Denmark vs Western Africa: Cereals, primary — Yield

Denmark
6,096 kg/ha
in 2024
Western Africa
1,407 kg/ha
in 2024
Denmark rank
28th
Western Africa rank
31st

Cereals, primary — Yield over time

  • Denmark
  • Western Africa
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 6,096 kg/ha against 1,407 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 4,689 kg/ha.

That makes Denmark's figure about 4.3 times Western Africa's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 28th and Western Africa ranks 31st of 193 countries.

Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark Western Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 3,774 kg/ha 671.96 kg/ha 3,102 kg/ha Denmark
1970s 3,872 kg/ha 736.42 kg/ha 3,136 kg/ha Denmark
1980s 4,733 kg/ha 936.99 kg/ha 3,796 kg/ha Denmark
1990s 5,807 kg/ha 953.71 kg/ha 4,853 kg/ha Denmark
2000s 6,062 kg/ha 1,107 kg/ha 4,954 kg/ha Denmark
2010s 6,298 kg/ha 1,231 kg/ha 5,067 kg/ha Denmark
2020s 6,458 kg/ha 1,384 kg/ha 5,075 kg/ha Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — yield, Denmark or Western Africa?
Denmark, at 6,096 kg/ha against 1,407 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — yield between Denmark and Western Africa?
4,689 kg/ha, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Western Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Denmark and Western Africa rank globally for cereals, primary — yield?
Denmark ranks 28th and Western Africa ranks 31st of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,848 data points, 1961–2024
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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.