Denmark vs Germany: Yields of key staple crops

Denmark

7.04 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Germany

7.08 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Denmark rank

7th

Germany rank

5th

Yields of key staple crops over time

Germany currently reports 7.08 tonnes per hectare against 7.04 tonnes per hectare in Denmark, a difference of 0.0446 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 23 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 7th and Germany ranks 5th of 125 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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