Denmark vs Sweden: Sugar beet — Area harvested

Denmark
34,900 ha
in 2024
Sweden
28,430 ha
in 2024
Denmark rank
25th
Sweden rank
27th

Sugar beet — Area harvested over time

  • Denmark
  • Sweden
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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

Indicator
Sugar beet — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
97 places, 4,772 data points, 1961–2024
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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.