Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 34,900 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Denmark stood at 34,900 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.4% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 86,066 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 25,300 ha, in 2015.
Denmark ranks 59th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Denmark, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,662 ha | — |
| 1962 | 41,874 ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 69,226 ha | +65.3% |
| 1964 | 83,847 ha | +21.1% |
| 1965 | 60,372 ha | -28.0% |
| 1966 | 57,588 ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 52,551 ha | -8.7% |
| 1968 | 52,164 ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 52,077 ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 47,326 ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 48,832 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 56,409 ha | +15.5% |
| 1973 | 63,163 ha | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 66,575 ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 86,066 ha | +29.3% |
| 1976 | 84,787 ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 84,957 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 79,580 ha | -6.3% |
| 1979 | 77,897 ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 76,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 78,370 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 77,080 ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 72,402 ha | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 73,823 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 72,760 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 69,777 ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 67,072 ha | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 67,714 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 66,833 ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 64,247 ha | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 64,758 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 65,185 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 66,421 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 66,019 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 67,771 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 70,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 69,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 66,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 63,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 59,168 ha | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 56,323 ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 58,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 49,600 ha | -14.5% |
| 2004 | 48,700 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 47,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 41,400 ha | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 39,400 ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 36,424 ha | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 37,074 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 39,200 ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 40,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 41,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 38,000 ha | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 38,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 25,300 ha | -33.4% |
| 2016 | 33,100 ha | +30.8% |
| 2017 | 34,400 ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 34,300 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 29,000 ha | -15.5% |
| 2020 | 33,200 ha | +14.5% |
| 2021 | 33,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 31,700 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 30,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 34,900 ha | +14.4% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 34,900 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha, 3.9× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 34,900 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 2.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +65.3% | 41,874 ha | 69,226 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,485 ha | 38,662 ha | 83,847 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 69,559 ha | 47,326 ha | 86,066 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 72,183 ha | 66,833 ha | 78,370 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 66,240 ha | 63,000 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,309 ha | 36,424 ha | 59,168 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,230 ha | 25,300 ha | 41,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,700 ha | 30,500 ha | 34,900 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 sugar crops primary — area harvested in Denmark?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Denmark was 34,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 86,066 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,300 ha in 2015.
- How does Denmark rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 59th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.