Denmark vs Spain: Sugar beet — Area harvested
Sugar beet — Area harvested over time
- Denmark
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 45,690 ha against 34,900 ha in Denmark, a difference of 10,790 ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.3 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Denmark ranks 25th and Spain ranks 23rd of 73 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,485 ha | 157,899 ha | 101,414 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 69,559 ha | 210,530 ha | 140,971 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 72,183 ha | 205,137 ha | 132,954 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 66,240 ha | 163,193 ha | 96,953 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 47,309 ha | 90,681 ha | 43,372 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 35,230 ha | 36,971 ha | 1,741 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 32,700 ha | 32,492 ha | 208 ha | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, Denmark or Spain?
- Spain, at 45,690 ha against 34,900 ha in Denmark as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between Denmark and Spain?
- 10,790 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Spain rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 25th and Spain ranks 23rd of 73 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar beet — 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.