Denmark vs Sweden: Land use

Denmark
2.40 million hectares
in 2023
Sweden
2.53 million hectares
in 2023
Denmark rank
84th
Sweden rank
82nd

Land use over time

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

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 2.53 million hectares against 2.40 million hectares in Denmark, a difference of 134,000 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.

Denmark ranks 84th and Sweden ranks 82nd of 223 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
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