Sweden vs Western Europe: Oats — Area harvested
Oats — Area harvested over time
- Sweden
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 259,845 ha against 157,430 ha in Sweden, a difference of 102,415 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.7 times Sweden's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
Sweden ranks 14th and Western Europe ranks 13th of 79 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 475,059 ha | 2.57 million ha | 2.09 million ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 472,927 ha | 1.91 million ha | 1.44 million ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 436,813 ha | 1.27 million ha | 829,168 ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 319,036 ha | 568,581 ha | 249,545 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 238,717 ha | 372,092 ha | 133,375 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 164,791 ha | 255,156 ha | 90,365 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 159,104 ha | 278,643 ha | 119,539 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oats — area harvested, Sweden or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 259,845 ha against 157,430 ha in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oats — area harvested between Sweden and Western Europe?
- 102,415 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sweden and Western Europe rank globally for oats — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 14th and Western Europe ranks 13th of 79 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oats — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.