Oats — Yield in Denmark
Denmark: Oats — Yield was 4,887 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — yield in Denmark is 4,887 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 29.7% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Denmark peaked at 5,694 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,691 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Denmark 5th out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Yield in Denmark, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,711 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 3,610 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 3,896 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 3,833 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 3,695 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 3,723 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 3,955 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 3,739 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 3,424 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1971 | 3,780 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1972 | 3,915 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 3,443 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1974 | 3,875 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1975 | 3,304 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 2,691 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1977 | 3,479 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1978 | 3,386 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 4,174 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1980 | 3,973 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 4,225 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 4,094 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 2,948 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1984 | 4,674 kg/ha | +58.5% |
| 1985 | 3,968 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1986 | 4,135 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 4,064 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 4,676 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1989 | 4,332 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 4,640 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 5,385 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 2,865 kg/ha | -46.8% |
| 1993 | 4,468 kg/ha | +55.9% |
| 1994 | 4,707 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 5,126 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 5,134 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 5,251 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 5,114 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 5,035 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 5,231 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 4,850 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 4,989 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 5,245 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 4,998 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 4,552 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 3,950 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 4,757 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2008 | 3,848 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2009 | 4,712 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2010 | 4,814 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 4,803 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 5,180 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 4,863 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 4,907 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 5,271 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 5,074 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 5,379 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 3,457 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 2019 | 5,017 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 2020 | 5,694 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2021 | 4,863 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2022 | 5,694 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2023 | 3,768 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 2024 | 4,887 kg/ha | +29.7% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 4,887 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,136 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 4,887 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,660 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,740 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 3,955 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,547 kg/ha | 2,691 kg/ha | 4,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,109 kg/ha | 2,948 kg/ha | 4,676 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,773 kg/ha | 2,865 kg/ha | 5,385 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,713 kg/ha | 3,848 kg/ha | 5,245 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,877 kg/ha | 3,457 kg/ha | 5,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,981 kg/ha | 3,768 kg/ha | 5,694 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,416 kg/ha compare
- 3 Chile 5,370 kg/ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,520 kg/ha compare
- 4 New Zealand 5,279 kg/ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 1,294 kg/ha compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,286 kg/ha compare
- 6 Luxembourg 4,795 kg/ha compare
- 7 Germany 4,461 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,100 kg/ha compare
- 8 Belgium 4,386 kg/ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625 kg/ha compare
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 oats — yield in Denmark?
- Oats — yield in Denmark was 4,887 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 5,694 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,691 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Denmark rank for oats — yield?
- Denmark ranks 5th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 Oats — Yield. 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.