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Ownership of agricultural land

Who owns the agricultural land in Denmark? Private individuals, companies or foundations? And how big a share of the land is Danish-owned and foreign-owned, respectively? Learn more about the subject with the ‘Ownership of agricultural land’ statistics.

Selected statistics on Ownership of agricultural land

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

Development in Danish-owned agricultural land

Here you can see the development in the area of Danish-owned agricultural land in recent years.
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Last update
30.4.2024
Next update
30.4.2025
Source data

The data is collected from several register: The Integrated Agricultural Control System (IACS), which is a register of the farmer’s applications for crop subsidies with number of hectares distributed by a number of crops. The register has a list of the fields used for agricultural activity with cultivation of crops. IACS is kept by the Ministry of Agriculture. The land is registered in the cadastre system which is kept by The Danish Geodata Agency. Also the owner list, which describes the ownership of real property, is kept by The Danish Geodata Agency. The information on the owners is collected from The Civil Registration Register (CPR) and additionally The Central Business Register and address registers.

Foreign-owned agricultural land

Here you can see how much agricultural land in Denmark that is foreign-owned. 
More about the figure
Last update
30.4.2024
Next update
30.4.2025
Source data

The data is collected from several register: The Integrated Agricultural Control System (IACS), which is a register of the farmer’s applications for crop subsidies with number of hectares distributed by a number of crops. The register has a list of the fields used for agricultural activity with cultivation of crops. IACS is kept by the Ministry of Agriculture. The land is registered in the cadastre system which is kept by The Danish Geodata Agency. Also the owner list, which describes the ownership of real property, is kept by The Danish Geodata Agency. The information on the owners is collected from The Civil Registration Register (CPR) and additionally The Central Business Register and address registers.

Agricultural land by type of ownership

Here you can see the area of agricultural land owned by private individuals, companies, funds, etc. In a sole proprietorship, it is the business and not the person who owns the land. Mark the different parts of the pie chart to see the area in hectares.
More about the figure
Last update
30.4.2024
Next update
30.4.2025
Source data

The data is collected from several register: The Integrated Agricultural Control System (IACS), which is a register of the farmer’s applications for crop subsidies with number of hectares distributed by a number of crops. The register has a list of the fields used for agricultural activity with cultivation of crops. IACS is kept by the Ministry of Agriculture. The land is registered in the cadastre system which is kept by The Danish Geodata Agency. Also the owner list, which describes the ownership of real property, is kept by The Danish Geodata Agency. The information on the owners is collected from The Civil Registration Register (CPR) and additionally The Central Business Register and address registers.

Agricultural land ownership by sex

Here you can see the agricultural land ownership by men and women. Mark the different parts of the pie chart to see the area in hectares.
More about the figure
Last update
30.4.2024
Next update
30.4.2025
Source data

The data is collected from several register: The Integrated Agricultural Control System (IACS), which is a register of the farmer’s applications for crop subsidies with number of hectares distributed by a number of crops. The register has a list of the fields used for agricultural activity with cultivation of crops. IACS is kept by the Ministry of Agriculture. The land is registered in the cadastre system which is kept by The Danish Geodata Agency. Also the owner list, which describes the ownership of real property, is kept by The Danish Geodata Agency. The information on the owners is collected from The Civil Registration Register (CPR) and additionally The Central Business Register and address registers.

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Ownership of agricultural land in Denmark

The purpose of the statistics Ownership of agricultural land is to show how the Danish agricultural land is distributed. The statistics are published for the first time with statistics for the years 2020-22.

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You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find further details on ownership of agricultural land, e.g. the distribution by region and area size, as well as the distribution of landowners by age, etc.

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