Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Denmark

Arable land in Denmark in 2023 — 2,365,000 ha. Ranked 77 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 15.7%.

2023 2.37M ha +0.21% vs 2022
World rank 77of 206
Period maximum 2.81M ha1961
Period minimum 2.27M ha2003

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Denmark, 1961–20232.2M2.4M2.6M2.8M3M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 2,807,000 ha1963: 2,744,000 ha1965: 2,693,000 ha1967: 2,685,000 ha1969: 2,678,000 ha1971: 2,647,000 ha1973: 2,653,000 ha1975: 2,650,000 ha1977: 2,637,000 ha1979: 2,642,000 ha1981: 2,637,000 ha1983: 2,593,000 ha1985: 2,601,000 ha1987: 2,578,000 ha1989: 2,545,000 ha1991: 2,548,000 ha1993: 2,533,000 ha1995: 2,319,000 ha1997: 2,365,000 ha1999: 2,294,000 ha2001: 2,292,000 ha2003: 2,266,000 ha2005: 2,332,000 ha2007: 2,306,000 ha2009: 2,431,000 ha2011: 2,499,000 ha2013: 2,407,600 ha2015: 2,351,651 ha2017: 2,367,400 ha2019: 2,395,932 ha2021: 2,357,000 ha2023: 2,365,000 ha
Change over the period: −442,000 (−15.75%) Average annual rate: -0.28 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Denmark

Denmark 2.37M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Northern Europe computed 18.94M ha
High-income countries computed 458M ha
Arable land — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 2.37M +5,000 +0.21%
2022 2.36M +3,000 +0.13%
2021 2.36M −13,930 −0.59%
2020 2.37M −25,002 −1.04%
2019 2.4M +7,532 +0.32%
2018 2.39M +21,000 +0.89%
2017 2.37M −3,100 −0.13%
2016 2.37M +18,849 +0.8%
2015 2.35M −80,349 −3.3%
2014 2.43M +24,400 +1.01%
2013 2.41M −10,400 −0.43%
2012 2.42M −81,000 −3.24%
2011 2.5M +78,000 +3.22%
2010 2.42M −10,000 −0.41%
2009 2.43M +29,000 +1.21%
2008 2.4M +96,000 +4.16%
2007 2.31M −41,000 −1.75%
2006 2.35M +15,000 +0.64%
2005 2.33M +63,000 +2.78%
2004 2.27M +3,000 +0.13%
2003 2.27M −10,000 −0.44%
2002 2.28M −16,000 −0.7%
2001 2.29M +11,000 +0.48%
2000 2.28M −13,000 −0.57%
1999 2.29M −72,000 −3.04%
1998 2.37M +1,000 +0.04%
1997 2.37M +43,000 +1.85%
1996 2.32M +3,000 +0.13%
1995 2.32M −46,000 −1.95%
1994 2.37M −168,000 −6.63%
1993 2.53M −6,000 −0.24%
1992 2.54M −9,000 −0.35%
1991 2.55M −13,000 −0.51%
1990 2.56M +16,000 +0.63%
1989 2.55M −15,000 −0.59%
1988 2.56M −18,000 −0.7%
1987 2.58M −16,000 −0.62%
1986 2.59M −7,000 −0.27%
1985 2.6M −11,000 −0.42%
1984 2.61M +19,000 +0.73%
1983 2.59M −37,000 −1.41%
1982 2.63M −7,000 −0.27%
1981 2.64M −2,000 −0.08%
1980 2.64M −3,000 −0.11%
1979 2.64M −1,000 −0.04%
1978 2.64M +6,000 +0.23%
1977 2.64M −20,000 −0.75%
1976 2.66M +7,000 +0.26%
1975 2.65M +9,000 +0.34%
1974 2.64M −12,000 −0.45%
1973 2.65M +2,000 +0.08%
1972 2.65M +4,000 +0.15%
1971 2.65M −14,000 −0.53%
1970 2.66M −17,000 −0.63%
1969 2.68M −16,000 −0.59%
1968 2.69M +9,000 +0.34%
1967 2.69M −1,000 −0.04%
1966 2.69M −7,000 −0.26%
1965 2.69M −33,000 −1.21%
1964 2.73M −18,000 −0.66%
1963 2.74M −29,000 −1.05%
1962 2.77M −34,000 −1.21%
1961 2.81M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.