Denmark vs Sweden: Sugar beet — Area harvested
Sugar beet — Area harvested over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 34,900 ha against 28,430 ha in Sweden, a difference of 6,470 ha.
That makes Denmark's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.
Denmark ranks 25th and Sweden ranks 27th of 73 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,485 ha | 42,511 ha | 13,973 ha | Denmark |
| 1970s | 69,559 ha | 47,094 ha | 22,465 ha | Denmark |
| 1980s | 72,183 ha | 51,664 ha | 20,519 ha | Denmark |
| 1990s | 66,240 ha | 53,685 ha | 12,555 ha | Denmark |
| 2000s | 47,309 ha | 47,361 ha | 52.2 ha | Sweden |
| 2010s | 35,230 ha | 32,594 ha | 2,636 ha | Denmark |
| 2020s | 32,700 ha | 28,956 ha | 3,744 ha | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar beet — area harvested, Denmark or Sweden?
- Denmark, at 34,900 ha against 28,430 ha in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar beet — area harvested between Denmark and Sweden?
- 6,470 ha, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 25th and Sweden ranks 27th 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.