What is the difference in rapeseed yields between Denmark and Ireland?

0.23 tonnes per hectare, with Ireland ahead.

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

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.

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 Rapeseed yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Denmark vs Ireland: Rapeseed yields

Denmark

3.85 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Ireland

4.08 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Denmark rank

3rd

Ireland rank

2nd

Rapeseed yields over time

Denmark
Ireland

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 4.08 tonnes per hectare against 3.85 tonnes per hectare in Denmark, a difference of 0.23 tonnes per hectare.

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

The two have swapped places 13 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 3rd and Ireland ranks 2nd of 64 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 1 and Ireland in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
1970s	1.98 tonnes per hectare	0.9236 tonnes per hectare	1.06 tonnes per hectare	Denmark
1980s	2.34 tonnes per hectare	2.63 tonnes per hectare	0.2851 tonnes per hectare	Ireland
1990s	2.56 tonnes per hectare	2.95 tonnes per hectare	0.3871 tonnes per hectare	Ireland
2000s	3.28 tonnes per hectare	3.41 tonnes per hectare	0.1295 tonnes per hectare	Ireland
2010s	3.82 tonnes per hectare	3.85 tonnes per hectare	0.0363 tonnes per hectare	Ireland
2020s	4.02 tonnes per hectare	4.43 tonnes per hectare	0.4089 tonnes per hectare	Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rapeseed yields, Denmark or Ireland?: Ireland, at 4.08 tonnes per hectare against 3.85 tonnes per hectare in Denmark as of 2024.
What is the difference in rapeseed yields between Denmark and Ireland?: 0.23 tonnes per hectare, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Ireland?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Denmark and Ireland rank globally for rapeseed yields?: Denmark ranks 3rd and Ireland ranks 2nd of 64 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 Rapeseed yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rapeseed yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
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: 64 places, 2,973 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.