Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Denmark
Denmark: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.4247 in 2017. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Denmark, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2017, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Denmark stood at 0.4247. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
The figure is down 11.4% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Denmark peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.4247, in 2017.
Denmark ranks 80th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9306 | 0.8679 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8419 | 0.7479 | 0.9666 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.637 | 0.5182 | 0.7877 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5075 | 0.4689 | 0.602 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4967 | 0.465 | 0.5328 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4802 | 0.4247 | 0.529 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Denmark?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Denmark was 0.4247 in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4247 in 2017.
- How does Denmark rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Denmark ranks 80th out of 163 countries with data for 2017.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).