Rape or colza seed — Yield in Denmark
Denmark: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 3,854 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 3,854 kg/ha for rape or colza seed — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Denmark peaked at 4,493 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,597 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Denmark 3rd out of 67 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.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Denmark, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,366 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,090 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1963 | 1,684 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1964 | 2,064 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1965 | 1,838 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1966 | 1,597 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1967 | 1,981 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1968 | 2,031 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 1,777 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 1,704 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1971 | 1,827 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 1,652 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 2,011 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1974 | 2,328 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1975 | 1,820 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1976 | 1,830 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 2,003 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1978 | 1,942 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 2,320 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1980 | 1,928 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1981 | 2,067 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 2,212 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 1,906 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 2,477 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1985 | 2,509 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 2,735 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1987 | 2,224 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1988 | 2,533 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1989 | 2,848 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1990 | 2,926 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 2,584 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1992 | 2,388 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1993 | 2,543 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 2,186 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1995 | 2,054 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 2,368 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1997 | 2,798 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1998 | 3,059 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 2,704 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2000 | 2,959 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 2,682 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2002 | 2,592 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 3,323 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2004 | 3,843 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2005 | 3,064 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2006 | 3,466 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 3,285 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 3,656 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 3,908 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 3,482 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2011 | 3,377 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 3,754 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 3,881 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 4,268 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 4,275 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 3,102 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 2017 | 4,180 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 2018 | 3,430 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2019 | 4,405 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2020 | 3,840 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2021 | 4,008 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 4,493 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 3,895 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2024 | 3,854 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 3,854 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 3,854 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,936 kg/ha | 1,597 kg/ha | 2,366 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,944 kg/ha | 1,652 kg/ha | 2,328 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,344 kg/ha | 1,906 kg/ha | 2,848 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,561 kg/ha | 2,054 kg/ha | 3,059 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,278 kg/ha | 2,592 kg/ha | 3,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,815 kg/ha | 3,102 kg/ha | 4,405 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,018 kg/ha | 3,840 kg/ha | 4,493 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 1 Chile 4,327 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 3,176 kg/ha compare
- 2 Ireland 4,076 kg/ha compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 2,010 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,867 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,546 kg/ha compare
- 5 Belgium 3,366 kg/ha compare
- 6 Luxembourg 3,342 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 rape or colza seed — yield in Denmark?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Denmark was 3,854 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 4,493 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,597 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Denmark rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Denmark ranks 3rd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. 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 Rape or colza seed — 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.