Barley — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Barley — Area harvested was 284,260 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Sweden stood at 284,260 ha.
The figure is up 9.5% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 704,096 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 259,700 ha, in 2023.
Sweden ranks 28th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Area harvested in Sweden, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 332,597 ha | — |
| 1962 | 344,135 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 450,230 ha | +30.8% |
| 1964 | 438,700 ha | -2.6% |
| 1965 | 465,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 568,300 ha | +22.2% |
| 1967 | 530,036 ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 556,718 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 593,368 ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 609,760 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 603,458 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 581,773 ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 599,423 ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 594,919 ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 604,932 ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 554,473 ha | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 597,827 ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 673,608 ha | +12.7% |
| 1979 | 704,096 ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 647,942 ha | -8.0% |
| 1981 | 681,259 ha | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 634,833 ha | -6.8% |
| 1983 | 618,281 ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 667,200 ha | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 669,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 638,400 ha | -4.6% |
| 1987 | 544,500 ha | -14.7% |
| 1988 | 539,900 ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 476,580 ha | -11.7% |
| 1990 | 467,720 ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 467,790 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 432,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 397,060 ha | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 449,000 ha | +13.1% |
| 1995 | 453,400 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 468,600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 482,900 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 444,960 ha | -7.9% |
| 1999 | 481,987 ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 411,224 ha | -14.7% |
| 2001 | 397,499 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 416,842 ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 368,472 ha | -11.6% |
| 2004 | 397,274 ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 378,564 ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 306,930 ha | -18.9% |
| 2007 | 320,900 ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 399,400 ha | +24.5% |
| 2009 | 361,800 ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 310,300 ha | -14.2% |
| 2011 | 323,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 369,000 ha | +14.2% |
| 2013 | 387,700 ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 329,090 ha | -15.1% |
| 2015 | 318,830 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 318,620 ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 309,405 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 360,810 ha | +16.6% |
| 2019 | 291,760 ha | -19.1% |
| 2020 | 292,660 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 270,500 ha | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 274,800 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 259,700 ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 284,260 ha | +9.5% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 284,260 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha, 2.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 284,260 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 125,680 ha, 2.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 475,454 ha | 332,597 ha | 593,368 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 612,427 ha | 554,473 ha | 704,096 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 611,840 ha | 476,580 ha | 681,259 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 454,542 ha | 397,060 ha | 482,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 375,890 ha | 306,930 ha | 416,842 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 331,852 ha | 291,760 ha | 387,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 276,384 ha | 259,700 ha | 292,660 ha | 5 |
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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 barley — area harvested in Sweden?
- Barley — area harvested in Sweden was 284,260 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 704,096 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 259,700 ha in 2023.
- How does Sweden rank for barley — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 28th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Area harvested. 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.