Potatoes — Yield in Denmark
Denmark: Potatoes — Yield was 45,835 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Denmark is 45,835 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Denmark peaked at 45,835 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17,469 kg/ha, in 1976.
Denmark ranks 3rd of 153 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Denmark, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,601 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,711 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1963 | 20,827 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1964 | 22,307 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 23,066 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 24,772 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 23,709 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 25,585 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 20,676 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1970 | 28,685 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1971 | 24,577 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1972 | 25,100 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 24,501 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 27,959 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1975 | 22,271 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1976 | 17,469 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1977 | 25,156 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 1978 | 27,076 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 26,618 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 25,034 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 29,060 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1982 | 35,616 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1983 | 28,008 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1984 | 36,096 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 1985 | 36,204 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 36,779 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 32,342 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1988 | 37,318 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1989 | 36,959 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 37,458 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 33,614 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 33,008 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 38,678 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1994 | 34,838 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 33,964 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 36,750 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 39,615 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 40,443 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 39,551 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 42,486 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 40,383 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 39,907 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 39,119 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 39,742 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 39,410 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 35,264 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 38,565 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 41,634 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 41,586 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 35,268 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2011 | 38,942 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 42,132 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2013 | 41,573 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 43,119 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 41,413 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 42,479 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 43,682 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 34,746 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2019 | 42,482 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2020 | 43,995 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 42,253 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 44,216 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 45,126 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 45,835 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 45,835 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 45,835 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,921 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,250 kg/ha | 18,711 kg/ha | 25,585 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,941 kg/ha | 17,469 kg/ha | 28,685 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,342 kg/ha | 25,034 kg/ha | 37,318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,792 kg/ha | 33,008 kg/ha | 40,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,810 kg/ha | 35,264 kg/ha | 42,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,584 kg/ha | 34,746 kg/ha | 43,682 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,285 kg/ha | 42,253 kg/ha | 45,835 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 1 New Zealand 51,307 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 35,246 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 32,280 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46,581 kg/ha compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28,752 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,136 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 23,888 kg/ha compare
- 5 Germany 45,015 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,463 kg/ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 43,061 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 potatoes — yield in Denmark?
- Potatoes — yield in Denmark was 45,835 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 45,835 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,469 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Denmark rank for potatoes — yield?
- Denmark ranks 3rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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 — 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.