What is the highest arable land recorded in Denmark?

The highest recorded value was 2.81 million hectares in 1961.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Denmark?

The lowest recorded value was 2.27 million hectares in 2003.

How does Denmark rank for arable land?

Denmark ranks 77th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Denmark?

Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Arable land in Denmark

Name: Arable land in Denmark
Creator: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Denmark: Arable land was 2.37 million hectares in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

2.37 million hectares

Change on year

up 0.2%

World rank

77th

of 206 countries

All-time high

2.81 million hectares

in 1961

All-time low

2.27 million hectares

in 2003

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Denmark, 1961–2023

Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares.

Analysis

Denmark recorded 2.37 million hectares for arable land in 2023.

That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Denmark peaked at 2.81 million hectares in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2.27 million hectares, in 2003.

Denmark ranks 77th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	2.72 million hectares	2.68 million hectares	2.81 million hectares	9
1970s	2.65 million hectares	2.64 million hectares	2.66 million hectares	10
1980s	2.60 million hectares	2.54 million hectares	2.64 million hectares	10
1990s	2.42 million hectares	2.29 million hectares	2.56 million hectares	10
2000s	2.32 million hectares	2.27 million hectares	2.43 million hectares	10
2010s	2.41 million hectares	2.35 million hectares	2.50 million hectares	10
2020s	2.36 million hectares	2.36 million hectares	2.37 million hectares	4

Countries ranked near Denmark

74 Sweden 2.53 million hectares compare
75 Czechia 2.52 million hectares compare
76 South Sudan 2.49 million hectares compare
78 Lithuania 2.30 million hectares compare
79 North Korea 2.29 million hectares compare
80 Finland 2.24 million hectares compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Denmark

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.41 billion current US$ (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.2% (2025)
Rural population 670,272 (2025)
Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
Rural population 11.2% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
Land under cereal production 1.23 million hectares (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Denmark?: Arable land in Denmark was 2.37 million hectares in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest arable land recorded in Denmark?: The highest recorded value was 2.81 million hectares in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Denmark?: The lowest recorded value was 2.27 million hectares in 2003.
How does Denmark rank for arable land?: Denmark ranks 77th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Denmark?: Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Denmark data come from?: The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares)
Unit: hectares
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 206 places, 11,871 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.