Denmark vs South America: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Denmark
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 122,833 ha against 112,000 ha in Denmark, a difference of 10,833 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
Denmark ranks 10th and South America ranks 13th of 66 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 2 and South America in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90,345 ha | 575,088 ha | 484,743 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 58,143 ha | 424,893 ha | 366,750 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 92,064 ha | 140,640 ha | 48,576 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 85,198 ha | 66,764 ha | 18,434 ha | Denmark |
| 2000s | 38,507 ha | 57,675 ha | 19,169 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 94,010 ha | 40,431 ha | 53,579 ha | Denmark |
| 2020s | 110,640 ha | 113,655 ha | 3,015 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Denmark or South America?
- South America, at 122,833 ha against 112,000 ha in Denmark as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Denmark and South America?
- 10,833 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and South America rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 10th and South America ranks 13th of 66 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rye — Area harvested. 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.