Currants — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Currants — Area harvested was 300 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Currants — Area harvested in Denmark, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 300 ha for currants — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.7% on the previous year and down 81.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, currants — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 2,351 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 2024.
That places Denmark 21st out of 44 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Currants — Area harvested in Denmark, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 535 ha | — |
| 1986 | 535 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 535 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 535 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 535 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 594 ha | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 850 ha | +43.1% |
| 1992 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 1,094 ha | +21.6% |
| 1994 | 2,351 ha | +114.9% |
| 1995 | 1,827 ha | -22.3% |
| 1996 | 1,783 ha | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 1,531 ha | -14.1% |
| 1998 | 1,280 ha | -16.4% |
| 1999 | 1,411 ha | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 1,492 ha | +5.7% |
| 2001 | 1,850 ha | +24.0% |
| 2002 | 1,939 ha | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 1,732 ha | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 1,597 ha | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 1,943 ha | +21.7% |
| 2006 | 1,943 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 1,980 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 1,987 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2,232 ha | +12.3% |
| 2011 | 2,232 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,199 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 1,950 ha | -11.3% |
| 2014 | 1,580 ha | -19.0% |
| 2015 | 1,202 ha | -23.9% |
| 2016 | 1,500 ha | +24.8% |
| 2017 | 622 ha | -58.5% |
| 2018 | 590 ha | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 510 ha | -13.6% |
| 2020 | 690 ha | +35.3% |
| 2021 | 510 ha | -26.1% |
| 2022 | 400 ha | -21.6% |
| 2023 | 360 ha | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 300 ha | -16.7% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 300 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 230 ha, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 300 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 185 ha, 1.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Currants — 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 | +114.9% | 1,094 ha | 2,351 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 535 ha | 535 ha | 535 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,362 ha | 594 ha | 2,351 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,846 ha | 1,492 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,462 ha | 510 ha | 2,232 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 452 ha | 300 ha | 690 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
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 currants — area harvested in Denmark?
- Currants — area harvested in Denmark was 300 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest currants — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 2,351 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest currants — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 2024.
- How does Denmark rank for currants — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 21st out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is currants — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 81.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Currants — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.