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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
22.5.2025
Next update
30.4.2026
Source data

Data is retrieved from several registers: The Integrated Agricultural Control System (IACS), which is a register of farmers' applications for area support with the number of hectares of land divided into fields. The register has a record of the fields used for agricultural activity with crops. The GLR is maintained by the Danish Agency for Green Land Redevelopment and Aquatic Environment. The land is registered in the Land Registry, which is administered by the Danish Geodata Agency, as is the Owner Register, which describes ownership of real estate. Information about the owners is retrieved from the Central Personal Register (CPR), and in addition there is the Central Business Register (CVR), address registers, and finally Eurostat's Group Register (EGR).

Foreign-owned agricultural land

Here you can see how much agricultural land in Denmark that is foreign-owned. 
More about the figure
Last update
22.5.2025
Next update
30.4.2026
Source data

Data is retrieved from several registers: The Integrated Agricultural Control System (IACS), which is a register of farmers' applications for area support with the number of hectares of land divided into fields. The register has a record of the fields used for agricultural activity with crops. The GLR is maintained by the Danish Agency for Green Land Redevelopment and Aquatic Environment. The land is registered in the Land Registry, which is administered by the Danish Geodata Agency, as is the Owner Register, which describes ownership of real estate. Information about the owners is retrieved from the Central Personal Register (CPR), and in addition there is the Central Business Register (CVR), address registers, and finally Eurostat's Group Register (EGR).

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
22.5.2025
Next update
30.4.2026
Source data

Data is retrieved from several registers: The Integrated Agricultural Control System (IACS), which is a register of farmers' applications for area support with the number of hectares of land divided into fields. The register has a record of the fields used for agricultural activity with crops. The GLR is maintained by the Danish Agency for Green Land Redevelopment and Aquatic Environment. The land is registered in the Land Registry, which is administered by the Danish Geodata Agency, as is the Owner Register, which describes ownership of real estate. Information about the owners is retrieved from the Central Personal Register (CPR), and in addition there is the Central Business Register (CVR), address registers, and finally Eurostat's Group Register (EGR).

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
22.5.2025
Next update
30.4.2026
Source data

Data is retrieved from several registers: The Integrated Agricultural Control System (IACS), which is a register of farmers' applications for area support with the number of hectares of land divided into fields. The register has a record of the fields used for agricultural activity with crops. The GLR is maintained by the Danish Agency for Green Land Redevelopment and Aquatic Environment. The land is registered in the Land Registry, which is administered by the Danish Geodata Agency, as is the Owner Register, which describes ownership of real estate. Information about the owners is retrieved from the Central Personal Register (CPR), and in addition there is the Central Business Register (CVR), address registers, and finally Eurostat's Group Register (EGR).

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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 by nationality of the owners.

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