60 million hectares in Austria, a difference of 23,740 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 109th and Denmark ranks 108th of 226 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 6 and Denmark in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Austria	Denmark	Difference	Ahead
1960s	3.45 million hectares	3.06 million hectares	384,333 hectares	Austria
1970s	3.23 million hectares	2.94 million hectares	282,960 hectares	Austria
1980s	3.07 million hectares	2.84 million hectares	228,740 hectares	Austria
1990s	2.99 million hectares	2.72 million hectares	271,100 hectares	Austria
2000s	2.86 million hectares	2.67 million hectares	197,173 hectares	Austria
2010s	2.70 million hectares	2.64 million hectares	68,019 hectares	Austria
2020s	2.60 million hectares	2.62 million hectares	20,780 hectares	Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use, Austria or Denmark?: Denmark, at 2.62 million hectares against 2.60 million hectares in Austria as of 2023.
What is the difference in agricultural land use between Austria and Denmark?: 23,740 hectares, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Denmark?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Austria and Denmark rank globally for agricultural land use?: Austria ranks 109th and Denmark ranks 108th of 226 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Agricultural land use
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 228 places, 13,212 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Land used for cultivation of crops and animal husbandry. The total of areas under cropland and permanent meadows and pastures.