Rye — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Rye — Area harvested was 112,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Area harvested in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rye — area harvested in Denmark is 112,000 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 182,674 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 27,300 ha, in 2005.
Denmark ranks 10th of 66 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rye — Area harvested in Denmark, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 182,674 ha | — |
| 1962 | 173,791 ha | -4.9% |
| 1963 | 115,901 ha | -33.3% |
| 1964 | 92,628 ha | -20.1% |
| 1965 | 87,599 ha | -5.4% |
| 1966 | 46,229 ha | -47.2% |
| 1967 | 37,471 ha | -18.9% |
| 1968 | 38,487 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 38,326 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 44,315 ha | +15.6% |
| 1971 | 42,350 ha | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 42,610 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 41,587 ha | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 45,692 ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 49,910 ha | +9.2% |
| 1976 | 72,133 ha | +44.5% |
| 1977 | 88,995 ha | +23.4% |
| 1978 | 84,071 ha | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 69,764 ha | -17.0% |
| 1980 | 55,962 ha | -19.8% |
| 1981 | 49,855 ha | -10.9% |
| 1982 | 54,793 ha | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 76,512 ha | +39.6% |
| 1984 | 121,915 ha | +59.3% |
| 1985 | 125,918 ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 119,939 ha | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 135,505 ha | +13.0% |
| 1988 | 80,280 ha | -40.8% |
| 1989 | 99,961 ha | +24.5% |
| 1990 | 108,545 ha | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 79,622 ha | -26.6% |
| 1992 | 88,178 ha | +10.7% |
| 1993 | 79,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 1994 | 88,639 ha | +12.2% |
| 1995 | 96,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 72,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1997 | 84,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 105,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 51,000 ha | -51.4% |
| 2000 | 50,506 ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 65,306 ha | +29.3% |
| 2002 | 46,439 ha | -28.9% |
| 2003 | 32,917 ha | -29.1% |
| 2004 | 31,600 ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 27,300 ha | -13.6% |
| 2006 | 27,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 30,300 ha | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 28,900 ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 44,300 ha | +53.3% |
| 2010 | 52,100 ha | +17.6% |
| 2011 | 57,600 ha | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 64,600 ha | +12.2% |
| 2013 | 87,200 ha | +35.0% |
| 2014 | 106,500 ha | +22.1% |
| 2015 | 121,800 ha | +14.4% |
| 2016 | 99,600 ha | -18.2% |
| 2017 | 111,400 ha | +11.8% |
| 2018 | 92,700 ha | -16.8% |
| 2019 | 146,600 ha | +58.1% |
| 2020 | 115,300 ha | -21.4% |
| 2021 | 108,300 ha | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 109,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 108,600 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 112,000 ha | +3.1% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 112,000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 12,740 ha, 8.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 112,000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,750 ha, 16.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90,345 ha | 37,471 ha | 182,674 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,143 ha | 41,587 ha | 88,995 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 92,064 ha | 49,855 ha | 135,505 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 85,198 ha | 51,000 ha | 108,545 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,507 ha | 27,300 ha | 65,306 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,010 ha | 52,100 ha | 146,600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 110,640 ha | 108,300 ha | 115,300 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 rye — area harvested in Denmark?
- Rye — area harvested in Denmark was 112,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 182,674 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,300 ha in 2005.
- How does Denmark rank for rye — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 10th out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. 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 Rye — 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.