Denmark vs Northern Europe: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production

Denmark
496,700 t
in 2023
Northern Europe
1.77 million t
in 2023
Denmark rank
13th
Northern Europe rank
10th

Cheese (All Kinds) — Production over time

  • Denmark
  • Northern Europe
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922023

How they compare

Northern Europe currently reports 1.77 million t against 496,700 t in Denmark, a difference of 1.27 million t.

That makes Northern Europe's figure about 3.6 times Denmark's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Northern Europe has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 13th and Northern Europe ranks 10th of 110 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark Northern Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 117,581 t 388,651 t 271,070 t Northern Europe
1970s 149,624 t 582,473 t 432,849 t Northern Europe
1980s 257,340 t 840,183 t 582,843 t Northern Europe
1990s 296,740 t 1.07 million t 776,642 t Northern Europe
2000s 329,440 t 1.25 million t 924,546 t Northern Europe
2010s 374,090 t 1.50 million t 1.13 million t Northern Europe
2020s 471,350 t 1.74 million t 1.27 million t Northern Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cheese (all kinds) — production, Denmark or Northern Europe?
Northern Europe, at 1.77 million t against 496,700 t in Denmark as of 2023.
What is the difference in cheese (all kinds) — production between Denmark and Northern Europe?
1.27 million t, with Northern Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Northern Europe?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Denmark and Northern Europe rank globally for cheese (all kinds) — production?
Denmark ranks 13th and Northern Europe ranks 10th of 110 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cheese (All Kinds) — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
148 places, 7,910 data points, 1961–2023
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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.