Spinach — Yield in Denmark
Denmark: Spinach — Yield was 3,533 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Yield in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — yield in Denmark is 3,533 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 64.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Denmark peaked at 34,118 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3,533 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Denmark 61st out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Yield in Denmark, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,524 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,524 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,474 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 9,542 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1965 | 9,476 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 13,177 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1967 | 13,392 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 13,174 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 11,006 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1970 | 9,627 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 11,680 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1972 | 12,526 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1973 | 12,727 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 8,260 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1975 | 9,759 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1976 | 12,411 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1977 | 8,402 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1978 | 9,650 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1979 | 11,945 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1980 | 8,187 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1981 | 8,521 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 4,000 kg/ha | -53.1% |
| 2011 | 3,987 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 11,578 kg/ha | +190.4% |
| 2013 | 11,720 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 9,929 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2015 | 9,400 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 30,800 kg/ha | +227.7% |
| 2017 | 34,118 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 4,923 kg/ha | -85.6% |
| 2019 | 4,946 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 4,963 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 3,643 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2022 | 3,591 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 3,581 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,533 kg/ha | -1.3% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 3,533 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 33% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 3,533 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11,891 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +227.7% | 9,400 kg/ha | 30,800 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +190.4% | 3,987 kg/ha | 11,578 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,921 kg/ha | 9,474 kg/ha | 13,392 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,699 kg/ha | 8,260 kg/ha | 12,727 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,354 kg/ha | 8,187 kg/ha | 8,521 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2010s | 12,540 kg/ha | 3,987 kg/ha | 34,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,862 kg/ha | 3,533 kg/ha | 4,963 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 58 New Zealand 3,999 kg/ha compare
- 59 Indonesia 3,855 kg/ha compare
- 60 Brunei Darussalam 3,762 kg/ha compare
- 62 Sweden 3,400 kg/ha compare
- 63 Antigua and Barbuda 2,284 kg/ha compare
- 64 Lithuania 2,000 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 spinach — yield in Denmark?
- Spinach — yield in Denmark was 3,533 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 34,118 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,533 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Denmark rank for spinach — yield?
- Denmark ranks 61st out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.4%. 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 Spinach — 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.