Barley — Yield in Sweden
Sweden: Barley — Yield was 4,446 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Sweden stood at 4,446 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 35.0% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Sweden peaked at 5,493 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,477 kg/ha, in 1966.
Sweden ranks 26th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,844 kg/ha | 2,477 kg/ha | 3,191 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,319 kg/ha | 2,897 kg/ha | 3,960 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,607 kg/ha | 3,277 kg/ha | 4,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,992 kg/ha | 2,919 kg/ha | 4,538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,178 kg/ha | 3,618 kg/ha | 4,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,640 kg/ha | 3,033 kg/ha | 5,301 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,465 kg/ha | 3,294 kg/ha | 5,493 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More agriculture & rural data for Sweden
- Agriculture share gdp 1.5 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.5 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 10.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 1.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Sweden?
- Barley — yield in Sweden was 4,446 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 5,493 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,477 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Sweden rank for barley — yield?
- Sweden ranks 26th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. 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 Barley — 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.