Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 1,020 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Denmark is 1,020 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.3% on the previous year and up 52.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 1,390 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 150 ha, in 1961.
Denmark ranks 48th of 108 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Denmark, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 176 ha | +17.3% |
| 1966 | 183 ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 168 ha | -8.2% |
| 1968 | 201 ha | +19.6% |
| 1969 | 256 ha | +27.4% |
| 1970 | 255 ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 229 ha | -10.2% |
| 1972 | 214 ha | -6.6% |
| 1973 | 200 ha | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 185 ha | -7.5% |
| 1975 | 194 ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 157 ha | -19.1% |
| 1977 | 193 ha | +22.9% |
| 1978 | 171 ha | -11.4% |
| 1979 | 207 ha | +21.1% |
| 1980 | 184 ha | -11.1% |
| 1981 | 189 ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 151 ha | -20.1% |
| 1983 | 176 ha | +16.6% |
| 1984 | 180 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 163 ha | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 160 ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 198 ha | +23.8% |
| 1988 | 250 ha | +26.3% |
| 1989 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 244 ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 330 ha | +35.2% |
| 1992 | 353 ha | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 295 ha | -16.4% |
| 1994 | 300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 293 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 274 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 277 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 280 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 251 ha | -10.4% |
| 2000 | 278 ha | +10.8% |
| 2001 | 280 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 275 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 409 ha | +48.7% |
| 2004 | 452 ha | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 473 ha | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 473 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 500 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 574 ha | +14.8% |
| 2009 | 710 ha | +23.7% |
| 2010 | 753 ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 789 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 740 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 832 ha | +12.4% |
| 2014 | 671 ha | -19.4% |
| 2015 | 610 ha | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 420 ha | -31.1% |
| 2017 | 563 ha | +34.0% |
| 2018 | 730 ha | +29.7% |
| 2019 | 670 ha | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 690 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 1,030 ha | +49.3% |
| 2022 | 1,390 ha | +35.0% |
| 2023 | 1,100 ha | -20.9% |
| 2024 | 1,020 ha | -7.3% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 1,020 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 3.5× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 1,020 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 500 ha, 2.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 176 ha | 150 ha | 256 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 200.5 ha | 157 ha | 255 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 190.1 ha | 151 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 289.7 ha | 244 ha | 353 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 442.4 ha | 275 ha | 710 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 677.8 ha | 420 ha | 832 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,046 ha | 690 ha | 1,390 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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Denmark?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Denmark was 1,020 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1,390 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 ha in 1961.
- How does Denmark rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 48th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.0%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.