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Denmark vs Sweden: Arable land

Denmark
2.37 million hectares
in 2023
Sweden
2.53 million hectares
in 2023
Denmark rank
77th
Sweden rank
74th

Arable land over time

  • Denmark
  • Sweden
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M196119922023

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 2.53 million hectares against 2.37 million hectares in Denmark, a difference of 161,000 hectares.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Globally, Denmark ranks 77th and Sweden ranks 74th of 206 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arable land (hectares)
Unit
hectares
Source
FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 11,871 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.