What is the difference in yields of key staple crops between Belgium and Denmark?

0.42 tonnes per hectare, with Denmark ahead.

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

25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Denmark: Yields of key staple crops

Belgium

6.62 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Denmark

7.04 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Belgium rank

10th

Denmark rank

7th

Yields of key staple crops over time

Belgium
Denmark

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 7.04 tonnes per hectare against 6.62 tonnes per hectare in Belgium, a difference of 0.42 tonnes per hectare.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 10th and Denmark ranks 7th of 126 countries.

Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Denmark	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.44 tonnes per hectare	7.28 tonnes per hectare	1.17 tonnes per hectare	Belgium
2010s	8.73 tonnes per hectare	7.32 tonnes per hectare	1.41 tonnes per hectare	Belgium
2020s	8.17 tonnes per hectare	7.66 tonnes per hectare	0.5056 tonnes per hectare	Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher yields of key staple crops, Belgium or Denmark?: Denmark, at 7.04 tonnes per hectare against 6.62 tonnes per hectare in Belgium as of 2024.
What is the difference in yields of key staple crops between Belgium and Denmark?: 0.42 tonnes per hectare, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Denmark?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Belgium and Denmark rank globally for yields of key staple crops?: Belgium ranks 10th and Denmark ranks 7th of 126 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Yields of key staple crops
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 126 places, 6,889 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.