Denmark vs Northern Europe: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Denmark
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 45,835 kg/ha against 41,041 kg/ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 4,794 kg/ha.
That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Northern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Europe ahead.
Denmark ranks 3rd and Northern Europe ranks 5th of 166 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 5 and Northern Europe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,250 kg/ha | 22,366 kg/ha | 115.66 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1970s | 24,941 kg/ha | 25,951 kg/ha | 1,009 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1980s | 33,342 kg/ha | 30,551 kg/ha | 2,790 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 1990s | 36,792 kg/ha | 27,370 kg/ha | 9,422 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 2000s | 39,810 kg/ha | 29,435 kg/ha | 10,375 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 2010s | 40,584 kg/ha | 33,817 kg/ha | 6,767 kg/ha | Denmark |
| 2020s | 44,285 kg/ha | 37,622 kg/ha | 6,664 kg/ha | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Denmark or Northern Europe?
- Denmark, at 45,835 kg/ha against 41,041 kg/ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Denmark and Northern Europe?
- 4,794 kg/ha, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Northern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Northern Europe rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Denmark ranks 3rd and Northern Europe ranks 5th of 166 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — Yield. 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.