Denmark vs Southern Europe: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Denmark
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 133,183 ha against 112,000 ha in Denmark, a difference of 21,183 ha.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 1.2 times Denmark's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.
Denmark ranks 10th and Southern Europe ranks 12th of 66 countries.
Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90,345 ha | 919,878 ha | 829,533 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 58,143 ha | 588,357 ha | 530,214 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1980s | 92,064 ha | 422,146 ha | 330,082 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1990s | 85,198 ha | 285,648 ha | 200,450 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 38,507 ha | 171,242 ha | 132,735 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 94,010 ha | 200,650 ha | 106,640 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 110,640 ha | 146,671 ha | 36,031 ha | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Denmark or Southern Europe?
- Southern Europe, at 133,183 ha against 112,000 ha in Denmark as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Denmark and Southern Europe?
- 21,183 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Southern Europe rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 10th and Southern Europe ranks 12th 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.