Rye — Yield in Denmark
Denmark: Rye — Yield was 5,801 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Yield in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rye — yield in Denmark is 5,801 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in Denmark peaked at 6,492 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,760 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Denmark 2nd out of 65 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.
Rye — Yield in Denmark, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,813 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,948 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 2,760 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1964 | 3,148 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1965 | 3,018 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 2,961 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 3,160 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 3,398 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1969 | 3,285 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 3,006 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1971 | 3,541 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1972 | 3,634 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 3,362 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 3,668 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 3,270 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1976 | 2,954 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1977 | 3,645 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1978 | 3,746 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 3,678 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 3,561 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 4,170 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1982 | 4,281 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 4,122 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 4,988 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1985 | 4,484 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1986 | 4,552 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 3,784 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1988 | 4,563 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1989 | 4,872 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 5,021 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 4,956 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 3,497 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1993 | 4,506 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 1994 | 4,773 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 5,152 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 4,764 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1997 | 5,387 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1998 | 5,120 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 4,858 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 5,197 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 5,089 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 4,942 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 5,120 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 4,627 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2005 | 4,835 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 4,727 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 4,465 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 5,242 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2009 | 5,375 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 4,889 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 5,109 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 5,950 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2013 | 6,041 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 6,364 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 6,336 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 5,795 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2017 | 6,492 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 5,141 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 6,027 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2020 | 6,066 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 6,210 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 6,344 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 5,535 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2024 | 5,801 kg/ha | +4.8% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 5,801 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,381 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 5,801 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,150 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,054 kg/ha | 2,760 kg/ha | 3,398 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,450 kg/ha | 2,954 kg/ha | 3,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,338 kg/ha | 3,561 kg/ha | 4,988 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,804 kg/ha | 3,497 kg/ha | 5,387 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,962 kg/ha | 4,465 kg/ha | 5,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,814 kg/ha | 4,889 kg/ha | 6,492 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,991 kg/ha | 5,535 kg/ha | 6,344 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 1 Uzbekistan 10,105 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 2,845 kg/ha compare
- 3 Republic of Moldova 2,605 kg/ha compare
- 3 Sweden 5,659 kg/ha compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,226 kg/ha compare
- 4 Germany 4,825 kg/ha compare
- 5 Chile 4,740 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 908.1 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 rye — yield in Denmark?
- Rye — yield in Denmark was 5,801 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 6,492 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,760 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Denmark rank for rye — yield?
- Denmark ranks 2nd out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. 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 — 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.