Denmark vs South America: Barley — Area harvested
Barley — Area harvested over time
- Denmark
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 1.83 million ha against 571,400 ha in Denmark, a difference of 1.26 million ha.
That makes South America's figure about 3.2 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
Denmark ranks 19th and South America ranks 19th of 105 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 3 and South America in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.04 million ha | 1.10 million ha | 58,380 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 1.46 million ha | 971,452 ha | 493,543 ha | Denmark |
| 1980s | 1.24 million ha | 595,830 ha | 642,912 ha | Denmark |
| 1990s | 775,903 ha | 716,137 ha | 59,766 ha | Denmark |
| 2000s | 704,236 ha | 883,413 ha | 179,177 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 657,720 ha | 1.55 million ha | 892,391 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 604,340 ha | 1.79 million ha | 1.19 million ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher barley — area harvested, Denmark or South America?
- South America, at 1.83 million ha against 571,400 ha in Denmark as of 2024.
- What is the difference in barley — area harvested between Denmark and South America?
- 1.26 million ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and South America rank globally for barley — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 19th and South America ranks 19th of 105 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Barley — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.