Barley — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Barley — Area harvested was 571,400 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Denmark is 571,400 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 1.62 million ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 561,000 ha, in 2023.
Denmark ranks 19th of 105 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Denmark, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 799,439 ha | — |
| 1962 | 829,612 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 938,255 ha | +13.1% |
| 1964 | 949,992 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 1.04 million ha | +9.6% |
| 1966 | 1.11 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 1.17 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 1.25 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1969 | 1.30 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 1.35 million ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 1.37 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 1.41 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 1.44 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 1.44 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 1.44 million ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 1.48 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 1.53 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 1.57 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 1.62 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 1.58 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 1.54 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 1.48 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 1.35 million ha | -9.3% |
| 1984 | 1.18 million ha | -12.4% |
| 1985 | 1.09 million ha | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 1.08 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 943,112 ha | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 1.15 million ha | +22.4% |
| 1989 | 987,586 ha | -14.4% |
| 1990 | 901,115 ha | -8.8% |
| 1991 | 938,577 ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 910,392 ha | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 713,000 ha | -21.7% |
| 1994 | 704,443 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 719,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 738,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 720,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 686,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 728,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 741,048 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 743,833 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 824,508 ha | +10.8% |
| 2003 | 709,874 ha | -13.9% |
| 2004 | 697,100 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 705,100 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 679,100 ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 631,500 ha | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 717,300 ha | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 593,000 ha | -17.3% |
| 2010 | 575,200 ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 602,800 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 723,400 ha | +20.0% |
| 2013 | 689,300 ha | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 604,400 ha | -12.3% |
| 2015 | 631,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 706,900 ha | +12.0% |
| 2017 | 665,400 ha | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 795,300 ha | +19.5% |
| 2019 | 583,200 ha | -26.7% |
| 2020 | 653,200 ha | +12.0% |
| 2021 | 621,600 ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 614,500 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 561,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 571,400 ha | +1.9% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 571,400 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha, 4.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 571,400 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 125,680 ha, 4.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.04 million ha | 799,439 ha | 1.30 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.46 million ha | 1.35 million ha | 1.62 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.24 million ha | 943,112 ha | 1.58 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 775,903 ha | 686,000 ha | 938,577 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 704,236 ha | 593,000 ha | 824,508 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 657,720 ha | 575,200 ha | 795,300 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 604,340 ha | 561,000 ha | 653,200 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 barley — area harvested in Denmark?
- Barley — area harvested in Denmark was 571,400 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1.62 million ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 561,000 ha in 2023.
- How does Denmark rank for barley — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 19th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. 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 Barley — 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.