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    Farms and agricultural and horticultural labour

    Agricultural and horticultural farms
    27,024
    2025
    People employed in agriculture and horticulture
    71,204
    2023

    How many agricultural and horticultural farms are there in Denmark? How are they distributed in terms of size, geography and legal form of organisation? How has this developed over time? Learn more about the subject with figures from the farm structure survey.

    Selected statistics on Farms and agricultural and horticultural labour

    This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Farms and agricultural and horticultural labour. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

    Agricultural and horticultural farms

    Here you can see the number of farms in agriculture and horticulture from 1982 to the present. The figures include both part-time and full-time farms. 
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Farms by area in tenancy (FORP1)

    Farms by province

    Here you can see the number of farms for each province.
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    Large farms

    Here you can see the number of farms with an area of at least 200 ha. The area may be both owned and under tenancy. It may also include set-aside farmland, but not forest.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Farms by area in tenancy (FORP1)

    People employed in agriculture and horticulture

    Here you can see the number of people employed in agriculture and horticulture broken down by types of employment. The ‘manager’ is the manager of a farm that is not a personally owned and run enterprise. This could be a farm owned by a company or run as a national test farm. ‘Family workers’ covers any of the farmer’s children, parents and siblings working at the farm.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Employment in agriculture and horticulture (BDF307)

    Farms by legal form of organisation

    Here you can see the number of farms broken down by sole proprietorships, partnerships, companies and other legal forms of organisation.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Farms (BDF14)

    The agricultural survey (IFS) has been co-funded by the European Union.

    On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

    Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published.

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    Need more data on Farms and agricultural and horticultural labour?

    You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find further details about agriculture and horticulture, including farms broken down by crop production, cattle and pigs, and number of persons employed by hours of work and geography. 

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