Cereals, primary — Yield in Denmark
Denmark: Cereals, primary — Yield was 6,096 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Denmark stood at 6,096 kg/ha.
The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Denmark peaked at 7,241 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,302 kg/ha, in 1976.
Denmark ranks 28th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,774 kg/ha | 3,384 kg/ha | 4,026 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,872 kg/ha | 3,302 kg/ha | 4,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,733 kg/ha | 3,758 kg/ha | 5,632 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,807 kg/ha | 4,314 kg/ha | 6,291 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,062 kg/ha | 5,676 kg/ha | 6,779 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,298 kg/ha | 4,889 kg/ha | 6,929 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,458 kg/ha | 5,672 kg/ha | 7,241 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture share gdp 1.17 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.17 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 670,272 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.41 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Denmark?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Denmark was 6,096 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 7,241 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,302 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Denmark rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Denmark ranks 28th out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.