Denmark - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Denmark was 2,392,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,807,000 in 1961 and a minimum value of 2,266,000 in 2003.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 2,807,000
1962 2,773,000
1963 2,744,000
1964 2,726,000
1965 2,693,000
1966 2,686,000
1967 2,685,000
1968 2,694,000
1969 2,678,000
1970 2,661,000
1971 2,647,000
1972 2,651,000
1973 2,653,000
1974 2,641,000
1975 2,650,000
1976 2,657,000
1977 2,637,000
1978 2,643,000
1979 2,642,000
1980 2,639,000
1981 2,637,000
1982 2,630,000
1983 2,593,000
1984 2,612,000
1985 2,601,000
1986 2,594,000
1987 2,578,000
1988 2,560,000
1989 2,545,000
1990 2,561,000
1991 2,548,000
1992 2,539,000
1993 2,533,000
1994 2,365,000
1995 2,319,000
1996 2,322,000
1997 2,365,000
1998 2,366,000
1999 2,294,000
2000 2,281,000
2001 2,292,000
2002 2,276,000
2003 2,266,000
2004 2,269,000
2005 2,332,000
2006 2,347,000
2007 2,306,000
2008 2,402,000
2009 2,431,000
2010 2,421,000
2011 2,499,000
2012 2,418,000
2013 2,407,600
2014 2,432,000
2015 2,351,651
2016 2,373,859
2017 2,370,355
2018 2,392,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Denmark was 0.413 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.609 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.411 in 2017.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.609
1962 0.597
1963 0.586
1964 0.577
1965 0.566
1966 0.560
1967 0.555
1968 0.554
1969 0.547
1970 0.540
1971 0.533
1972 0.531
1973 0.528
1974 0.523
1975 0.524
1976 0.524
1977 0.518
1978 0.518
1979 0.516
1980 0.515
1981 0.515
1982 0.514
1983 0.507
1984 0.511
1985 0.509
1986 0.507
1987 0.503
1988 0.499
1989 0.496
1990 0.498
1991 0.494
1992 0.491
1993 0.488
1994 0.454
1995 0.443
1996 0.441
1997 0.447
1998 0.446
1999 0.431
2000 0.427
2001 0.428
2002 0.423
2003 0.420
2004 0.420
2005 0.430
2006 0.432
2007 0.422
2008 0.437
2009 0.440
2010 0.436
2011 0.449
2012 0.432
2013 0.429
2014 0.431
2015 0.414
2016 0.414
2017 0.411
2018 0.413

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Denmark was 59.80 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 66.25 in 1961, while its lowest value was 53.41 in 2003.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 66.25
1962 65.45
1963 64.76
1964 64.34
1965 63.56
1966 63.39
1967 63.37
1968 63.58
1969 63.21
1970 62.80
1971 62.47
1972 62.57
1973 62.62
1974 62.33
1975 62.54
1976 62.71
1977 62.24
1978 62.38
1979 62.34
1980 62.27
1981 62.22
1982 62.06
1983 61.18
1984 61.63
1985 61.37
1986 61.21
1987 60.82
1988 60.39
1989 60.04
1990 60.42
1991 60.11
1992 59.84
1993 59.70
1994 55.74
1995 54.65
1996 54.73
1997 55.74
1998 55.76
1999 54.07
2000 53.76
2001 54.02
2002 53.64
2003 53.41
2004 53.48
2005 54.96
2006 55.31
2007 54.35
2008 56.61
2009 57.29
2010 57.06
2011 58.90
2012 60.45
2013 60.19
2014 60.80
2015 58.79
2016 59.35
2017 59.26
2018 59.80

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use