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
Development in Danish-owned agricultural land
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
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
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
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.
On the statistics – documentation, sources and method
See the documentation of statistics to learn more:
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.