Pears — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Pears — Area harvested was 270 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pears — Area harvested in Denmark, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 270 ha for pears — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.0% on the previous year and down 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 1,450 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 270 ha, in 2024.
Denmark ranks 70th of 87 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pears — Area harvested in Denmark, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 420 ha | — |
| 1986 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 550 ha | +31.0% |
| 1991 | 422 ha | -23.3% |
| 1992 | 548 ha | +29.9% |
| 1993 | 517 ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 328 ha | -36.6% |
| 1995 | 545 ha | +66.2% |
| 1996 | 469 ha | -13.9% |
| 1997 | 435 ha | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 555 ha | +27.6% |
| 1999 | 431 ha | -22.3% |
| 2000 | 441 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 469 ha | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 420 ha | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 457 ha | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 441 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 463 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 440 ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 400 ha | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 800 ha | +100.0% |
| 2009 | 1,200 ha | +50.0% |
| 2010 | 1,450 ha | +20.8% |
| 2011 | 1,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 363 ha | -75.0% |
| 2013 | 345 ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 364 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 337 ha | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 350 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 298 ha | -14.9% |
| 2018 | 290 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 300 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 270 ha | -10.0% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 270 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 690 ha, 39% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 270 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,000 ha, 13% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +100.0% | 400 ha | 800 ha |
| 2012 | -75.0% | 1,450 ha | 363 ha |
| 1995 | +66.2% | 328 ha | 545 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 420 ha | 420 ha | 420 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 480 ha | 328 ha | 555 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 553.1 ha | 400 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 554.7 ha | 290 ha | 1,450 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 294 ha | 270 ha | 300 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 pears — area harvested in Denmark?
- Pears — area harvested in Denmark was 270 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1,450 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 270 ha in 2024.
- How does Denmark rank for pears — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 70th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.8%. 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 Pears — 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.