Denmark vs Sweden: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 475,600 ha against 475,020 ha in Sweden, a difference of 580 ha.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.
Denmark ranks 46th and Sweden ranks 47th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 4 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 114,151 ha | 253,580 ha | 139,429 ha | Sweden |
| 1970s | 118,355 ha | 300,737 ha | 182,383 ha | Sweden |
| 1980s | 288,782 ha | 289,144 ha | 362.1 ha | Sweden |
| 1990s | 612,474 ha | 302,644 ha | 309,830 ha | Denmark |
| 2000s | 659,699 ha | 376,579 ha | 283,120 ha | Denmark |
| 2010s | 615,590 ha | 417,978 ha | 197,612 ha | Denmark |
| 2020s | 500,440 ha | 474,484 ha | 25,956 ha | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Denmark or Sweden?
- Denmark, at 475,600 ha against 475,020 ha in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Denmark and Sweden?
- 580 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 wheat — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 46th and Sweden ranks 47th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.