Wheat — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Wheat — Area harvested was 475,600 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Denmark, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 475,600 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 763,600 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 90,342 ha, in 1967.
Denmark ranks 44th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Denmark, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 105,341 ha | — |
| 1962 | 153,953 ha | +46.1% |
| 1963 | 134,630 ha | -12.6% |
| 1964 | 128,133 ha | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 126,482 ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 93,674 ha | -25.9% |
| 1967 | 90,342 ha | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 96,568 ha | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 98,236 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 114,245 ha | +16.3% |
| 1971 | 120,567 ha | +5.5% |
| 1972 | 134,781 ha | +11.8% |
| 1973 | 122,877 ha | -8.8% |
| 1974 | 110,571 ha | -10.0% |
| 1975 | 101,806 ha | -7.9% |
| 1976 | 126,516 ha | +24.3% |
| 1977 | 116,008 ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 121,891 ha | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 114,284 ha | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 139,271 ha | +21.9% |
| 1981 | 150,192 ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 180,874 ha | +20.4% |
| 1983 | 241,834 ha | +33.7% |
| 1984 | 334,000 ha | +38.1% |
| 1985 | 338,537 ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 352,965 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 397,525 ha | +12.6% |
| 1988 | 308,118 ha | -22.5% |
| 1989 | 444,503 ha | +44.3% |
| 1990 | 532,949 ha | +19.9% |
| 1991 | 518,715 ha | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 582,504 ha | +12.3% |
| 1993 | 621,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 573,568 ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 608,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 681,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 689,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 680,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 638,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 627,486 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 634,040 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 576,625 ha | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 664,341 ha | +15.2% |
| 2004 | 666,400 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 675,700 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 686,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 688,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 638,200 ha | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 739,100 ha | +15.8% |
| 2010 | 763,600 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 747,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 614,100 ha | -17.8% |
| 2013 | 567,900 ha | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 662,100 ha | +16.6% |
| 2015 | 632,400 ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 583,000 ha | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 586,600 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 425,800 ha | -27.4% |
| 2019 | 573,400 ha | +34.7% |
| 2020 | 502,600 ha | -12.3% |
| 2021 | 537,700 ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 497,300 ha | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 489,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 475,600 ha | -2.7% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 475,600 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 2.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 475,600 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 114,151 ha | 90,342 ha | 153,953 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 118,355 ha | 101,806 ha | 134,781 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 288,782 ha | 139,271 ha | 444,503 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 612,474 ha | 518,715 ha | 689,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 659,699 ha | 576,625 ha | 739,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 615,590 ha | 425,800 ha | 763,600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 500,440 ha | 475,600 ha | 537,700 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 wheat — area harvested in Denmark?
- Wheat — area harvested in Denmark was 475,600 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 763,600 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 90,342 ha in 1967.
- How does Denmark rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 44th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. 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 Wheat — 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.