Apples — Yield in Sweden
Sweden: Apples — Yield was 21,761 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Sweden, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 21,761 kg/ha for apples — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Sweden peaked at 22,186 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7,167 kg/ha, in 1987.
That places Sweden 32nd out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 11,342 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 11,167 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 7,167 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 1988 | 10,833 kg/ha | +51.2% |
| 1989 | 13,750 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1990 | 8,208 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 1991 | 8,500 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 8,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 9,000 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 8,500 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 9,500 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 8,000 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1999 | 11,765 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 2000 | 15,401 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 2001 | 14,034 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 13,497 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 16,128 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2004 | 13,406 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2005 | 12,280 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 15,000 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2007 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15,857 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 14,000 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2010 | 15,667 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2011 | 15,789 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 15,593 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 19,571 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2014 | 19,054 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 19,060 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17,065 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 15,807 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 21,709 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 2019 | 14,612 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 2020 | 20,389 kg/ha | +39.5% |
| 2021 | 22,075 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 21,752 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 22,186 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 21,761 kg/ha | -1.9% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 21,761 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 21,761 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,058 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10,852 kg/ha | 7,167 kg/ha | 13,750 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 8,997 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 11,765 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,460 kg/ha | 12,280 kg/ha | 16,128 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,393 kg/ha | 14,612 kg/ha | 21,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,633 kg/ha | 20,389 kg/ha | 22,186 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More agriculture & rural data for Sweden
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 15.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.015 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 949.09 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1092 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Sweden?
- Apples — yield in Sweden was 21,761 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 22,186 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,167 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Sweden rank for apples — yield?
- Sweden ranks 32nd out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.