What is the difference in projections for global peak agricultural land between Denmark and Lithuania?

252,000 hectares, with Lithuania ahead.

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

32 years are reported by both, from 1992 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 Projections for global peak agricultural land. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Denmark vs Lithuania: Projections for global peak agricultural land

Denmark

2.62 million hectares

in 2023

Lithuania

2.87 million hectares

in 2023

Denmark rank

109th

Lithuania rank

107th

Projections for global peak agricultural land over time

Denmark
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 2.87 million hectares against 2.62 million hectares in Denmark, a difference of 252,000 hectares.

That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Lithuania ahead.

Denmark ranks 109th and Lithuania ranks 107th of 227 countries.

Lithuania has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2.70 million hectares	3.38 million hectares	671,875 hectares	Lithuania
2000s	2.67 million hectares	2.80 million hectares	135,500 hectares	Lithuania
2010s	2.64 million hectares	2.91 million hectares	271,191 hectares	Lithuania
2020s	2.62 million hectares	2.92 million hectares	295,478 hectares	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher projections for global peak agricultural land, Denmark or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 2.87 million hectares against 2.62 million hectares in Denmark as of 2023.
What is the difference in projections for global peak agricultural land between Denmark and Lithuania?: 252,000 hectares, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Lithuania?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2023.
How do Denmark and Lithuania rank globally for projections for global peak agricultural land?: Denmark ranks 109th and Lithuania ranks 107th of 227 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 Projections for global peak agricultural land. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Projections for global peak agricultural land
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: 18 September 2026

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