Latvia vs Sweden: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Latvia
- Sweden
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 540,000 ha against 475,020 ha in Sweden, a difference of 64,980 ha.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Sweden ahead.
Latvia ranks 41st and Sweden ranks 45th of 124 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 137,538 ha | 303,240 ha | 165,702 ha | Sweden |
| 2000s | 198,550 ha | 376,579 ha | 178,029 ha | Sweden |
| 2010s | 400,450 ha | 417,978 ha | 17,528 ha | Sweden |
| 2020s | 527,600 ha | 474,484 ha | 53,116 ha | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Latvia or Sweden?
- Latvia, at 540,000 ha against 475,020 ha in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Latvia and Sweden?
- 64,980 ha, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Sweden?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
- How do Latvia and Sweden rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Latvia ranks 41st and Sweden ranks 45th of 124 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.