Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 31,100 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Denmark is 31,100 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 26.7% on the previous year and up 270.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 203,604 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 3,260 ha, in 1976.
Denmark ranks 91st of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Denmark, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,640 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,280 ha | -15.1% |
| 1963 | 11,340 ha | -14.6% |
| 1964 | 9,816 ha | -13.4% |
| 1965 | 6,739 ha | -31.3% |
| 1966 | 3,500 ha | -48.1% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | +185.7% |
| 1968 | 13,630 ha | +36.3% |
| 1969 | 23,320 ha | +71.1% |
| 1970 | 23,650 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 22,360 ha | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 10,510 ha | -53.0% |
| 1973 | 4,210 ha | -59.9% |
| 1974 | 3,920 ha | -6.9% |
| 1975 | 4,164 ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 3,260 ha | -21.7% |
| 1977 | 3,814 ha | +17.0% |
| 1978 | 4,590 ha | +20.3% |
| 1979 | 3,755 ha | -18.2% |
| 1980 | 4,441 ha | +18.3% |
| 1981 | 4,040 ha | -9.0% |
| 1982 | 10,777 ha | +166.8% |
| 1983 | 23,446 ha | +117.6% |
| 1984 | 74,500 ha | +217.8% |
| 1985 | 126,836 ha | +70.2% |
| 1986 | 144,595 ha | +14.0% |
| 1987 | 203,604 ha | +40.8% |
| 1988 | 146,927 ha | -27.8% |
| 1989 | 122,573 ha | -16.6% |
| 1990 | 114,354 ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 98,876 ha | -13.5% |
| 1992 | 118,124 ha | +19.5% |
| 1993 | 120,536 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 101,585 ha | -15.7% |
| 1995 | 74,761 ha | -26.4% |
| 1996 | 69,851 ha | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 95,600 ha | +36.9% |
| 1998 | 106,600 ha | +11.5% |
| 1999 | 65,700 ha | -38.4% |
| 2000 | 36,183 ha | -44.9% |
| 2001 | 32,642 ha | -9.8% |
| 2002 | 40,400 ha | +23.8% |
| 2003 | 31,400 ha | -22.3% |
| 2004 | 26,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 2005 | 16,300 ha | -39.0% |
| 2006 | 10,500 ha | -35.6% |
| 2007 | 5,800 ha | -44.8% |
| 2008 | 4,400 ha | -24.1% |
| 2009 | 6,800 ha | +54.5% |
| 2010 | 10,400 ha | +52.9% |
| 2011 | 7,800 ha | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 6,800 ha | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 7,227 ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 8,400 ha | +16.2% |
| 2015 | 11,900 ha | +41.7% |
| 2016 | 15,700 ha | +31.9% |
| 2017 | 20,577 ha | +31.1% |
| 2018 | 32,000 ha | +55.5% |
| 2019 | 22,200 ha | -30.6% |
| 2020 | 26,600 ha | +19.8% |
| 2021 | 32,400 ha | +21.8% |
| 2022 | 38,900 ha | +20.1% |
| 2023 | 42,400 ha | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 31,100 ha | -26.7% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 31,100 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 1.8× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 31,100 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 22,184 ha, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +217.8% | 23,446 ha | 74,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,918 ha | 3,500 ha | 23,320 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,423 ha | 3,260 ha | 23,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 86,174 ha | 4,040 ha | 203,604 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,599 ha | 65,700 ha | 120,536 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,112 ha | 4,400 ha | 40,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,300 ha | 6,800 ha | 32,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,280 ha | 26,600 ha | 42,400 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Denmark?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Denmark was 31,100 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 203,604 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,260 ha in 1976.
- How does Denmark rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 91st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 270.2%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.