Greece vs Sweden: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Greece
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 475,020 ha against 376,950 ha in Greece, a difference of 98,070 ha.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 50th and Sweden ranks 47th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.15 million ha | 253,580 ha | 893,623 ha | Greece |
| 1970s | 937,670 ha | 300,737 ha | 636,933 ha | Greece |
| 1980s | 947,370 ha | 289,144 ha | 658,226 ha | Greece |
| 1990s | 903,824 ha | 302,644 ha | 601,180 ha | Greece |
| 2000s | 816,849 ha | 376,579 ha | 440,270 ha | Greece |
| 2010s | 560,541 ha | 417,978 ha | 142,563 ha | Greece |
| 2020s | 400,958 ha | 474,484 ha | 73,526 ha | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Greece or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 475,020 ha against 376,950 ha in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Greece and Sweden?
- 98,070 ha, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Sweden rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 50th and Sweden ranks 47th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.