Potatoes — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Potatoes — Area harvested was 65,400 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Denmark stood at 65,400 ha.
The figure is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 62.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 72,330 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 29,438 ha, in 1972.
Denmark ranks 46th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,875 ha | 33,503 ha | 72,330 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,315 ha | 29,438 ha | 37,925 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,346 ha | 29,604 ha | 36,222 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,024 ha | 36,000 ha | 53,774 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,204 ha | 36,100 ha | 42,152 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,660 ha | 38,500 ha | 56,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,940 ha | 56,200 ha | 65,400 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 43 Belgium-Luxembourg 66,612 ha compare
- 44 Afghanistan 66,587 ha compare
- 45 Kyrgyzstan 66,402 ha compare
- 47 Mexico 64,918 ha compare
- 48 United Republic of Tanzania 64,702 ha compare
- 49 Tajikistan 63,315 ha compare
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 potatoes — area harvested in Denmark?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Denmark was 65,400 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 72,330 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,438 ha in 1972.
- How does Denmark rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 46th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.7%. 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 Potatoes — 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.