What is the difference in sugar beet yields between Denmark and Netherlands?

1.08 tonnes per hectare, with Netherlands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Netherlands?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sugar beet yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Denmark vs Netherlands: Sugar beet yields

Denmark

74.13 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Netherlands

75.21 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Denmark rank

11th

Netherlands rank

9th

Sugar beet yields over time

Denmark
Netherlands

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 75.21 tonnes per hectare against 74.13 tonnes per hectare in Denmark, a difference of 1.08 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Netherlands ahead.

Denmark ranks 11th and Netherlands ranks 9th of 66 countries.

Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	37.2 tonnes per hectare	44.29 tonnes per hectare	7.09 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
1970s	39.16 tonnes per hectare	46.81 tonnes per hectare	7.65 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
1980s	44.56 tonnes per hectare	53.84 tonnes per hectare	9.28 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
1990s	50.06 tonnes per hectare	59.36 tonnes per hectare	9.3 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
2000s	56.97 tonnes per hectare	64.71 tonnes per hectare	7.74 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
2010s	67.9 tonnes per hectare	81.8 tonnes per hectare	13.9 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands
2020s	75.15 tonnes per hectare	82.72 tonnes per hectare	7.57 tonnes per hectare	Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sugar beet yields, Denmark or Netherlands?: Netherlands, at 75.21 tonnes per hectare against 74.13 tonnes per hectare in Denmark as of 2024.
What is the difference in sugar beet yields between Denmark and Netherlands?: 1.08 tonnes per hectare, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Netherlands?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Denmark and Netherlands rank globally for sugar beet yields?: Denmark ranks 11th and Netherlands ranks 9th of 66 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sugar beet yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Sugar beet yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 66 places, 3,009 data points, 1932–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.