Apples — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Apples — Area harvested was 1,470 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Denmark, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 1,470 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 5,149 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,281 ha, in 2017.
Denmark ranks 72nd of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Denmark, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,424 ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 3,367 ha | +38.9% |
| 1992 | 5,149 ha | +52.9% |
| 1993 | 4,752 ha | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 2,061 ha | -56.6% |
| 1995 | 1,658 ha | -19.6% |
| 1996 | 1,854 ha | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 1,697 ha | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 1,660 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 1,623 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 1,679 ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 1,783 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 1,574 ha | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 1,624 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 1,600 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 1,617 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 1,536 ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 1,486 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 1,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1,464 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 1,610 ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 1,513 ha | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 1,348 ha | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 1,381 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,378 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,389 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,330 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 1,281 ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 1,420 ha | +10.9% |
| 2019 | 1,390 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 1,380 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,520 ha | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 1,450 ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 1,470 ha | +1.4% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 1,470 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 33% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 1,470 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,735 ha, 17% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Denmark changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | -56.6% | 4,752 ha | 2,061 ha |
| 1992 | +52.9% | 3,367 ha | 5,149 ha |
| 1991 | +38.9% | 2,424 ha | 3,367 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,500 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,500 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,624 ha | 1,623 ha | 5,149 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,586 ha | 1,464 ha | 1,783 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,404 ha | 1,281 ha | 1,610 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,444 ha | 1,380 ha | 1,520 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 37.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0117 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 900.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7939 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Denmark?
- Apples — area harvested in Denmark was 1,470 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 5,149 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,281 ha in 2017.
- How does Denmark rank for apples — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 72nd out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.